Trying to catch businessman Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primaries, former Gov. Mike Huckabee took aim at Common Core standards over the weekend. 

After Jacob Engels of the East Orlando Post revealed that Orange and Osceola County State Attorney Jeff Ashton appeared on the Ashley Madison dating website for people looking for an extramarital affair, Ashton lit up Twitter by hustling together a quick press conference Sunday to make a tearful public confession.

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., cheered the news that the Navy was moving  the Office of Naval Special Warfare Unit FOUR (NSWU-4), to Homestead.  According to the congressman’s office, NSWU-4 will focus on planning, coordinating, and executing special operations within Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)’s area of operations."

Running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016, U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., unveiled his “Florida Fishing Industry Council” to focus on fishing issues on Thursday. 

United For Care, the political action committee trying to pass medical marijuana in Florida, says it's getting closer and closer to getting RX pot back on the ballot in 2016. 

State Attorney  Jeff Siegmeister endorsed Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas for Congress on Thursday. 

State Attorney  Jeff Siegmeister endorsed Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas for Congress on Thursday. 

With General Revenue (GR) estimates now raised an additional $657.5 million for the next state budget, Florida TaxWatch noted this was a sign the economy is doing better.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, teamed up with U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., on Wednesday to urge U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry to release letters sent to other nations on President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. 

Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday to talk about security and agreeing that President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over its nuclear program would be a disaster for both Israel and the U.S. 

With undercover videos continuing to be released showing Planned Parenthood officials’ takes on abortion, Republican presidential hopeful former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is calling for criminal indictments. 

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton doesn't seem to be too familiar with what "wiping emails" means, scoffing when reporters in Nevada asked her if she wiped a server holding confidential emails clean.

U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent, R-Fla., announced on Wednesday that he was backing U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the U.S. Senate. 

Hawthorne Mayor Matt Surrency will have a full term as president of the Florida League of Cities (FLC). Surrency has been serving on an interim basis at that position since March. 

With reports in the Wall Street Journal that President Barack Obama is opening to allowing more tourist travel to Cuba as normalization with that nation continues, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., one of the leading Republicans in Congress on foreign affairs, expressed her opposition on Tuesday.