Under fire from conservatives and with a leadership challenge expected in the days to come, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, shocked the political world by announcing his resignation on Friday. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., weighed in on Thursday on Pope Francis’ address to Congress earlier in the day. 

With President Xi Jinping headed to Washington for a state visit, Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the co-chairman of the  Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), praised activists fighting for democracy in that communist nation. 

Florida Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, made it official on Thursday: she’s going to forego her last two years in the Florida Senate to run for the Sarasota County Commission. The move had been anticipated. 

One of Hillary Clinton’s rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008--but is backing her this time out--thinks she could have problems with two Republicans who hail from the Sunshine State. 

After he celebrated mass Wednesday at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Pope Francis popped across the street to meet with the Little Sisters of the Poor — nuns who have been in a long battl

On Thursday, the Florida chapter of Americans for Prosperity Florida (AFP) announced that four members of the Florida House backed its “Five for Florida" plan.

On Thursday, the Florida chapter of Americans for Prosperity Florida (AFP) announced that four members of the Florida House backed its “Five for Florida" plan.

Continuing his dark horse bid for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016, businessman and veteran Todd Wilcox called out “professional politicians” on Wednesday. 

From his perch as chairman of the U.S. House National Security Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who is running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, wrote U.S. Defense Sec. Ashton Carter on reports that military leadership covered up reports from service members that Afghan allies raped and sexually abused children. 

U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the House leadership as senior deputy majority whip, expressed his frustration on Wednesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to refuse to declare a major disaster in the Tampa Bay region after heavy storm and floods at the start of last month. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to offer his take on the scandal currently plaguing Volkswagen as reports emerged the auto company misled consumers on their diesel cars. 

With Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., bowing out of the Republican presidential race on Monday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is set to pick up most of his fundraising team. 

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., making a second bid for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Tuesday that former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton opposed the Keystone XL Pipeline due to a liberal Democratic primary opponent gaining steam. 

The list of witnesses set to testify in the congressional redistricting case is getting long and will include two senators who authored a new congressional map, as well as another mapmaker with ties to the Democratic Party, according to lists submitted by the Florida House and Senate.