After the Senate blocked the idea this year, the House likely will renew a push in 2016 to let patients stay overnight at ambulatory-surgical centers and could again seek to open the door for longer-term recovery centers.

Make room, Burmese pythons ... Tegu lizards are crowding your turf, they're big and scary, and they've been multiplying in South Florida ever since the first one was spotted in 2008 near a Homestead trailer park in the southern part of Miami-Dade County.

The two congressional Democrats running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are trying to rally the party’s base behind them as they ready for what should be a competitive primary. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not run for a second Senate term. 

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is in a familiar position as she is once again leading a coalition of Republican attorneys general in pushing back against the Obama administration. 

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush outlined a specific plan Tuesday night to fight ISIS where it stands. Addressing an all-friendly audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, the GOP presidential candidate said his plan would put more than 3,500 American troops in Iraq, but would include no major commitment of combat forces.

The first draft of a new set of Florida congressional districts came under fire on several fronts Tuesday, with two members of Congress blasting the plan and some state lawmakers suggesting they would draw their own maps.

Political campaigns are changing. Now, that’s not to state the obvious, but 10 years ago, some of today’s most viral campaign tactics simply didn’t exist. America (and the world) can thank the Internet for that. Social media have vastly altered the way candidates not only reach out to voters, but interact with each other.

With floods impacting parts of the Sunshine State, particularly the Tampa Bay region, members of the Florida congressional delegation are urging Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate for assistance. 

Embattled Republican Congressman Dan Webster returned to Tallahassee Tuesday as congressional redistricting threatens to end his lengthy time on the Florida political stage.

Calling it a “rigged system” and vowing to fight for political reform, Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig announced he was exploring running for the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday.