Florida News That Impacts You – July 17th, 2025

Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian
Muntial and Brian Mud and Joel Malkin with you and
so yes. The Socialist organizers of Three attended nationwide protests
this year, including the No Kings Nonsense in June. They're
attempting a fourth one today.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
The protests are planned at more than sixteen hundred locations nationwide.
Some of the demonstrators plan to take to the streets,
others will gather outside courthouses and in other public places.
Organizers say they are calling for them to be peaceful.
They say Chicago is the flagship city for the demonstrations.
A rally is scheduled for this afternoon in downtown Chicago.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Yes, they call this good. Trouble lives on and the
organizers attempting to perpetuate fifty protests within Florida. Of course,
you'll have a life, so you will not be part
of this. But for the people who don't, you might see,
like you know, ten purple hair people standing out there.

(01:08):
Boydan Beach has removed the pride painted intersection at East
Ocean Avenue and Southeast First Street, setting safety concerns. According
to the city, the intersection not properly marked or rated
for vehicular traffic, violating state and federal safety standards. Does
actually you know come to mind? I wonder what the
situation Delray looks like. It'll be a hot and human

(01:31):
chance of rain and thunderstorms throughout the day to day.
Highs near ninety, which is a little warmer than usual
for the state. Seron dust moving through the Caribbean the
potential to impact our weather this weekend. National Hurricane Center
tracking a disturbance in the Northern Gulf. The system currently
given a thirty percent chance. That's down from the forty
it had been at for development, as it is expected
to pass over southern Louisiana as a rain event. Gas

(01:54):
prices rose by another six cents per gallon yesterday. Average
price for regular unleaded state Onie three fourteen in the
Pond Beach as your average price three twenty nine, Martin
three sixteen, likewise in Indian River County.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
All right, good morning. Some national headlines. House Republicans have voted,
after two days of impass to consider three cryptocurrency bills,
a move that will unfreeze the floor after two days.
The House voted two seventeen to two twelve to advance
the crypto legislation. Most GOP lawmakers who opposed flipping with
the vote. The House can now debate and hold final
passage votes on this. Some twenty states suing Trump administration

(02:29):
over the termination of a THEMA program. The States yesterday
file lawsuit against FEMA and Homeland Security seeking to block
the shutdown of a key disaster prep program. Suit claims
the shutdown was illegal and violated separation of powers. President
says the media and some Republicans are either pushing or
falling for what he calls the Epstein hoax. Trump, speaking

(02:50):
to reporters in the Oval Office yesterday, was asked about
the DOJ investigation into the late sex offender. Trump says
he was surprised at some Republicans, in his words, got duped.
And a Tennessee federal judge will not rule this week
on whether to release our friend kilmar Abrego Garcia. The
judge also expected to decide whether Garcia will return to

(03:11):
Maryland if he's released from prison while he awaits human
smuggling charges. And those are your headlines.