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Pentagon Cites Security to Exempt Gulf Oil from Species Protections
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Pentagon Cites Security to Exempt Gulf Oil from Species Protections

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth triggered the rare 'God Squad' committee, potentially stripping Endangered Species Act safeguards for manatees and sea turtles impacting Treasure Coast waters.


Florida's Moody Secures Seat on Senate Armed Services Committee

The freshman Republican senator from Florida will help shape military policy, overseeing budgets and bases in a state with over 20 installations vital to Treasure Coast communities.

Florida's Moody Secures Seat on Senate Armed Services Committee

Florida Justices Stay Ex-Cop's Execution for DNA Tests

The Supreme Court halted James Aren Duckett's lethal injection next week, allowing tests he claims will prove innocence in the 1987 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Central Florida.

Florida Justices Stay Ex-Cop's Execution for DNA Tests
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