Republican congressmen from Florida may have been at the heart of opposition to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in the GOP caucus but U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., said the Ohio Republicans’s resignation will be a “major loss” and offered praise for him on Friday. 

With U.S. House Speaker John Boehner,  R-Ohio, announcing on Friday that he will leave Congress by the end of October, a longtime Florida congressman said the GOP caucus was in a “state of shock” over the news. 

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. 

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.