John Bolton, whom former President George W. Bush appointed as ambassador to the United Nations for 16 months (despite never winning confirmation in the U.S. Senate), is considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, according to a report from Robert Costa over at National Review.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional Section 4 of theVoting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965; five Florida counties --Collier, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough, and Monroe -- will no longer need to receive federal preclearance before implementing new voting laws.

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During her tenure as chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., joined ranking Democrat U.S. Rep. Howard Berman of California to ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate relief efforts in Haiti which is still recovering from a major earthquake in 2010. On Tuesday, after the GAO released a critical report of efforts led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Ros-Lehtinen released a statement on the lack of progress.

U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Financial Services and General Government, weighed in on Monday after receiving the IRSs 30-day report on targeting conservative and tea party groups. Crenshaw also spoke with IRS Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel on Monday.

Appearing on Greta Van Sustrens show on Fox News on Monday night, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the Senates approval of the Hoeven-Corker amendment to the immigration reform bill will improve border security.

Rick Santorum going Hollywood? Well, not exactly, though the former senator from Pennsylvania and Republican presidential hopeful is taking over as CEO of EchoLight Studios which makes movies for Christian families.

"This is the right place and right time, and I've jumped in with both feet," Santorum said. "I often say that culture is upstream from politics, and I know entertainment also can be strength and light for people who want to be uplifted and reinforced in their values."

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Flightstars Hangar 935 at Cecil Airport on the First Coast and said this development would lead to new jobs.

With room to expand services and add 250 new employees, Flightstar will shine brighter than ever into Northeast Floridas economic future, said Crenshaw about the Jacksonville-based company that supports commercial airlines. Thats a win-win for the regions economy and the commercial airline industry that Flightstar serves.

A three-judge panel ofFlorida's 1st District Court of Appeal has denied the appeal of the Broward Police Benevolent Association (PBA) from a decision by the statePublic Employees Relations Commission, upholding the right of the city of Hollywood to declare a state of "financial urgency" more than once during a fiscal year.

The court did not accompany its ruling with a written opinion.

On Monday, in Jacksonville, Gov. Rick Scott announced Deutsche Bank will expand on the First Coast, creating 300 new jobs over the next three years.

Gov. Rick Scotts trade mission to Chile continues to produce results for Florida. On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott noted that he met with Bci Bank, one of the largest banks in Chile, when he was there in May. Bci recently bought City National Bank of Florida, which, at more than $880 million, is the largest Chilean investment ever in an American company.