When Fulham Football Club's Matt Smith headed home a goal against Cardiff on Saturday, cameras were immediately focused on the center forward as he wheeled away from the goal to celebrate.

More than 4,000 miles away, officials from Visit Florida, the state's tourism-marketing arm, were smiling.

Stamped in blue across Smith's predominately white away soccer jersey --- in photos picked up by the BBC, the Guardian and the Daily Mail --- was the name Visit Florida.

State lawmakers kicked off yet another special session Monday, and they’re ready -- albeit without a full roster in each chamber -- to unleash a new set of congressional maps with weighty implications for Florida’s political landscape.

Donald Trump has opened the door to leaving the GOP ranks and running in the 2016 presidential election on another line, but he’s not the only Republican politician mulling over the possibility. 

Lawyers trying to stop congressional redistricting in Florida decided to withdraw their motion on Monday, which means it’s back to the drawing board for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla.

With a Republican incumbent in jeopardy due to redistricting, Florida Sen. Geri Thompson, D-Orlando, is considering a run for Congress in 2016. Thompson said Saturday she was thinking of running against U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., next year and has talked to key Democratic officials, including Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Allison Tant. 

The Florida Republicans looking to take Marco Rubio’s place in the United States Senate continue to showcase their conservative credentials as they maneuver for position. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not run for a second term in 2016. 

Perhaps, as a critic of the Legislature's first two drafts of congressional districts has said, the third time will be the charm.

Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday to once again draw a map for each of Florida's 27 congressional seats. It is a drama being watched in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C., as shifting lines just a few miles in one direction or another could decide the futures of several members of the state's U.S. House delegation.

Drama is dogging Donald Trump’s campaign after news broke Saturday that one of the Republican presidential hopeful's top advisers and closest friends had resigned from Trump’s staff.

Thursday night’s Republican debate on Fox News was illuminating in many respects -- viewers saw the voracity of Donald Trump’s presidential ambitions (when he said he would run for the position even as an independent candidate); Rand Paul and Chris Christie exchanged jabs over national security; and Jeb Bush -- who knew it was coming -- was forced to dip his toes into the controversial waters of Common Core.

Panama City urologist Dr. Neal Dunn launched a congressional bid Friday, even as a Republican primary opponent went on the attack, questioning his conservative credentials. 

With former Florida House Speaker Allan Bense in his corner, Dunn kicked off his campaign at a media event. Dunn is running for the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla.