The law-enforcement presence and shelter in place at Riviera elementary school is due to a student experiencing a medical episode according to the school.
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President Trump took to Truth Social this afternoon to distance himself from two of his top political advisers after a New York Times report that they spent time advising a pro-Russian government overseas weeks before the midterms.![]()
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The Times reported that James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who lead the Trump political operation's midterm ad campaign, spent several days last week in Republika Srpska, a self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ahead of its Oct. 4 elections. Each was reportedly paid several hundred thousand dollars through a Washington law firm hired by the Republika Srpska government.![]()
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The ruling nationalist party won decisively. Its leader, Milorad Dodik, thanked Vladimir Putin for his support during his victory speech.![]()
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Blair runs MAGA Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC that reported $415 million in the bank at the end of August, and LaCivita is a senior adviser. Blair served as White House deputy chief of staff until May.![]()
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The report drew sharp criticism within Republican circles. Steve Bannon called the pair "two grifters" and called for an audit of the super PAC's spending.![]()
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In his post, President Trump described Blair and LaCivita as "outside consultants" who are free to take other clients, said he has no idea who else they work for, and wrote that if there is a conflict, he will "terminate them, immediately!"![]()
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Neither Blair nor LaCivita responded to requests for comment, according to published reports.![]()
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The execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will take place at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, December 3rd, 2026, at 1 p.m. CT. according to the Secretary of the Army.
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"We have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."![]()
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President Trump gave a public shout-out to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought during a speech Monday, then added a remark that has a lot of people asking questions.![]()
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The president did not say what the "surprises" are. The timing stands out: a few weeks from now puts us right around the Nov. 3 midterm elections.![]()
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So who is Russ Vought?![]()
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He runs the White House budget office, which controls how every dollar Congress approves actually gets spent across the federal government. He held the same job in President Trump's first term.![]()
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He was a central architect of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's blueprint for remaking the federal government, which the president distanced himself from during the 2024 campaign.![]()
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In secretly recorded speeches before the election, he said he wanted federal workers to be "traumatically affected" and discussed plans to defund independent agencies and use the military in response to domestic unrest.![]()
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During his Senate confirmation, he told senators in writing that he believes the 2020 election was "rigged."![]()
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In his first stint at OMB, his office was involved in freezing military aid to Ukraine, the episode that led to President Trump's first impeachment.![]()
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ProPublica has reported he steered much of the DOGE cuts behind the scenes, and during the 2025 government shutdown the president described him as "he of Project 2025 fame" while deciding which agencies to cut.![]()
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Supporters see him as an effective cost-cutter carrying out the agenda voters elected. Critics see a budget director with unusual influence over how the government operates, and a president now teasing unnamed "big surprises" involving him weeks before an election.![]()
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We'll be watching for what comes next.![]()
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A Brevard County judge threw the book at a convicted sex offender this week, handing him more than double what his own attorney asked for.![]()
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Circuit Judge Steve Henderson sentenced Aree Lafayette Spivey to 30 years in state prison on Tuesday, the maximum allowed, after a jury convicted him of sexual battery by physical force on a victim over the age of 12.![]()
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The defense asked Henderson for 15 years, the minimum mandatory under Florida's Prison Releasee Reoffender law. Henderson went the full 30.![]()
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Spivey had a chance to avoid this. Court records show he rejected the State's plea offer before trial, and a source familiar with the case says that offer was 10 years. Instead, he took his chances with a jury in Henderson's Viera courtroom.![]()
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On Sept. 3, jurors found him guilty and also answered a special question: Did Spivey commit the crime within three years of being released from a Florida prison? Their answer was yes.![]()
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That finding made him a Prison Releasee Reoffender, meaning he must serve 100 percent of his sentence with no parole, no early release and no gain time. Henderson also designated him a Habitual Felony Offender, which allowed the judge to double the normal 15-year cap for a second-degree felony to 30 years.![]()
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Spivey was arrested in June 2023. Henderson denied his motions for a new trial and judgment of acquittal, and the Public Defender has been appointed to handle his appeal. He was given credit for 90#BrevardCounty![]()
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