A Republican congresswoman said she is referring the Democratic sanctuary city mayors who testified before Congress on Wednesday to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said that the mayors who testified during a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary cities were in violation of Title 8, U.S. Code § 1324, a federal law that makes it illegal to bring in and harbor unauthorized aliens. It also prohibits the unlawful employment of aliens. 

"I just referred the sanctuary city mayors to the Department of Justice for CRIMINAL investigations based on evidence from their own comments and policies, proving that they were breaking federal law," Luna wrote on X with a video accompanying her announcement.

"Open borders ideologies hurt people on both sides. If you hold federal office and are breaking the law, you’ll be criminally investigated by the DOJ."

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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu all defended their respective city’s sanctuary policies at the fiery hearing. They defended their communities as welcoming and called on Congress to pass immigration reform.

Republican members of Congress hammered the mayors for their sanctuary city policies, accusing them of endangering Americans and threatening to prosecute local officials. 

Luna told the mayors that their policies were hurting citizens as well as migrants.

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"I do not think you guys are bad people, but I do think you are ideologically misled," Luna said.

"Which is why, unfortunately, based on your responses, I’m going to be criminally referring you all to the Department of Justice for investigation," she said, holding up copies of the referrals.

"As soon as I leave here, these will be going over to [Attorney General] Pam Bondi."

A congressional criminal referral does not require the DOJ to initiate a prosecution and does not hold as much weight as a referral from an entire chamber.

Republicans, the mayors said, were trying to paint their cities as overrun by criminal immigrants even as crime was falling. The mayors said a key to safety is creating cities where residents feel comfortable reporting crimes and working with police.

Illegal immigration was a key plank of Trump’s presidential campaign, and he has repeatedly pressed on the theme since coming to office, including a Tuesday night speech to Congress where he vowed to "complete the largest deportation operation in American history."

Luna, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, also leads the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, a new task force focused on the declassification of federal secrets – including records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other documents in the public interest.

She has also been pressing the Justice Department for the release of classified records related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, called out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday for continuing to recommend the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for babies and children, describing it as an "utter disgrace."

DeSantis, who has three young children, was advocating for the state legislature to pass a permanent ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Florida, as some of the current protections are set to expire in June.

"It is absolutely ridiculous and unconscionable that at this point, with what we know about the mRNA COVID vaccine, and frankly, what we don't know about the COVID mRNA vaccine, that the CDC would still put this on … the shot, still on their recommended vaccine list for our children," she said.

According to the CDC's recommended schedule on its website, babies are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine at 6 months old. The World Health Organization updated its guidance about 16 months ago and listed healthy children aged 6 months to 17 years old as "low-priority" targets for the vaccine.

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"Modelling shows that the public health benefit of vaccination is lowest for healthy children and adolescents," the WHO said in a study on the vaccine, which also noted that the initial push to vaccinate healthy children was to "avoid school closures." 

The first lady of Florida said vaccine recommendations should be "evidence-based, not agenda-driven."

"The CDC loses further credibility when their recommendations are not justified by all of the available evidence that we are seeing," DeSantis said.

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She also said she would like to see vaccine status not being used "as a way to discriminate against our fellow Floridians," describing instances of mothers being kicked out of pediatricians' offices and medical patients being denied care over COVID-19 vaccinations.

Her remarks came during a news conference in Tampa where Gov. DeSantis was endorsing legislation that would make vaccine mandate protections permeant in Florida. 

"I’m here as governor endorsing making these protections permanent," the governor said. "You should not be forced to take an mRNA shot against your will, and that should be the right of every Floridian."

The governor also thanked his wife for standing with him in seeking permanent protections against vaccine mandates and for "her righteous anger at the CDC pushing the mRNA shots on our kids."

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who has advocated for halting the use of the COVID-19 vaccine, was also present at the conference, as well as a young man negatively impacted by the vaccine.

• Seth Jones had a real-estate-investing rule: only rent out homes for 1% or more of their value.
• He sold his 10 properties and put the money into an exchange-traded fund portfolio, or ETFs.
• Jones says life is easier without the headaches that come with property management.

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Seth Jones, 36, who lives in Port Orange, Florida, about 20 minutes south of Daytona Beach. Jones started buying investment properties in 2015, then began selling them off in 2020 to put his money elsewhere. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

When I was younger, I read books like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," and "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor." That's all I wanted to do.

When I left the military at 22, the first thing I did was get a job as a real-estate agent because I thought it would help me become an investor.

My wife and I moved to Port Orange, Florida, in 2013 to be closer to her parents. I quickly realized Florida was saturated with agents. Even back then, there were only a small number of really good mortgage brokers. So I pivoted.

It took some time because I had to develop the right credentials. I became a personal banker with a regional bank and worked there for about a year and a half. Eventually, I became the branch manager. The entire time, I was working on my licensing to become a mortgage broker.

For years, my wife and I were hyper-focused on saving money. My wife is a teacher and we lived only off her salary. All of my income went into saving to buy properties. We hardly ever ate out and never went to bars. My faith is really important to me, so I spent a lot of time around people in the church, which made it easier. A lot of the people in the church live pretty simply, so we didn't do a lot of things socially or travel-wise, either.

The goal was to get to 100 doors. That was my entire focus. I just wanted to build a real-estate business that would eventually support me and my family, and I wanted to do it as fast as possible.

I didn't purchase my first property until 2014. They were actually two, each with three bedrooms under $60,000. I was able to pay 15% down.

