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The administration is proposing a $10.2 billion budget for the FBI.FBI director Kash Patel reversed the course on May 8, saying it could be made in time with a cut proposed to the bureau by the Trump administration.”In my view, it’s about putting this budget together and agreeing to it and making it work for the operational needs of the FBI,” he told the Senate Budget Committee.”As the head of the FBI, I was simply looking for more money because I could do more with more money.””We are concerned that the scale of the proposed reduction will eliminate vacant positions…

The Kissimmee committee, facing selecting hotel proposals from four competing developers, told all bidders to return to the drawings and return in June with new plans. According to a report from Growthspotter, hospitality workers wearing Union T-shirts were packed into the room and combined behind a proposal from the Kissimmee Place development group. However, Mayor Jackie Espinosa said there is no adequate parking in the garage to accommodate the project. “Hyatt is beautiful… the lighting, the gazebo, everything they’re planning is amazing,” she said. “It brings that class, but my concern is that it’s too much.” Commissoiner praised the proposed…

Venus of Full Nude Club Mons and its fiery owner Joe Redner helped Tampa gain a reputation as the “country strip club capital.”Now, the 2001 Odyssey – a strip joint across the street with a spacecraft on the roof – is set to carry on that legacy. In 2001, Odyssey acquired “world-famous” Mons Venus at the 2040 N. Dale Mabry Highway in January, owner Don Kleinhans told the Tampa Bay Times on Thursday. “What’s going on is that we bought a business, not a real estate,” said Kleinhans, president of 2001. The goal is to maintain Mons Venus rather than…

Boeing was expected to deliver the plane in 2024 under the original plan.Boeing is expected to deliver a new Air Force 1 Presidential aircraft in 2027 three years after the schedule negotiated during President Donald Trump’s first term, a top US official said Wednesday.Darlene Costello, representative acquisition manager for the Air Force, ultimately testified before the House Armed Services Committee on Armed Services whether Boeing’s proposed 2027 delivery date would ultimately depend on whether the White House and the Air Force are willing to compromise on specific design and capabilities requirements.”We are considering potentially trade-off requirements to reach that date,”…

The Pembroke Pines Mansion Management Board thought that when my safe Florida Mansion Pilot Program was opened to the application last November, they moved quickly in line for roof replacement grants. Currently, the association is said to be ineligible for grants under the terms of the new bill just passed by the Florida Legislature. Pierpointe V Condo III is a small 24-unit complex located in three two-storey buildings. One of the characteristics of 165 apartment complexes in Florida is said to have been approved in storm mitigation tests in response to generous grants for improvement of storms, according to the…

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFLA) – History on Friday, the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, whose brother is a Florida resident in Charlotte County. In an interview with NBC affiliate WBBH, Louis Prevast described the appointment of the brother, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevast, as “shocking”, “surprising” and “exciting.” “I have very few words. I just care about my brother being elected Pope today,” Louis Prevast said. He reminded him the moment he realized his brother had been chosen, “When Cardinal went outside and started reading his name, when he started reading Rob, he…

Talahassee – The former lieutenant governor of Florida has been appointed the sole finalist to become the next president of Florida International University.The unanimous choice of former Republican state legislator Janet Nunez on the Presidential Search Committee is no surprise. She has been the school’s interim president since February and has been supported by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.With over 56,000 students, FIU is one of the largest universities in the country and serves a significant population of Hispanic, first-generation, and low-income students.Nuñez has been appointed to a temporary position after Roger Tovar, the chairman of the FIU board, contacted directly…

The president said China is making much more profits than the US.President Donald Trump on May 8 said future talks between the US and China “may reduce current tariffs imposed on the enemy.””We’re going to see it now,” Trump said from the oval office, responding to a question about whether Americans can expect to cut tariff rates.”You can’t go any further. It’s already 145 (percent). So we know it’s coming down. I think we have a very good relationship.”In another comment from the White House on the same day, Trump expressed optimism about the outcome of the talks.”I think we’re…

Michael Phyllis and Alexa St. John The Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to eliminate the Energy Star office will end a decades-old program where consumers can choose to buy eco-friendly refrigerators, dishwashers and other electronic devices and save money on electricity bills, Consumers and Environment Group said. The changes outlined in agency documents reviewed by the Associated Press are part of a widespread reorganization at the EPA that eliminates or reorganizes key parts of the office focused on air pollution. These plans focus on President Donald Trump’s sudden turn on climate change in previous administrations. The EPA did not directly confirm…

TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — State lawmakers have passed a bill that will crack down on abandoned boats in the hopes of holding the owners financially responsible. The new scale aims to increase penalties for owners of derelict boats. Florida is a sailor’s heaven, and many call it “the world’s boat capital.” However, when tragedy hits like Hurricane Helen and Milton, hundreds of ships are evacuated. “I want him to know the pain”: Victims respond to judgement to judgement Olympus Pool Owner State lawmakers now want to hold these very boat owners accountable in Senate Bill 164. The bill has died…