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Sen. Rick Scott said he would be introducing legislation 'soon' to allow schools to get funding to have an armed officer on every campus, both public and private

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is calling for more information on how the National Institutes of Health monitors the flow of its federal grant dollars

Six Republican senators led by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., are demanding the Justice Department sue the Chinese Communist Party for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Joe Biden told dozens of Democratic donors that climate change was one of the worst problems facing the United States and urged swift action to address it.

Senator Rick Scott, a Republican, blasted President Biden and his budget in a letter to the White House budget office director ahead of her Senate committee testimony.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is proposing changes to entitlement programs for younger generations, opening the door to potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare if elected.

Republican lawmakers want Mexico to accept U.S. military aid to cripple drug cartels making and smuggling deadly fentanyl. Obrador mocked the idea, calling it a threat to his country's sovereignty.

The Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act would designate certain Mexican cartels as "Foreign Terrorist Organizations," giving the U.S. more power to fight cartel violence.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the upcoming BNP Paribas Open after losing his bid to enter the United States unvaccinated to play in the Southern California event.

The families of two of the three victims in a string of Pine Hills shootings last week took time Thursday to talk about their loved ones publicly for the first time, but also to criticize Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott for attacking Orange-Osceola counties’ attorney general in a “coordinated effort to paint a false narrative.”

With little to offer Americans who are struggling economically, Republicans lean into identity issues to shore up support.

Time is running out for Congress to solve the massive program's solvency problem.

In a speech in Virginia Beach, Biden will focus his line of attack on Republican proposals to cut funding for the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.

Senate Republicans' campaign operation is taking steps to avoid a repeat of their party's disastrous showing in last year's midterms.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says President Biden and Donald Trump put the country at risk by swearing off changes to Medicare and Social Security to address the nation's debt.

It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits.

Democrats repeatedly seized on Scott's plan to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security.

The White House refused to back down on their attacks on the GOP over Social Security and Medicare even after Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., explicitly changed his plan to leave those programs alone.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has amended his plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats, including President Joe Biden, repeatedly invoked it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security. Scott unveiled his original plan last year when serving as chair of the campaign committee for Senate Republicans.

The Florida Republican amended a controversial plan to sunset federal legislation every five years to make exceptions for Medicare and Social Security after a barrage of criticism from both parties that spanned several months.

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ABC's Whoopi Goldberg said during "The View" on Tuesday that she can't tell the difference between Sens. Tim Scott and Rick Scott unless she's looking at a photo of them.

Republicans and Democrats shared their sympathies on the fifth anniversary of the Parkland high school shooting, just one day after another deadly shooting at Michigan State University.

Democrats are attacking the GOP over past comments on Social Security and Medicare. They just introduced a bill bolstering retirement security.

Republicans committed publicly at the State of the Union not to cut Social Security or Medicare. But it remains the party's third rail amid talks over the debt ceiling.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following President Biden’s pointed accusations during his annual address before Congress on Tuesday. “I have been fighting since day one to protect and preserve programs…

Cutting Social Security funding is deeply unpopular — including among older Republicans.

He didn't have to make those comments about the Florida senator, who is up for reelection in 2024 — yet he did.

GOP leader Mitch McConnell said Rick Scott’s controversial “12-point plan” could cost him reelection after President Biden used it as a weapon against Republicans over Social Security and Medicare.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) slams fellow Republican Rick Scott's plan that would require Congress to reauthorize even popular programs such as Social Security and Medicare every five years to keep them operating.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that a proposal to sunset Medicare and Social Security was Sen. Rick Scott's idea, and not the Republican Party's plan.

President Biden once again accused Republicans of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare in a ridiculed tweet on Thursday after previously being debunked.

The president and the GOP senator sharpen their debate over the popular program as Biden visits Scott's home state of Florida.

The president sees a chance to use Social Security and Medicare to drive a wedge between GOP lawmakers and their base of older voters.

President Biden took aim at two of Florida’s most prominent Republicans — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott — as he visited the state Thursday to pitch his economic agenda while vowing to protect the programs crucial to seniors and the poor — Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.

Kaitlan Collins pressed Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in a contentious interview Thursday accusing the Republican of wanting to make cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

Some Congressional Republicans heckled President Biden during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday evening. It matters because it was raw, real and unscripted.

President Joe Biden is taking direct aim at Republicans who have floated cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security it brought howls of protests from the GOP side of the aisle during the State of the Union address.

During his State of the Union speech, Biden said some Republicans wanted to target Social Security and Medicare. In Wisconsin Wednesday, he named names.

Most retirees are baby boomers — and tens of millions more Americans will hit age 65 in the next couple of decades.

A look at Rick Scott's proposal, which Republicans support it, how Biden summarized it — and what the tense exchange says about the future of entitlement reform.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday excused fellow Republicans who heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address, saying they were “passionate,” but suggested the smart play would be not to “take the bait” from Biden.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended his proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years and slammed President Biden as “confused” in response to Biden’s claim at the State of the Union address that some Republicans want to sunset Social Security and Medicare. “In my plan, I suggested the following: All federal legislation…

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is calling on President Biden to resign and accusing the president of cheating on his taxes in a new ad set to run in Florida this week.

