A Florida congressman launched a bill this week to pull the plug on congressional pensions.

A federal judge has summarily rejected a request from a tiny Northwest Florida pari-mutuel to reconsider his decision in a legal battle between the Seminole Tribe and the state about gambling at tribal casinos.

Blaise Ingoglia says if he's made Republican Party of Florida chairman once more, he plans on ending any possibility of Democrats winning Florida ever again. 

Even with Republicans controlling both wings of Capitol Hill and President-elect Donald Trump ready to move into the White House, U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., had a busy first week in his latest term. Hastings was first elected to Congress in 1992. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., continued to focus on Israel in his first days of his second term in the Senate as he teamed up with U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Mary., on Wednesday. 

Now starting his second term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., was named to the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. The Ways and Means Committee is one of the most important bodies in the House, overseeing tax policy. 

In a highly unusual move that heightened confusion in an already-murky legal arena, the Florida Supreme Court quickly rescinded an order Wednesday that would have barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in capital cases.

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the country’s next Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, in Washington next week amidst criticisms and a PR overhaul from firms representing America’s next head of national education.

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., who has garnered buzz as a potential challenger to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., in 2018, started his fifth term in the U.S. House this week taking aim at outgoing President Barack Obama. 

Gov. Rick Scott says terrorism has no place in the Sunshine State and he’s prepared to dump $6 million of Florida’s own money into warding off terror attacks.