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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.

Republicans say their party leaders should stand up to Democrats on key issues like vaccine mandates for military members.

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

When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons. America has heard it hundreds of times, including this week after shootings in Colorado and Virginia: The president wants to sign into law a ban on high-powered guns that have the capacity to kill many people very quickly. “I’m going to try to get rid of 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.

Trailing badly in his Arizona Senate race as votes poured in, Republican Blake Masters went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program and assigned blame to one person: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Masters not only lost his race against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.

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.

Sen. Steve Daines, Rep. Richard Hudson and Gov. Kim Reynolds were all voted in as GOP committee chairs, just days after Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives.

Senate Republicans chose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to continue serving as party leader Wednesday after a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott.

Donald Trump's chosen candidates lost in several key spots for Republican leadership positions this week, dealing the ex-president another blow.

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

The Senate Republican leader faces some emboldened critics within his caucus as some of his closest allies retire.

Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott failed Wednesday in his attempt to overthrow Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as head of the Senate GOP.

Sen. Mitch McConnell is poised to become the longest-serving leader when the new Congress convenes in the new year.

Sen. Rick Scott launched an uphill bid to be minority leader. Sen. Mitch McConnell was handily reelected but many rank-and-file senators are frustrated at party leaders following the 2022 elections.

The leadership fight exposed divisions within a party still reeling from a disappointing showing in the midterm elections.

Sen. Rick Scott announced a run against Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for the top spot in the Republican conference at a Tuesday afternoon meeting.

The longtime party leader fended off a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a Trump ally who led a conservative effort to unseat him.

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

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Tuesday evening he will introduce a motion to delay the contested Senate GOP leadership elections until after the Georgia runoff.

House Republicans moved forward Tuesday with their leadership elections, despite calls from several GOP lawmakers and dozens of conservatives outside Congress to postpone the vote.

House Republicans nominated Representative Kevin McCarthy to be the next House Speaker should their party win control. In the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing a challenge from Florida Senator Rick Scott. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins "Red and Blue" to break it all down.

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Tuesday he will challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky for minority leader.

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

"The status quo is broken and big change is needed," Scott said.

Sen. Rick Scott told his GOP colleagues he will be running to unseat Mitch McConnell ahead of the party's leadership election, after a lackluster performance in the midterm elections last week.

Senate Republicans are mulling who will lead them into 2024, amid their disappointing midterm elections.

Top House and Senate GOP leaders are in for a long week amid discontent from their right flanks and former President Trump's Tuesday "announcement."

The win by Sen Catherine Cortez Masto over GOP challenger Adam Laxalt means Democrats have at least a 50-50 Senate, allowing Democrats to confirm President Biden's nominees.

"I think we've got to reflect now. What didn't happen?" Scott said on Friday while on Fox News. "I think we didn't have enough of a positive message."

Trump's poor political decisions keep piling up, weakening his grip on the 2024 nomination even as he prepares to announce a campaign.

Former President Donald Trump is repeating claims that votes were being "stolen" as part of "the corrupt Election process in Broward County" in 2018. He also claiming "the ballot theft immediately ended" after he sent in the FBI and U.S. Attorneys. There is no factual evidence to support any of those assertions.

After Democrats kept a crucial U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, with Sen. Mark Kelly defeating Republican Blake Masters, Trump scolded Mitch McConnell for not doing enough.

Republicans in the Senate won't delay their leadership elections despite calls to do so on Friday from several conservative members of the conference.

Four former FBI and DOJ officials told Insider Trump's claims were almost certainly false, with one calling them "complete nonsense."

Four former FBI and DOJ officials told Insider Trump's claims were almost certainly false, with one calling them "complete nonsense."

Republicans are calling for a delay in next week's Senate leadership elections, a direct challenge to Sen. Mitch McConnell's stewardship and a reflection of the growing fallout over the GOP's disappointing performance in the midterms.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Friday called for the Senate GOP’s leadership elections to be postponed a day after news emerged that Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) had been considering a long-shot bid to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) atop the conference. “The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should…

The former president made a remarkable claim on his social network — a claim that's almost certainly false.

Republican workhorses, such as Florida Sen. Rick Scott, won by showing leadership on key issues. Scott’s plan offered over 100 specific policy proposals.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri blamed compromises on insulin caps, gun control and infrastructure spending for the GOP's mixed Election Day results.

The midterms looked like a GOP lock. But Republicans' historic tail winds collided with the fractious reality of a party in the midst of a generational molting.

Republicans are 1) slowing vote-counting and 2) suggesting that slow vote counts are suspicious.

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.

NRSC Chairman Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., wouldn't say on NBC News’ "Meet the Press" whether he would support a third presidential run by former President Donald Trump.

Here are some of the most pressing personal finance issues for the midterm elections — and how Tuesday's results may affect your wallet.

This is a job for professionals.

Democrats, including President Joe Biden, have said the midterm election may shape two government programs retirees rely on, Social Security and Medicare.

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Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested voters were unaware of the real threats against them this upcoming midterm election season.

President Biden visits Florida for a rally for gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Senate hopeful Val Demings.

President Joe Biden is heading to South Florida for three events: a Democratic Party rally for gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and U.S. Senate candidate Val Demings, a fundraiser for Crist's campaign, and a speech about Social Security, Medicare and prescription drug costs.

Tuesday marks one week until Election Day when a third of the Senate, all 435 members of the House of Representatives, and governors’ offices in 36 of 50 states are up for grabs.

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

Some law makers are blaming the GOP for not doing enough to quash extreme rhetoric within the party.

National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Sen. Rick Scott predicted GOP candidates will hold the Senate majority once November's midterm elections are over.

He told an audience his party could end up with 55 seats. Not likely — but possible.

The party may not like how “woke” America’s boardrooms are, but it still favors economic policy that benefits corporate interests.

Republicans indicate they will reject the Democratic push to give FEMA an "equity" mission if they take back control of Congress in the midterm elections.

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.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are delivering remarks on the Building a Better America plan on Wednesday.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg speak to Sen. Rick Scott, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and Miami attorney Loreal Arscott.

Sen. Rick Scott was in South Florida last week and denounced the Russian invasion, but his major focus was on promoting what he calls his 11-point plan to rescue America.

Sen. Rick Scott delivered a speech during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday in Orlando saying Republicans should not be “timid” during the midterm elections in November.

Sen. Rick Scott met with a group of businessmen, executives, and civic activists to present his 11-point plan “to rescue America” on Friday in Miami-Dade County.

Ten years ago when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot, Florida was one of the few states with “stand your ground” laws that eased use of deadly force in the face of danger.

Trayvon Martin was visiting his father in Sanford, Florida, when the 17-year-old Black teen was fatally shot Feb. 26, 2012, during a confrontation with George Zimmerman.

Two widely supported bills are encountering delays in the Senate.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other leading Republicans are intensifying a personal late-stage push to persuade Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to run for the Senate.

President Joe Biden’s pick to run the nation’s highway safety agency is pledging to attack a crisis of fatal car crashes by implementing safety rules to deter impaired driving.

Senator Rick Scott, in Miami to mark Versailles Restaurant’s 50th anniversary, served up scathing criticism of the bill Tuesday.

Critical race theory has become a lightning rod for Republicans and an issue in the Virginia governor's race.