The 5000 Role Models Excellence Project was founded in 1993 by U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami. At the time, she was a member of the Miami-Dade school board.

WASHINGTON — ABC’s “This Week” — Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer; Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.; Steve Bannon, former strategist for President-elect Donald Trump; Jonathan Dekel-Chen and Gillian Kaye, parents of Israeli American held hostage by Hamas.

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is heading back to South Florida to deliver the keynote address at the 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Scholarship Breakfast on Saturday in Miami Beach.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday joined the chorus of Democrats bashing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over his decision to replace Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) at the top of