South Florida law enforcement leaders gathered Friday for a roundtable to discuss two topics they feel are among the most pressing in their communities: border security and the fentanyl epidemic.

The Senate minority leader previously said he had no hard feelings toward the men, but his actions said otherwise.

Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida were removed from the Senate Commerce Committee as the new Congress gears up, Fox News Digital has learned.

While incumbent Independents and Democrat senators topped the list for the most cash on hand, GOP incumbents Sens. Rick Scott and Ted Cruz raised the most cash during the year-end quarter.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is running for a second term next year, his campaign announced Thursday.

The U.S. Coast Guard has been on high alert due to the stark increase in migrants attempting to reach Florida's shores.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is set to join local officials Thursday in Marathon to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis in the Florida Keys.

An update to our rankings of the 10 people most likely to be the next GOP nominee — with a new Republican sending a pretty strong signal of intent.

Biden and DeSantis earn their spots among 2022’s top political winners and losers, while Sen.-elect Fetterman, Gov. Whitmer are Democratic rising stars.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s 2022 included a widely-disparaged tax plan, Republicans losing ground in the Senate and a doomed leadership bid. But none of it may matter in 2024.

The state of Florida's gambling laws are always altering as a result of a perpetual fight between residents and politicians to advance their varied agendas.

The Senate Appropriations Committee, under Patrick Leahy and Richard Shelby, released its 5,000-page omnibus spending bill, to the chagrin of conservatives and many House Republicans

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

Sen. Rick Scott is urging Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans to respect the incoming House GOP majority and block a yearlong budget deal.

Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the Senate.

Donald Trump arrived in Washington with a hodgepodge of ideas developed over decades in business and television that were far outside the Republican mainstream.

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Republicans, explained their decision to side with the majority of their GOP colleagues in voting against the Respect for Marriage Act, which ultimately passed the Senate with support from Democrats and some Republicans.

When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons.

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.

Republican presidential prospects are courting anxious donors and activists in Las Vegas , as the GOP's early 2024 class warns that former President Donald Trump is “a loser” and the party needs to turn elsewhere.

The pentagon held a briefing Wednesday to talk about Russia's war in Ukraine and a recent missile strike.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has been reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

Polls closed for early voting on Sunday as candidates make their final rounds across the state trying to drum up support ahead of Election Day.

Republicans are increasingly confident in Senate candidates who party leaders had once believed were essentially unelectable or at least seriously flawed.

President Joe Biden is planning a visit to South Florida ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order expanding voting access for the midterm elections in three counties where Hurricane Ian destroyed polling places and displaced thousands of people.

Two U.S. senators, Rick Scott of Florida and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, are boosting the campaign of Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker.

President Joe Biden has surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, toured U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa-locka Tuesday, ahead of a visit to southwest Florida to assess Hurricane Ian damage.

As authorities in Florida try to reach people who have been trapped by floodwaters or isolated on barrier islands since Hurricane Ian came ashore last week, concerned members of the public have been springing into action to aid the official rescue efforts.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said during a debate against Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke that Texas would send busloads of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to more cities.

Prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against three nurses who were present when 12 Florida nursing home patients suffered fatal overheating five years ago after Hurricane Irma.

Florida’s incumbent attorney general Ashley Moody has sued the Biden Administration over mask mandates, won settlements against drug companies over opioids and pursues justice from a politically conservative perspective.

The great red wave is looming.

In the final days of jury selection in the Parkland school shooter case, things get heated.

South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit — 72 — for state politicians.

Republican Sen_ Rick Scott of Florida is criticizing the Texas GOP's new party platform for not being “inclusive” when it described homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice.”.

Two Florida Republican senators made a joint appearance in Doral. It was a good opportunity to ask them a few questions.

Angered by the unrelenting toll from gun violence, tens of thousands of people are expected at rallies this weekend in the nation’s capital and around the United States demanding that Congress pass meaningful changes to gun laws.

Republican South Florida politicians react to Radio Mambí sale, saying they fear a source of conservative voices could be lost.

The mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are again putting the focus on gun control measures such as waiting periods to buy firearms.

The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18.

Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are not part of the bipartisan team trying to work on gun-reform legislation.

It's been four years since the school shooting in tragedy, so what's Florida doing to keep kids safer in school?

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg speak to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Senator Rick Scott and state Rep. Tom Fabricio.

The war of words ramped up last week between President Joe Biden and Florida Senator Rick Scott.

During his address on Tuesday President Joe Biden said Sen. Rick Scott was from Wisconsin. This prompted Scott to launch an attack on the president accusing him of being unfit for office.

President Joe Biden is warning voters unhappy with soaring inflation and his stalled domestic agenda against turning power over to “ultra-MAGA” Republicans in the midterm elections.

Florida Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson announced plans to retire Friday, which gives Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the opportunity to have appointed four of the seven justices.

Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don’t pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes.

When Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retires this summer, a 51-year-old mother of two who grew up in Miami will make history as the first Supreme Court justice from Florida and the first Black woman.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is barely halfway through his first term, but he's already leaning into a fight against his own party’s leadership.