I created a rule to guide my real-estate investing strategy

I'm very conservative by nature. Fundamentals have always mattered to me.

It's been frustrating to me that in the aftermath of 2008, a lot of people developed a mindset that real estate just doesn't go down in value.

I developed a rule as a mortgage broker that I often call the 1% rule. It's very simple, back-of-the-napkin math. When I look at a property, the first thing I look for is whether the monthly rent I can charge for it is greater than 1% of the home's value. So on a $100,000 property, am I able to rent it out for $1,000 per month? On a $200,000 property, am I able to rent it out for $2,000 per month?

It's not ironclad and doesn't always make or break a purchase. But I use it as a guidepost and for quick analysis of a deal.

After the first two properties, I was able to grow rather quickly. In 2018, I opened my first mortgage brokerage, which increased my income and gave us more resources to invest with. By 2019, I was able to target higher-quality properties in top school districts.

My tenth and last purchase was a property in Lexington, South Carolina that I bought for $138,000 in February 2020. By that point, I had realized I had been concentrating all my risk in Florida. I started to get worried about the impacts of a big hurricane and wanted to diversify my portfolio out of state.

Doing my research, western South Carolina seemed fairly insulated from national disasters and I found a good school district in Lexington.

I ended up with a 10-property portfolio.

The COVID real-estate boom worried me and I got out

In the real-estate investing world, everyone used to talk about cash flow.

Sometime around 2019, I noticed a shift in focus. I listen to a lot of financial podcasts and I heard everyone's focus change from cash flow-oriented to appreciation-oriented. That's just never how I've looked at underwriting deals.

At the beginning of COVID, I anticipated property values were going to be stressed and would potentially go down. Obviously, the opposite happened.

I watched things take off. I wasn't sure what was going to happen moving forward, but the fundamentals started to change. I used Reventure, a data aggregator for real estate, pretty extensively. It pulls in data from a lot of different sources, and I would track price-to-rent ratios for the local market.

For property values, I've used every website, but I prefer Redfin. I find it to be the most accurate, and I like the feature where you can see comparable sales.

I sold two properties in 2019, three in 2020, three in 2021, one in 2022, and one in 2023. The biggest appreciation was a home I purchased for $190,000 that I was able to sell for $500,000.

I put all our resources into liquid assets — a diversified, multi-asset ETF portfolio of fundamentally sound stocks (SCHD), gold (IAU), long-term treasuries (SCHQ), and short-term treasuries (SCHO).

I have no regrets, and I think that I'll be vindicated once we have some type of correction.

I have people who tell me I'm an idiot for selling off my properties. They think they could've made 10 times what I did in real estate.

I do think real estate is a great tool to build wealth, but it's also true that fundamentals matter. There's a significant difference in my headspace coming from not owning real estate. From a liability perspective, I have no external worries. No one's going to get hurt. I'm not dealing with late-night phone calls.

There is still stress in trading stocks and equities. You don't see a ticker on a house going up and down all the time, but life is way simpler.

• There are a record number of properties for sale in Florida, with 168,717 homes listed in February.
• Some cities have doubled the amount of listings on the market since last year.
• The biggest increase in listings from last year occurred in areas with more affordable homes.

Florida's housing market is cooling as a record-setting number of homes were listed for sale in February.

According to Realtor.com, 168,717 properties went on the market in February, the highest number the site has recorded since it started keeping track in 2016.

The total number of properties for sale in Florida jumped by 40% since February 2024, Realtor.com found. In some cities, there are more than double the number of listings compared to last year. Only seven cities out of the 252 Realtor.com tracked had fewer listings this year than last.

Economists and other housing-market experts use increases in inventory to identify areas where demand and competition for houses might be waning. There, homebuyers might start to have an edge over home sellers. Increased inventory is also an indicator that home prices could fall.

Even though Palm Beach real estate is experiencing what some brokers call a "Trump bump," with expensive properties changing hands, other parts of the state are getting cheaper.

"Home shoppers in Bradenton and Sarasota are in for a treat with climbing inventory, falling prices, and longer time on market," Realtor.com senior economic research analyst Hannah Jones said in the report. "Buyers are likely to find more seller flexibility as homeowners aim to attract buyer attention."

Because the pandemic housing boom led to record-low levels of inventory nationwide, more homes for sale can sometimes signal a return to normal rather than a housing-market decline. In some parts of Florida, however, the influx of homes on the market and other forces are already having an effect on property values.

Take Greenacres, Florida, an enclave 10 miles southwest of West Palm Beach. In January 2025, the median listing price was $259,950, 13% less than in January 2024.

Other factors are weighing on the Florida housing market, including relatively higher mortgage rates that stifle homebuyer demand, intensifying property damage from natural disasters, and rising homeowners' association, or HOA, fees.

Here are 17 Florida cities with the biggest increases in homes for sale year-over-year, according to data from Realtor.com. Homebuyers and investors may want to eye these spots for better deals and more negotiating power.

The Realtor.com data about homes on the market is from February 2025, while the median listing prices are from January, the most recent month available.

"These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world."

There does not seem to be an end in sight to the tensions between the United States and Canada.

Whether it is on the ice or through tariffs, the two countries are at odds with one another, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined the fray on Tuesday.

DeSantis spoke in front of a crowd on Tuesday, when he bragged about the over 140 million tourists who paid a visit to Florida throughout 2024. 

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The Florida governor said that 3.3 million of those people came from Canada.

"That's not much of a boycott, in my book," DeSantis said, taking a parting shot at those from the country who have threatened to boycott the U.S. amid the tensions.

