Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson told state lawmakers Tuesday morning that human error was to blame for heat-related deaths on farms, which he described as few ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is locked in a rare power struggle with the GOP-led state legislature over how best to carry out President Trump’s immigration agenda — with lawmakers forging ahead ...

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and former Congressman Matt Gaetz are already mulling campaigns. None of the three Republicans is particularly close with the governor.

DeSantis and Simpson are not the best of pals. Simpson is considered a likely candidate to succeed DeSantis in two years, when the governor can’t run again. DeSantis contends that putting an ...

WHICH WOULD TAKE CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AWAY FROM DESANTIS AND PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER WILTON SIMPSON IN THE END, ESKAMANI SAYS, IT’S ALL ABOUT TRUMP.

The TRUMP Act also names Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson as the state's chief immigration officer, rather than someone from DeSantis' office. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stands ...

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, likely gearing up for a run for governor, is downplaying recent immigration insults from Gov. Ron DeSantis, opting to praise him instead at a Thursday event.

The Senate is poised to vote on whether to confirm Russell Vought to a top administration role after Democrats held a rare overnight session to oppose his nomination. Vought was tapped by ...

Democrats succeeded Thursday in delaying a committee vote to advance the confirmation of FBI director nominee Kash Patel until next week at least. The vote, which was slated to happen at 10:15 a.m ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of Kash Patel’s nomination to lead the FBI was pushed until next week as Democrats delayed it due to panel rules. Voting on Patel’s nomination ...

But in a big about-face, the Legislature shifted authority over state-level immigration enforcement from the governor to the commissioner of agriculture, which is currently held by Wilton Simpson ...