
President Obama is earning criticism for Earth Day plans that include taking Air Force One to the Everglades in Florida to serve as a backdrop for his latest speech about his fears of global warming.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Apr 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

The wife of a Florida man who was arrested after he landed a one-man gyrocopter on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol building to protest money in politics insists that her husband is a patriot.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Apr 2015, 7:45 AM PST0

America is “engaged in a global competition” for investment and talent, Marco Rubio says, and is being held back by regulations that are crushing innovation, an excessive corporate tax rate, businesses that are not growing because of Obamacare, and energy policies that are blocking us from using our natural resources.
by Sarah Rumpf18 Apr 2015, 5:47 AM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is surely smiling this morning after the first poll in Florida since he announced he is running for president showed that he had received a substantial bump in his numbers. Rubio’s surge was so substantial, in fact, that he is now one point ahead of former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), as opposed to a 12-point deficit from a poll at the beginning of the month.
by Sarah Rumpf17 Apr 2015, 5:53 AM PST0

Former Speaker of the Florida House Will Weatherford says he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2016, ending speculation that he would vie for the Senate seat to be vacated by Marco Rubio, who’s making a Republican bid for the White House.
by Sarah Rumpf15 Apr 2015, 12:50 PM PST0

With Florida CFO Jeff Atwater abruptly taking his name out of consideration of the 2016 Republican Senate primary race, Senator Rubio’s presumed safe Senate seat is now up for grabs.
by Javier Manjarres14 Apr 2015, 9:22 PM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) campaign launched an ambitious fundraising effort to capitalize on the energy from his announcement, hoping to prove his viability in what is expected to be a crowded Republican primary field.
by Sarah Rumpf14 Apr 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

MIAMI, Florida — Now that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has officially thrown his hat in the presidential ring, the chatter is heating up about who among the many Republican contenders might run for his Senate seat.
by Sarah Rumpf14 Apr 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

Rubio has joined his fellow “wacko birds,” Ted Cruz and Senator Rand Paul, as the only announced Republican presidential candidates thus far.
by Javier Manjarres14 Apr 2015, 6:32 AM PST0

Miami is ready as Sen. Marco Rubio prepares to throw his hat into the 2016 presidential ring.
by Sarah Rumpf13 Apr 2015, 2:25 PM PST0

Breitbart News spoke to a Rubio staffer who said that the Senator and his team are feeling very positive and looking forward to tonight. “It’s all about 6 p.m…he’s ready,” the staffer said.
by Sarah Rumpf13 Apr 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

With Senator Marco Rubio announcing that he will run for president in 2016, his departure from the Senate will cause a political domino effect, leading many Republicans to worry that his Senate seat could be lost to the Democrats.
by Javier Manjarres12 Apr 2015, 9:08 PM PST0

Is there a Republican “war on gay” being waged in the state of Florida?
by Javier Manjarres12 Apr 2015, 6:19 PM PST0

As Sen. Marco Rubio prepares to launch his presidential campaign on Monday, he gave an exclusive interview to Breitbart News about his preparations for the big day, what this day means for his family, what he thinks his unique voice will add to the race, and what he believes the Republican Party must do in order to successfully reach the American people.
by Sarah Rumpf12 Apr 2015, 1:45 PM PST0

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater says he’s decided not to run for the Senate seat that is expected to be vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Rubio will launching a presidential campaign on Monday and Florida law will not allow him to remain on the ballot for both races.
by Sarah Rumpf11 Apr 2015, 1:31 PM PST0

As he prepared to announce his 2016 presidential bid, Sen. Marco Rubio discusses the many shortcomings of the Democratic front-runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
by Sarah Rumpf11 Apr 2015, 6:27 AM PST0

If you’ve donated a minimum of$25,000 or raised at least $50,000 for Jeb Bush’s Right to Rise PAC, you can stay at South Beach’s swanky new 1Hotel on April 26 and 27 to attend a gathering of Jeb’s top bundlers.
by Dan Riehl9 Apr 2015, 9:33 PM PST0

A prisoner in Florida is urging a judge to ban Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West from the Sunshine State, along with the rest of the Kardashian family, minus Rob.
by Kipp Jones8 Apr 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

The race/ethnicity section of the form was optional, and conveyed no benefit to the registrant – there was nothing for Bush to gain by deliberately misrepresenting himself as Hispanic, even if it could be proven that he did this intentionally. There wasn’t any political benefit to doing so, either, and there is no evidence that Bush ever sought to (absurdly) turn his “Hispanic” voter registration into a political asset, since the form lay dormant in the archives until surfacing this week.
by John Hayward8 Apr 2015, 9:06 AM PST0

It might be true that Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are close amigos, but could a contentious Republican presidential primary race create a schism between the long-time political allies?
by Javier Manjarres7 Apr 2015, 5:21 PM PST0

On April 4, a 45-year-old man allegedly forced his way into a Boyd County, Kentucky, home, “engaged in a physical altercation with the homeowner,” and was then shot to death by that same homeowner.
by AWR Hawkins7 Apr 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

The progressive wing of the Florida Democratic Party is pushing liberal Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) instead of Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) as a potential candidate to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the Senate.
by Sarah Rumpf6 Apr 2015, 10:20 AM PST0

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush registered as a Hispanic on a 2009 voter-registration application.
by Charlie Spiering6 Apr 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) won his first election in 2012 by branding himself as a moderate, presenting himself as an alternative to tea party firebrand Allen West, who had been elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Now that he has set his sights on representing Florida in the Senate, his rhetoric has turned sharply partisan as he attempts outflank his likely primary opponent, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), on the left and spark interest from Democrats nationally who could fund his race.
by Sarah Rumpf5 Apr 2015, 11:30 PM PST0

A bit of drama unfolded at Thursday’s committee meeting in Tallahassee, Florida, over SB 1046, a bill which has to do with subsidizing the state’s film industry. Americans For Prosperity opposes the bill as written, because they believe the bill is nothing more than a boondoggle for the entertainment industry and not a good investment for the state of Florida.
by Javier Manjarres2 Apr 2015, 10:08 PM PST0