He then brought sports into it.

"Maybe they wanted to get a glimpse of what a Stanley Cup-winning hockey team actually looks like."

Of course, the Florida Panthers are the reigning Cup champions, all while no NHL team from Canada has won the Cup since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. The Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers, despite the Oilers forcing a Game 7 after trailing that series, 3-0.

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In fact, the state of Florida has actually brought home four Stanley Cups since the turn of the century; three others by the Tampa Bay Lightning (2004, 2020, 2021) as opposed to zero by Canada, which is synonymous with hockey.

While the Stanley Cup has not headed north in more than three decades, Canada has dominated the United States in international play.

Team Canada took home the newly-founded 4 Nations Face-Off last month in an overtime win against the USA. The country is 14-4-1 against the red, white and blue in best-on-best format, including the 2002 and 2010 Olympic gold medal games and the 2014 Olympic semifinals.

The best win the Americans have had since their rivalry started in the 1970s was the 1996 Canada Cup victory. The Americans won round-robin games against Canada in both the 2010 Olympics and last month's 4 Nations Face-Off.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took to social media on Tuesday to share a photo from a golf outing he and his wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, had with President Donald Trump this past weekend.

The move by DeSantis comes as the race to succeed the term-limited conservative governor heats up, with Trump ally Rep. Bryon Donalds announcing his candidacy after landing the president's endorsement, and the high-profile first lady acknowledging she's considering a 2026 run.

Trump and Florida's first couple had breakfast together this past weekend at the president's West Palm Beach golf course, and also played a round of golf.

".@CaseyDeSantisteeing off at Trump Int’l in Palm Beach (made birdie on the hole). Casey and ⁦@realDonaldTrump had no trouble winning the match…," the governor wrote in a post on his political account on X.

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A Republican source in Florida confirms to Fox News that the governor and first lady used their morning with Trump, in part, to appeal to the president to not further engage in the gubernatorial race beyond his initial endorsement of Donalds.

The president, who moved his primary residence to Florida in 2019, two weeks ago took to social media to write that Donalds – who was a major surrogate for Trump on the 2024 campaign trail – "would be a truly Great and Powerful Governor for Florida."

Trump added that Donalds, "should he decide to run, will have my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, BYRON, RUN!"

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Donalds announced his candidacy a week later, in an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity."

The conservative former state lawmaker, who has represented parts of southwest Florida in Congress for four years, had been eyeing a potential gubernatorial bid for nearly a year.

"I’ve thought about it. I don’t really rule anything out," Donalds said in a Fox News Digital interview last spring when asked about a possible run for governor.

Trump and DeSantis have a long but at times combustible political history.

The president backed then-Rep. DeSantis successful 2018 run for governor and the two were allies for a couple of years. But the two GOP heavyweights waged a bitter battle in 2023 and early last year during a very combative and divisive 2024 GOP presidential nomination race. They seemed to make peace after Trump quickly clinched the nomination during the primaries, and DeSantis helped raise funds for Trump during the general election. 

After Donalds jumped into the race, DeSantis seemed to criticize the congressman, saying at a news conference that "I think people look at it and say you’ve got a guy like Byron, he just hasn’t been a part of any of the victories that we’ve had here over the left over these last years." 

Since he made those comments, the governor has refrained from criticizing Donalds, but has repeatedly touted his wife's accomplishments as Florida first lady and framing her as a worthy successor.

Casey DeSantis last week stoked speculation when asked by reporters if she would run.

"To quote the late Yogi Berra," DeSantis said as she reiterated a famous line from the late baseball legend. "If you see a fork in the road, take it."

The governor then quipped to reporters that "you guys can read into that what you will."

Fox News last week also confirmed that Gov. DeSantis was reaching out to donors on behalf of his wife.

Asked about Casey DeSantis, Donald told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo this past weekend that "I remember back in 2018 campaigning for then-Congressman DeSantis, who had the support of Donald Trump, and that worked out great for our state. So, in 2025, moving into 2026, I am really honored to have the same support from President Trump." 

"He has a history of making good picks, and I think his picks have always worked out for the Sunshine State," Donald emphasized.

And he added that "we will worry about the primaries as other people decide to get in the race or not, but we are going to be focused on Floridians."

While Florida was once a top general election battleground, it's now firmly red - DeSantis won re-election in 2022 by nearly 20 points and Trump carried the state in November by 13 points - and the eventual winner of the GOP primary will be considered the front-runner in next year's gubernatorial election.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says that when it comes to implementing President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, Florida is "rocking and rolling."

Florida's two-term conservative governor used a portion of his State of the State address on Tuesday to spotlight a sweeping package of immigration laws passed a few weeks ago during a special session of the GOP-dominated legislature.

"We are convening for the regular legislative session having already enacted groundbreaking legislation to fulfill the historic mission of delivering on President Donald Trump’s mandate to end the illegal immigration crisis once and for all," DeSantis said in his address to lawmakers inside the state capitol in Tallahassee.

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And the governor touted that "no state has done more, and no state did it sooner than we did in Florida."

Florida’s new measures stiffen immigration enforcement by state and local law enforcement. 

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"Thanks to the recent legislation, it is now a crime to enter Florida illegally, the days of catch and release are over, and all state and local law enforcement have a duty to assist in interior immigration enforcement efforts," the governor emphasized.

The new law also mandates the death penalty for immigrants in the U.S. without legal authorization who commit capital offenses such as first-degree murder or child rape. The legislation goes even further than a slew of executive orders signed by Trump since his return to the White House in late January.

