Jeffries Turns Up the Heat Florida is now in the middle of a familiar Washington sport, map making with political fingerprints all over it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned Florida Republicans that if they move ahead with a new congressional redraw, they could end up hurting their own side. He framed the effort as a partisan power move, not a neutral fix, which is a nice way of saying everyone knows the game and just pretends not to. His warning came as Florida lawmakers prepared to revisit district lines, with both parties watching closely because control of the House could come down to a handful of seats. DeSantis Answers With a Grin Gov. Ron DeSantis did not sound worried. He brushed off Jeffries and said he would gladly welcome him to Florida to campaign, even offering the governor's mansion and a fishing trip. That is one way to respond to a threat, and it is also a reminder that politics has become a strange mix of hardball and hospitality theater. DeSantis argued that Jeffries showing up around the state would help Republicans, not hurt them. In other words, he treated the warning like free advertising, which is often what…

DOJ Hits A Forced-Labor Scam Network The Justice Department says it has charged two Chinese nationals tied to a scam compound in Burma and a wider fraud network that stretched into Cambodia. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the case as part of a new Scam Center Strike Force push, which sounds like the kind of name that should come with hard results, and for once it does. Federal officials say the compounds were not just online fraud shops. They were also places where trafficked workers were held, threatened, and forced to target Americans with fake investment pitches. The men named in the complaints are Huang Xingshan, also known as Ah Zhe and Huang Xing Saan, and Jiang Wen Jie, also known as Jiang Nan. Both are charged with wire fraud conspiracy. According to investigators, the operation ran like a chain, with recruiters, managers, enforcers, and scammers all doing their part, which is what criminal enterprise looks like when it grows up and gets organized. Inside The Burma Compound Federal investigators say the Shunda compound in Min Let Pan, Burma, operated from at least January 2025 until about November 2025, when the Karen National Liberation Army seized it. The people inside…