Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is pushing President Obama to cancel his trip to Cuba, suggesting that the administration is rewarding the country's bad behavior with a presidential visit. "I urge you to reconsider visiting Cuba and instead insist that the Castro...
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Guantanamo Bay: Obama reiterates call to close prison in final plan to Congress
A final plan by Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to close Guantánamo Bay – functionally identical to what he has already proposed – has already run into heavy political opposition, underscoring the likelihood Guantánamo will remain a...
Senator calls for strong, swift action in Eureka Gardens’ inspection: Rubio urges HUD to be strict
Sen. Mark Rubio is appalled by the mess created during the repair process at Eureka Gardens and believes the consequences for mistreating and misleading tenants should be substantial. Thursday, staff in the senator’s Jacksonville office attended a follow-up...
Rubio backs bill to curb drug abuse
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is signing on to a bill to combat drug abuse as the issue has spilled over into the 2016 election. The Florida Republican, who is running for president, said Monday that he is supporting a bipartisan bill from Sens. Sheldon...
Sen. Marco Rubio invites Oviedo native to SOTU
OVIEDO, Fla. —An Oviedo native whose father was killed in the line of duty as an Army reservist was chosen to be Sen. Marco Rubio’s special guest at the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Channel 9 learned. Conner MacFarlane grew up in Oviedo and...
Castor, Rubio blast VA over report detailing backlogged files
One day after an audit blasted the Veteran's Affairs office in St. Petersburg for allegedly leaving veterans' personal information vulnerable to identity theft, elected officials from Florida called on the department's top official in Washington to remedy the...