Speaking with reporters following his speech, DeSantis described the new laws as "momentous immigration legislation" and touted that "we’ve gone so much faster than any other state."

The governor signed the immigration bills into law last month after a compromise with the Republican leaders of the legislature was brokered, which brought to an end a weekslong standoff over dueling bills.

DeSantis called the original special legislative session, but lawmakers quickly gaveled out and then held a separate special session, where they passed their own immigration bills, which the governor criticized.

DeSantis, reflecting Tuesday on the standoff with lawmakers, said "we got there. It wasn’t necessarily a straight shot, but we got there."

The governor, who waged a bitter and unsuccessful primary challenge against Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was praised by the then-president-elect in January for calling the special session.

"Thank you Ron, hopefully other governors will follow!" Trump wrote in a social media post after DeSantis announced the special session.

Tiger Woods is usually the one getting cheers from the gallery, but he was a part of it over the weekend as his daughter Sam played a role in winning a high school state soccer championship.

Sam Woods and her varsity team at The Benjamin School are Florida 2A FHSAA state champions after defeating the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, 1-0, at Spec Martin Stadium on Saturday. 

It was The Benjamin School’s first-ever girls soccer title. 

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The Palm Beach Post showed the moment where Woods was seen sharing a warm embrace with his daughter, congratulating her after the victory. And of course, he was raucous along with the rest of the families in the stands watching the title match. 

Sam Woods plays on the defensive side for the Buccaneers’ squad, and she played a vital part in keeping the Episcopal School off the scoreboard. 

"The defense really led the team all year," Benjamin School’s head coach Hillary Carney told the Palm Beach Post. "It was a matter of keeping the door shut and not letting them score and knowing we would get one, maybe two. So it was really the stalwart defense leading the way with Emily [Simon] being in goal and Sam being that senior in the back just settling everything."

The only goal of the game was scored by freshman Emma Bartoli. 

It was the perfect ending to a senior season for Woods, whose team didn’t win but four regular-season games before an absolute heater in the playoffs to reach the championship game. 

She will be attending Stanford University, the school her father played two years at before becoming a full-time PGA Tour pro, in the fall. 

Charlie Woods, Tiger’s son and Sam’s younger brother, also stars at The Benjamin School on the men’s golf team, which won the Florida High School Athletic Association Class A state championship in 2023 — something his father had never done in his illustrious career on the course. 

Winning runs strong in the Woods family, and Sam is the latest to get the job done with her team.

And a proud father couldn’t hold back his emotions as she accomplished her goal. 

As for Woods getting back on the course soon, his next PGA Tour start remains unknown. 

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Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., has died at the age of 70, his brother and current House member Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., announced. 

"Defender of the silenced and oppressed, author of the democracy requirement for the lifting of U.S. sanctions against the Cuban dictatorship, and the author of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). Lincoln's legacy of achievements will endure for generations, and continues the work of the Congressional Hispalic Leadership Institute (CHLI) which he co-founded in 2003," Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said in a statement about his brother.

Lincoln Diaz-Balart served Floridians as a member of the Republican Party. The Cuban refugee first got into politics by "leading the Florida Young Democrats and running an unsuccessful campaign for the Florida legislature as a Democrat in 1982," his congressional biography states. 

He formally switched his party allegiance in 1985 and was elected to the Florida legislature in 1986. Then, he "sponsored laws strengthening sentences for crimes against law enforcement officers, increasing penalties for drug-related money laundering, providing low-interest loans for home construction, creating a statewide program to combat substance abuse, and establishing disclosure rules for Florida companies doing business with Cuba," according to the biography. 

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He was sworn into Congress in January 1993 and served until his retirement in 2010. That same year, his brother Mario won the election to succeed him in the 21st Congressional District. 

Diaz-Balart leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Cristina; his son Daniel; two grandsons and three brothers. He was preceded in death by his first son, Lincoln Gabriel. 

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"Lincoln's profound love for the United States, and his relentless commitment to the cause of a free Cuba, guided him throughout his life and his 24 years in elected public service, including 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives," Mario's announcement said. "We will miss him infinitely."

• After years of living in Miami, I bought a house in Florida. I realized there's a lot I don't know.
• I didn't realize my home-insurance options would be somewhat limited in Florida.
• Shortly into homeownership, pest control and tree removal became unexpected expenses.

Recently, I made one of the biggest personal and financial decisions of my life: buying a house in Florida.

I'm a millennial from West Virginia, and I'd been living in Miami for seven years. I was excited to officially put down roots in the area I'd fallen in love with.

I felt pretty prepared to purchase my property since my parents owned our house when I was a teenager, and I grew up hearing about the general costs, burdens, and benefits that come with being a homeowner.

However, I quickly discovered just how much I really didn't know. Here are five things I wish I'd done before buying my house in Florida.

I wish I'd researched how few companies insure homes in Florida

I've lived in Florida for the better part of a decade, so I've seen how volatile the weather can be.

However, I never thought that would (or even could) stop well-known insurance companies from offering new policies to Florida homeowners.

Because of my state, big names like Progressive and Costco Insurance Agency weren't even options when I was looking to insure my property.

I ended up getting an incredible insurance deal from a smaller company that still operates in South Florida. Still, I wish I'd known how few options I'd really have when it came to protecting my property.

I should've checked how much my new ZIP code would impact my car-insurance rate

I didn't research my ZIP code as well as I should have when I bought my house.

After all, I had a lot of other things to worry about, and I'd lived in different parts of Miami-Dade County before. However, this area alone has 34 incorporated municipalities and various unincorporated neighborhoods.

Different parts of Dade have their own ZIP codes, and car-insurance premiums can vary based on which you live in. This isn't only the case in Florida, either.

I should've taken more time to research exactly how my new ZIP code would impact my car insurance — especially because I'll be living here for a while.

I wish I'd researched how expensive tree removal can be before buying the property

Once I'd moved in, some tree branches started falling from a massive banyan in my yard — and I started researching how much it would cost to remove the tree.

The best quote I got was $12,000 due to the scope of the project.

Had I also known how expensive tree removal can be in South Florida (and in general), I may have paid extra to have the trees examined before closing or even considered a different property.

It would've been helpful to visit my new neighborhood after a rainstorm to see how much it floods

There's really no way to totally avoid minor flooding in South Florida.

A lot of places flood Miami — even during day-to-day rain showers. It doesn't matter if you're on Miami Beach or a few miles inland.

However, it would've been nice to know how it would impact me on a regular basis before I bought my home.

Although the street I live on doesn't flood too much, the main streets I use to get to my house do. I wish I'd thought to come by after a storm one day to see where flooding impacts my neighborhood the most.

I wish I'd known more about pest control before purchasing a home here

Unfortunately, Florida's climate is a favorable one for a lot of creatures I don't want in my home.

When I was a renter, my landlords were in charge of pest control — and, thankfully, they were quick to resolve any insect-related issues at the properties where I used to live.

Because it had never been my responsibility before, I didn't know how to keep my property free of termites, palmetto bugs, snakes, and iguanas.

This was something I had to learn very quickly from friends who have lived in Florida all their lives.

Pest-control services are an expense I was not expecting at first, but I'm very grateful the pros have taught me how to protect my home before any full-blown infestations could begin.

• Jack Bishop, 81, continues to run his seafood buffet in Florida and has no plans to retire.
• Bishop has run restaurants since the early 1970s, some of which have survived hurricanes.
• Despite financial security, Bishop said he works to keep his mind alive and maintain connections.

Jack Bishop, 81, still places huge orders of crab legs for his seafood buffet in Florida — and isn't planning to stop anytime soon.

Bishop, who runs two restaurants in Panama City Beach, has worked in the restaurant industry since he was a teenager, operating several businesses and amassing a seven-figure net worth. Even though he could retire comfortably, Bishop said he wouldn't know how to spend his retirement years after many decades running his businesses.

Bishop said he's working into his 80s to "keep my mind alive" and continue pursuing his passion, more than six decades after his first dishwashing job. He said he's been so integrated into the community, served countless customers, and helped so many younger people get ahead in life that he wouldn't retire unless he physically couldn't anymore.

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Bishop is one of a few dozen older Americans who told Business Insider in recent months that they chose not to retire even when they have the financial means to. Some said work gives their life greater purpose, while others said their social life is healthier while at the office. Most said the added financial security has made them confident they could more easily get through periods of unexpected financial stress.

Humble beginnings

Bishop, a Michigan native, worked as a dishwasher as one of his first jobs and learned butchering techniques from his father. He got a college degree and enlisted in the Air Force after college, serving during the Vietnam War. He was stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida, getting paid $86 monthly — not enough to cover his car payment.

After four and a half years of service, he borrowed some money to open a restaurant with built-in space for live entertainment with two partners in 1971. He ran the business for about 40 years before it closed over a decade ago.

The area wasn't too touristy outside the summer months, and he opened a second nightclub around that time to generate additional income in the slower seasons. He described his business as a nightclub with food options later in the evening. He said the business peaked at about half a million dollars in profit annually but has since closed.

Some of these previous businesses also survived two hurricanes and a fire, and he received thousands in FEMA funds to help rebuild.

By the 2000s, tourism rapidly grew in the area, and he became more involved with the local community to build tourism opportunities. He noticed hundreds of rental units built each year, which he said has helped his businesses stay afloat in the winter.

Bishop opened a few other restaurants in the area, including Capt. Jack's Family Buffet in 2000, which has two locations and is the remaining business he runs. However, instead of working on the floor, he took a more administrative role after hiring more managers for the day-to-day tasks.

"My plan was to be retired at 55, but I felt like I was in my prime, and we were doing great," Bishop said. He added that he took his $4,000 monthly Social Security checks at 70.

Few vacations and long days

Bishop, a father of two, said he often sacrificed vacations for his businesses.

"It's a tough life because you always work on holidays and weekends," Bishop said. He added, "I didn't travel either because when you're in the restaurant business, you're 365, 24/7."

However, he's taken joy in training high school and college students. He paid his core employees for the months the business was closed outside the peak tourist season, which he said cut back on his turnover rate. His son, who started working at his restaurants as a busboy when he was 12, is now a general manager of one of his restaurants.

"I have people today who have worked for me for 35 years," Bishop said. "At one time, we used to do a million dollars in the month of March, and it was 57% net," referring to the business' profits.

Bishop said he's worth a few million dollars, though he doesn't spend much of it. He said he gets bored easily and rarely takes vacations. He didn't completely shy away from luxury, as he owned boats and an RV, though he said life has otherwise been modest.

Though he's not working the floor, he still purchases food for the buffet, totaling about $5 million yearly. He said his connections to many restaurant providers and community members are why he hasn't retired.

"I still work with Excel and PowerPoint, and I'm fairly computer-literate for an 80-year-old guy," Bishop said. "We have more tools today, and if you really know what you're doing, you almost can't fail."

FIRST ON FOX: The only Cuban-born member of Congress hosted Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and several Venezuelan and Colombian community leaders from the U.S. in a show of support for President Trump’s reversal of a Biden-era oil deal with Caracas’ dictator.

"This is personal to me," said Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., who hosted the gathering at a private lounge inside Miami International Airport on Thursday. 

There, he lambasted Nicolas Maduro and condemned the idea that the U.S. under former President Joe Biden had ever concocted a deal with the dictator in the first place.

On Wednesday, Trump canceled a deal that had allowed Chevron to operate inside oil-rich Venezuela, saying the U.S. would "revers[e] concessions that Crooked Joe Biden gave to Nicolas Maduro… on the oil transaction agreement [from] 2022 and also having to do with electoral conditions within Venezuela which have not been met…"

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Trump also noted Maduro was not cooperating with U.S. immigration authorities trying to deport violent illegal aliens.

In Miami, Gimenez said in response to a reporter’s question about Tren de Aragua members wreaking havoc in New York City that there is a major difference between Venezuelan civilians fleeing oppression and criminals illegally sneaking into the U.S. that are of a certain descent.

Gimenez noted how he and his family "fled for freedom" from a similar dictatorship in Cuba and that therefore any individual or group persecuted by dictatorial governments will "always have a friend in me."

"So will [Florida Republican Rep.] Mario [Diaz-Balart], so will [Florida Republican Rep.] Maria [Salazar], and so will [Sen.] Rick Scott, and so will President Donald J. Trump," Gimenez said before introducing several leaders, including Guaidó.

In an exclusive interview afterward with Fox News Digital, Gimenez said Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua are "all pretty much tied together" in the fact they are dictatorial regimes repressing their own people, who yearn to be free.

"I expect this is just the first step in trying to liberate these countries. The people of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua deserve freedom," he said.

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Gimenez said the answer should be to convert the "enemy states" into friends of the U.S., noting there is national interest on multiple levels.

Cuba, for instance, is less than 90 miles off the maritime border of Gimenez's own district in Key West.

"I’m confident that President Trump understands this, and he stands for freedom and he stands for democracy; not only in the United States, but in our hemisphere and around the world," he said.

During the gathering, Guaidó also offered remarks in Spanish praising Trump and slamming Central American despots.

"[W]e need a strong, prosperous and safe Latin America – and one that will be safe, with democracy and freedom," he said.

"I have no doubt in President Trump, and in the message that he is sending directly to the heart of those who financed the coup d'état perpetrated by the dictatorship on July 28, 2024 (the disputed/corrupt re-election of Maduro)…," he said.

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"It is accurate, correct and timely to confront that dictatorship and also [send] a message to those who today usurp [power] in Cuba and Nicaragua that they will not have impunity," Guaidó added.

In further remarks to Fox News Digital, Gimenez said he has full faith in his fellow Miamian, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in his and Foggy Bottom’s ability to confront these regimes that lie within America’s own hemisphere.

"I don’t have to speak to the secretary of state about Cuba; we both have Ph.D’s in that," he quipped.

President Donald Trump reclaimed items seized during a 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, which was executed by former special counsel Jack Smith.

Trump staff members were seen loading boxes onto Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews Friday after the Department of Justice (DOJ) returned them to the president’s possession.

"The Department of Justice has just returned the boxes that Deranged Jack Smith made such a big deal about. They are being brought down to Florida and will someday be part of the Trump Presidential Library," Trump said in a post on Truth Social Friday evening. 

"Justice finally won out. I did absolutely nothing wrong. This was merely an attack on a political opponent that, obviously, did not work well. Justice in our Country will now be restored."

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The FBI agents seized 33 boxes of documents in August 2022 from Mar-a-Lago, spurring a legal battle that Trump has called a "scam." Former Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to oversee the investigation, resulting in 40 felony counts against Trump, including his alleged violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements to investigators and conspiracy to obstruct justice. 

The FBI at the time told a judge there was "probable cause to believe" that classified documents at Mar-a-Lago were being improperly stored and that investigators would find "evidence of obstruction." 

Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges and slammed the case as an "Election Inference Scam" promoted by the Biden administration and "Deranged Jack Smith."

"The FBI is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids," White House communications director Steven Cheung said. "We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One."

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Trump counselor Alina Habba told reporters during a gaggle Friday the boxes were with the FBI and contained personal items.

For example, Habba said the FBI raided Trump’s son Barron’s closet and wife Melania’s closet and went through drawers, making a mockery of the justice system.

She reiterated that personal items like pictures, newspaper articles and things "completely irrelevant" to lawsuits were removed from the home and are now being returned to Trump.

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Returning the items to the president, she explained, brought the issue full circle.

"I personally actually carried some of the boxes with the team to get them back to where they belong, which is where they were unlawfully taken from, and that is Florida," Habba said. "So, it is truly an honor and full circle to be on this trip.

"The boxes are going back, and frankly, this was a hoax, as we knew. So, I think that the biggest message in America today is that justice is going to be restored."

Tate and his brother were able to leave Romania thanks to pressure from the Trump administration.

Prominent attorney John Morgan, who supported President Joe Biden but did not get on board to back Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy, has announced plans to launch a new political party.

"I am forming a new political party for those of us stuck in the middle. Our two party system is broken due to Gerrymandering and divisive issues… both sides. No labels is not an option. Everyone wants a team or tribe. Ron Myers is my lawyer drafting the paperwork. Stay tuned," he wrote in a post on X, adding his lawfirm's catchphrase, "#ForThePeople."

