On Monday, Florida’s two U.S. senators--Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio--teamed up with a South Florida congressman to urge the federal government to reimburse the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for its work in the Parkland school shooting.
Florida Republican U.S Sen. Marco Rubio wants the U.S. to pair up with Canada and Mexico to host the world’s premier soccer tournament come 2026.
Along with Missouri Republican Roy Blunt and Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen, Rubio rounded up more than 40 senators to sign a letter urging President Donald Trump to work with the other two North American nations to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
Eleven days after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 and injured 14 others on their Parkland campus, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School varsity hockey team pulled off a near-miracle tournament victory to claim the state championship.
After wins in special elections across the country, Democrats are claiming momentum as they head into November. Certainly if history is any guide, Donald Trump and the GOP should expect to face major losses in the general election.
When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan. "To pass a bill of tax cuts and have it be so unpopular with the American people is an amazing achievement for the Republicans -- it's never been done before," Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., crowed.
Congresswoman Lois Frankel can breathe a little easier after her top Republican challenger announced this week that he was getting out of the race.
It's one thing to politicize a tragedy that's left dozens of your constituents grieving. Unsavory as it is, it happens every election year on both sides of the aisle.
Pledging “change is coming” and “never again,” Gov. Rick Scott and Republican legislative leaders on Friday released proposals encompassing gun laws, safer schools and mental health, with the goal of preventing future tragedies like last week’s mass shooting at a Broward County high school that left 14 students and three faculty members dead.
