U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., sent a letter this week to U.S. House Homeland Security Appropriations Chairman John Carter, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., the ranking Democrat on that subcommittee, urging them to ensure there will be no funding on warrantless drone surveillance of U.S. citizens on U.S. territory for the next fiscal year.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., reached out to Gov. Tom Corbett, R-Pa., asking Pennsylvania state police to help in the continuing investigation of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. Researchers from the University of South Florida (USF) hope to exhume the remains of Thomas Curry, a 15-year-old who was sent to Dozier in 1925 and died less than a month later due to a wound to the forehead, skull crushed from unknown cause though the circumstances of his death remain unknown.

Lenny Curry, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), came out swinging at former Gov. Charlie Crist, the favorite for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in November, on taxes on Wednesday morning. Going back to 2009, Curry hit Crist for relying on federal stimulus dollars and raising taxes in that years budget. Crist was a Republican at the time and the budget Curry attacked on Wednesday passed both the GOP-controlled House and Senate.

Businessman Curt Clawson, running in the Republican primary to replace former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., in Congress, signed a pledge from Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) not to raise taxes. Clawsons two primary rivals -- Florida Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers, and former state Rep. Paige Kreegel -- signed the ATR pledge earlier in the campaign.

After reports and photos of Jake Rush partaking in dark-themed, live-action role-playing games (RPGS) got national attention on Tuesday, the Republican congressional candidate looked to offer an explanation and insisted this was all a campaign trick by U.S. Rep. Ted Yohos, R-Fla., team.

Hispanic Republicans from Florida, led by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., vouched for Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday. Last week, Democrats tried to make political hay out of reports that Mike Fernandez left the Scott campaign after reports that campaign aides were speaking in over-the-top Mexican accents.

Dr. Ben Carson, whose name is generating some buzz as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, is launching a new online magazine for African-American conservatives. Carson received notice for his criticism of President Barack Obamas federal health-care law at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast.

Carson showcased American CurrentSee on Tuesday in an email to conservatives.

Even as he faces new questions about his personal life, Jake Rush, an attorney and former Alachua County sheriffs deputy, released a new television ad as he continues his Republican primary challenge against freshman U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla. Rush ignores Yoho in the new ad and focuses on introducing himself to the voters of North Central Florida. Besides offering some biographical details, Rush stresses his conservatism in the new ad.

Former state Rep. Paige Kreegel launched a new television commercial on Tuesday as he continues running in the Republican primary in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., in Congress. The new ad features Kreegels wife Erika talking about his background.

My husband Paige is running for Congress, Erika Kreegel says in the ad. Campaigns have become so nasty. People should stand on their record. Paige has been a doctor in Southwest Florida for 30 years, on the sheriff's SWAT team, and as a trauma doctor saving the lives of our servicemen.

On Monday, two prominent Florida Republicans -- Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio -- played up their opposition to Nicolas Maduro and his regime controlling Venezuela.

Scott announced that he would send petitions with more than 1,000 signatures from Florida urging President Barack Obama to take action against the regime. Back in February, Scott urged Obama to launch sanctions against the Venezuelan leadership.