In another post he noted that he did not vote for Trump or Harris last year.

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"People… we are all on the same f---ing team. I didn’t vote for Trump but I’m pulling like hell for Trump. I didn’t vote for Kamala either btw. It’s time for a third choice. If the choice is only vanilla or chocolate… you never get to eat strawberry," he declared.

Morgan has floated the idea of potentially mounting a gubernatorial bid. The Sunshine State's next gubernatorial race will take place in 2026.

Fox News Digital emailed Morgan and reached out to his law firm on Thursday to request a comment from the attorney regarding the new political party and whether he is still considering running for governor.

Back in 2017, ahead of the state's 2018 election, Morgan ruled out a gubernatorial bid, saying in a tweet that he couldn't "muster the enthusiasm to run for the nomination."

"And I can’t muster enthusiasm for any of today’s politicians. They are all the same. Both parties. I plan to register as an Independent and when I vote, vote for the lesser of two evils. And if I ever ran, run as an Independent," he added in another post at the time.

He said last year on the Fox News Channel that Harris "has no talent" and "can never run for president again."

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"She should go away, and never, ever come back," he told Kayleigh McEnany.

He described himself as a "Bill Clinton Democrat," but said that he is now an independent. 

"I love Joe Biden," he declared.

Fox News Digital searched for Morgan on Florida's "Voter Information Lookup" portal on Thursday and found a result indicating that Morgan has "No Party Affiliation."

Fox35orlando.com reported in a December article that the attorney has been registered as having no party affiliation for years.

During an interview with Chris Cuomo of NewsNation last year, Morgan praised former President Barack Obama and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

"I wish he could be president for life," he said of Obama. 

He described Pelosi as the individual he admires "the most in America."

"Any time Nancy Pelosi asks me for money I give it," he said, adding that Pelosi took his children to meet the Dalai Lama. "Whatever she wants, I will do," he said. "I wish she was president."

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"For me, it’s going to be giving to people, not party," the wealthy political donor said, according to a New York Times report published earlier this month. "The D.N.C. learned nothing from the last election."

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith seemingly agreed with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stance on paying yearly property taxes.

DeSantis proposed the idea of getting rid of property taxes in the state as he talked about establishing a Department of Government Efficiency-like task force to help trim the state’s spending.

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"Just for being on your property, you’ve got to write a check to the government every year, so you’re basically paying rent to the government to live on your own property," DeSantis said, via Florida Voice News.

"There’s homestead stuff that helps protect you to a certain extent, but you’re paying more, and a lot of people can’t afford that, so I think that’s a big issue, and I know we’re going to be really looking at ways to bring people relief from that, because I think it’s been really something that’s pinching a lot of homeowners, particularly seniors on fixed incomes," he added.

Smith reacted with one emoji on X, suggesting the Republican governor was on point.

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Smith is signed with the Seahawks through the 2025 season. He has earned more than $67.4 million in his career, according to Spotrac.

DeSantis endorsed the idea earlier this month on X.

"Property taxes are local, not state. So we’d need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them (which I would support) or even to reform/lower them," he wrote in a social media post.

"We should put the boldest amendment on the ballot that has a chance of getting that 60%. I agree that taxing land/property is the more oppressive and ineffective form of taxation."

Fox News’ Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.

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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., announced his plans to run for Florida governor next year during an interview on Fox News' "Hannity" Tuesday night.

The next Florida gubernatorial election is slated to take place Nov. 3, 2026.

Donalds was endorsed by President Donald Trump, who recently wrote that his fellow Sunshine State resident "would be a truly Great and Powerful Governor for Florida."

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"I am hearing that Highly Respected Congressman Byron Donalds is considering running for Governor of Florida, a State that I love, and WON BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024," Trump's social media post read. 

"[S]hould he decide to run, [Donalds] will have my Complete and Total Endorsement," the president added. "RUN, BYRON, RUN!"

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, however, has not signaled support for Donalds. On Monday, DeSantis told reporters that he wants Florida congressmen to be "focused on enacting [Trump's] agenda."

"They haven’t done very much yet," DeSantis said. "They’re not putting his executive orders into place. We’ll see what they do on the spending, but we have such a narrow majority that to be trying to campaign other places and missing these votes I think is not something that’s advisable at all."

DeSantis' comments came amid rumors that his wife, Casey, might toss her hat in the ring to run in the gubernatorial race. The Florida governor dodged a reporter's question about his wife's plans at Monday's press conference.

"People ask me all the time about our wonderful first lady, who has done a fantastic job as first lady of Florida," DeSantis responded. "I will tell you this, you’re talking about somebody like her. I won by the biggest margin that any Republican has ever won a governor’s race here in Florida. She would do better than me." 

Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others are advocating relocating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's headquarters from Washington, D.C., to the Sunshine State.

The governor, who expressed support for the idea last month, has continued to do so, saying in comments last week that he thinks relocating the headquarters to Florida would "probably save about a billion dollars, quite frankly." 

Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., who DeSantis selected to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate, is also pushing the idea — Rubio left the Senate in order to serve as Secretary of State in President Donald Trump's cabinet.

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"We need to move @NASA’s headquarters to Florida’s Space Coast. The move would save taxpayers money, encourage collaboration with private space companies, and tap into Florida’s talented workforce in the aerospace industry to spur further innovation," she said in a Monday post on X.

"This is a no-brainer for @DOGE," DeSantis declared when replying to Moody's post in a tweet on Tuesday. "Right now the Feds are planning on a building a new, expensive headquarters in DC for NASA — even though very few NASA employees have showed up to the current DC office over the past four years!"

A November post on NASA's website noted, "The current NASA Headquarters lease expires in August 2028, and the agency already has evaluated multiple options including leasing or purchasing within the District of Columbia."

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A NASA spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement on Tuesday, "The NASA Headquarters building lease is up in 2028, and the agency continues to work through options."

Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., chair of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, responded to Moody's post with several emojis, including the thumbs-up, rocket, and American flag, adding in his tweet on Monday, "Florida is the place for space in America!"

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., issued a letter to Trump last month advocating moving the NASA headquarters to her state.

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"While Washington, D.C., has historically been the home of NASA's headquarters, the rapidly evolving space landscape demands a more integrated and efficient approach to space policy. Florida's Space Coast, home to key facilities like the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, is uniquely positioned to support this transformation and strengthen America's leadership in space exploration," she said in the letter.

• It's a tough job market out there, and experienced workers are not exempt.
• Some older Americans just want a few more years of work to boost retirement savings or stay busy.
• The jobs that are available don't pay enough to make them worthwhile, job seekers said.

Gino Marconi is struggling to secure full-time work, and it's messing with his retirement plans.

Marconi, who's 64 and lives in Plantation, Florida, earned $60,000 annually as a sales representative for an outdoor supply company until two years ago, when he resigned due to the stress of working long days on the road. Marconi previously held engineering jobs that paid more.

Since then, he said he's applied to over 600 remote and in-person roles across various industries and skill levels. He suspects many positions have rejected him because he's overqualified, and he's removed the years he's completed some degrees and certifications from some applications.

Marconi said he hopes to retire in a few years and rely on Social Security income, but his plans could change if he's unable to find higher-paying work.

"My home is paid off, my cars are paid off," Marconi said. "But I need to keep going until I get back to work."

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As many Americans reach retirement age, they don't find themselves coasting into their golden years as easily as they may have hoped. Instead, as hundreds of older Americans told Business Insider in responses to reader surveys about work and retirement, they find themselves once again on the job market. Maybe they got laid off or quit a career due to health issues. Either way, they need just a few more years to reach a comfortable financial position — and it's tough out there for job seekers.

To be sure, the unemployment rate for Americans age 55 and older was just 3% as of January, compared to 4% for all workers. But for people of all ages who don't have jobs, the hiring landscape has become more challenging in recent years. Excluding a two-month pandemic-related dip in 2020, US businesses are hiring at nearly the lowest rate since 2013, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

In response to his job search struggles, Marconi is working part-time with a transportation company for a hotel chain and said he's taken steps to become a full-time insurance agent. He said he's grown frustrated with the application process — he recalled getting stood up at an interview — but is remaining optimistic while cutting back on unnecessary spending.

"I don't know when I'll retire because Social Security is not going to be enough," Marconi said, adding he's pickier about the roles he applies for. "My wife used to say I should do whatever increases my income, but I'm not going to work as an engineer making no money."

Working later in life for extra security

Some older Americans told BI that even though they could technically retire, they're holding out because they fear their savings and retirement income won't be sufficient if unexpected costs arise.

David F., 67, has been looking for work since last October — when he anticipated he would soon be laid off from his aerospace industry job. The layoff ultimately came in January.

Of the nearly 1,700 submitted applications he's tracked since beginning his job search, only 4% have yielded interviews, and none have amounted to a job offer yet. He said he's frequently encountered ghost jobs or positions with similar job descriptions to previous roles but significantly less pay.

"They're either looking for a unicorn and never finding it, or there's not really a position there, but they want to look like they're hiring," said David, who lives in Washington and asked to withhold his last name due to ongoing late-stage job interviews.

David doesn't have a firm retirement goal, but he hopes to retire within the next 5 to 10 years, assuming he finds a suitable position. After working in project management for nearly three decades, David briefly retired but returned to work to bolster his finances when the pandemic caused economic uncertainty. He said he's looking for work now because earning additional income would help him live more comfortably and stress less about retirement savings.

"My situation is not desperate, and although I've made mistakes in my retirement savings in the past, I'm not making those mistakes," David said.

David said he also wants to keep working to stay busy. He's among the older Americans who desire to keep working for reasons other than finances.

"There are the people that love their job, working or even volunteering," said Deb Whitman, AARP's chief public policy officer, adding, "There's sort of a social connection, a sense of purpose and meaning that people get."

Some older Americans' jobs are more crucial. While they hope to retire in the next few years, it's far from guaranteed.

In December 2022, David Schanen was laid off from his network engineer job. Over the last three years, he's struggled to find high-paying work in his industry.

"There's a lot of work for things that I'm qualified for, but people are paying like $25 an hour," said Schanen, who's 64 and based in Seattle. He said his network engineer job paid about $200,000 annually.

Schanen said he hopes to sell the two side businesses he started over the past decade and retire sometime in the next couple of years. However, he said his real estate photography and virtual concert businesses have only generated roughly $100,000 in combined revenues to date — not nearly enough to make his significant financial investments in them feel worthwhile.

Schanen's uncertain retirement outlook is why he's continued exploring other job opportunities. About six months ago, he began driving for Uber about 40 hours a week. He said he's frustrated with the gig's pay, but that it's given him the flexibility to control his own working hours and dedicate time to his businesses.

"Right now what I'm doing is just kind of keep helping me stay afloat," he said.