The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a new ad on Tuesday hitting Democrat Gwen Graham on President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. Graham represents Democrats best chance to flip a congressional seat in Florida as she runs against U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla.

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with three of his colleagues -- U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and U.S. Sen. James E. Risch, R-Idaho -- in sending a letter to five Latin American leaders, asking them to restore full diplomatic ties with Israel by returning their ambassadors to that nation. The senators wrote the presidents of Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador and Peru, all of whom recalled their ambassadors from Israel in protest of that nations recent actions in Gaza.