Donna Shalala
President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level picks. (AP Graphic)
Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations

By Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 03, 2021 12:15 AM EST

Recent Cabinet hopefuls who dropped out. (AP Graphic)
Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations

By Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 02, 2021 04:30 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 file photo, Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Biden swore on a “Masonic/Illuminati” Bible during his inauguration. It is a Douay-Rheims Bible, an English translation of a Latin Bible, which has been in the Biden family since the 1890s. Robert Miller, professor of biblical studies at The Catholic University of America, says, “Nothing even vaguely Masonic would have been anywhere near these Bibles. … Same thing for the ‘Illuminati,’ to the extent that such a thing existed: repeatedly condemned by the Popes and certainly coming nowhere into contact with Catholic Bibles.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Jan. 29, 2021 03:45 PM EST

Seniors stand in line to make an appointment to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine outside the King's Point clubhouse in Delray Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (Greg Lovett /The Palm Beach Post via AP)
Officials: Evidence of UK virus strain found in Florida man

By Adriana Gomez Licon Dec. 31, 2020 10:27 AM EST

In this Oct. 31, 2020, photo, supporters of President Donald Trump drive in caravan down Calle Ocho in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesday’s election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nation’s largest minority group. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Confounding Democrats, Trump makes inroads with Latinos

By Nicholas Riccardi And Adriana Gomez Licon Nov. 06, 2020 01:09 AM EST

In this Nov. 3, 2020, photo, Rafael Fagundo rings a bell as he and other supporters of President Donald Trump chant and wave flags outside the Versailles Cuban restaurant during a celebration on election night in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. As election postmortems go, the one that began in Florida Wednesday was especially wrenching for Democrats. While they could share in the possibility of a Biden victory, as other battleground states continue to tally votes, the soul searching and second-guessing has begun amid another high-profile loss at the ballot box. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Brendan Farrington Nov. 05, 2020 12:21 AM EST

Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., speaks during a news conference about COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Dems head toward House control, but GOP picks off seats

By Alan Fram And Matthew Daly Nov. 04, 2020 11:01 AM EST

FILE—Lauren Boebert, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Colorado's vast 3rd Congressional District, during a freedom cruise staged by her supporters Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Pueblo West, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
House Latest: GOP’s Hinson ousts US Rep. Finkenauer in Iowa

Nov. 04, 2020 09:56 AM EST

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez speaks during a protest at PortMiami by workers in the cruise ship industry wanting to return to work, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Miami. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a No Sail Order for cruise ships through Oct. 31 during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
GOP flips 2 Dem House seats in Florida, including Shalala

By Curt Anderson Nov. 03, 2020 10:11 PM EST

Trump wins Florida; voters raise minimum wage to $15

Nov. 03, 2020 07:48 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — PRESIDENT President Donald Trump has won Florida’s 29 electoral votes, defeating Democrat Joe Biden in a prized battleground...

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, Republican U.S. House hopeful Yvette Herrell of New Mexico waits for a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., about a GOP challenge to the way the state is counting absentee ballots. Three Republican hopefuls seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
House Latest: Okla. congresswoman Horn loses to GOP’s Bice

Nov. 03, 2020 06:16 PM EST

Yaima Mesa speaks about voting Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in in Hialeah, Fla. Mesa said she knows many fellow Cubans support Trump and she says she does feel the economy had been in good shape before the pandemic. (AP Photo/Adriana Gomez Licon)
The Latest: President Trump wins Florida, 29 electoral votes

Nov. 03, 2020 04:59 PM EST

Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham speaks to the media and supporters during his election night gathering Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. Cunningham is running for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

By Alan Fram And Matthew Daly Nov. 03, 2020 09:34 AM EST

Miami Dolphins players stretch during NFL football training camp practice in Davie, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)
Florida judge: Reopening public schools 'disregards safety'

By Tamara Lush And Bobby Caina Calvan Aug. 24, 2020 03:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 file photo, Hard Rock Stadium is seen during the second half of an NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the Cleveland Browns, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Miami Dolphins NFL football team has decided to allow up to 13,000 socially distancing fans to attend their home opener against the Buffalo Bills on Sept 20, with the approval of state and local political leaders. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
'Risky?' Plenty of debate about Dolphins allowing spectators

By Steven Wine Aug. 24, 2020 10:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren, left, speaks during a round table discussion at Silver Lane Elementary School, in East Hartford, Conn. Rosengren on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 defended the central bank’s efforts to launch a Main Street lending program and said the small number of loans approved so far would likely expand by a significant amount in coming months, especially if the pandemic worsens. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)
Fed official defends slow start to Main Street loan program

By Martin Crutsinger Aug. 07, 2020 12:39 PM EDT

Florida's top Democrat unveils ads aimed at mask wearing

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Mike Schneider Aug. 03, 2020 12:34 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Monday unveiled a public awareness campaign urging Floridians to keep their distance...

CORRECTS TO BROADWALK, INSTEAD OF BOARDWALK A statue of a chef at Florio's of Little Italy restaurant wears a protective face mask on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk during the new coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Hollywood, Fla. In hard-hit South Florida, beaches from Palm Beach to Key West will be shut down for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Restaurants and businesses along the Boardwalk will remain open. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pence, DeSantis meet; Florida hits 10,000 daily virus cases

By Terry Spencer, Curt Anderson And Kelli Kennedy Jul. 02, 2020 11:58 AM EDT

Tourists, arrive at Nikos Kazatzakis International Airport in Heraklion, Crete island, Greece, on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The passengers most of them from Germany who came from Hamburg, with the first international flight to arrive in the island. Regional airports across Greece, including their tourist destination islands, began accepting direct international flights again on Wednesday, for the first time since flights were banned as part of the country's lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/ Harry Nakos )
The Latest: South Korea has 63 newly confirmed virus cases

By The Associated Press Jul. 02, 2020 12:58 AM EDT

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey speaks about the latest coronavirus data at a news conference Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
Governors who quickly reopened backpedal as virus surges

By Paul J. Weber Jun. 25, 2020 11:48 PM EDT