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Jacob OglesDecember 30, 2018

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says Major League Baseball can end the dangerous practice of Cuban athletes being trafficked through third-party countries by changing its own rules — and without dealing with the Cuban government. Rubio wrote on Twitter Saturday the major reason baseball players undergo such travel risks stems from a requirement athletes establish “fake” […]

Ryan NicolDecember 27, 2018

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took to Twitter Thursday, lobbying President Donald Trump to block a deal between Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Cuban Baseball Federation (CBF) to facilitate Cuban players’ passage to the U.S. “I am very confident that @Potus & @StateDept will bring an end to this terrible one-sided deal,” Rubio wrote in part […]

Ryan NicolDecember 27, 2018

President Donald Trump is pitching the public on the need to partially shut down the government to force funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. According to polling firm Morning Consult, Trump is losing that argument. The newest survey from the group has Trump with a 39 percent approval rating, tying the lowest mark […]

Jacob OglesDecember 23, 2018

The first family won’t holiday in Mar-a-Lago for Christmas after all. President Donald Trump announced he will cancel a scheduled Christmas vacation in Florida, the White House announced yesterday. “Due to the shutdown, President Trump will remain in Washington, D.C. and the first lady will return from Florida so they can spend Christmas together,” White […]

Blake DowlingDecember 22, 2018

As we end the year, I would like to thank all of those in public service that serve our great nation and state. It has been a long year of politics with heated battles and recounts; they are now behind us. What lies ahead? According to the Assistant U.S. attorney Steve Kunz, we have an […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart are cautious of a new deal struck between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation. MLB owners on Wednesday came to an agreement that allows Cuban baseball players over the age of 25 and with six years of professional ball experience in Cuba to be […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

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Count Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio among those angry at President Donald Trump for withdrawing from Syria after declaring “we have defeated ISIS” there. Trump on Thursday defended his Wednesday surprise announcement the U.S. would withdraw from the region by saying local players would need to deal with the Islamic State. “Does the USA want to […]

Drew WilsonDecember 20, 2018

Another bill sponsored by Republican U.S Rep. Gus Bilirakis is one step away from becoming law. The “Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act” (HR 1222) urges continued biomedical research into congenital heart disease at the National Institutes of Health. There are an estimated 2.4 million Americans living with CHD, including 1 million children and 1.4 million […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

After poor a midterm performance, a fight is breaking among Republican leadership in Seminole County. County GOP chair Kathryn Townsend faces criticism of toying with membership lists to retain power for herself at the expense of party unity. One countywide elected official has gone as far as offering the executive committee a $25,000 reward if […]

Scott PowersDecember 19, 2018

Lest anyone think that U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s ascendency this fall into leadership of the Democrats’ centrist “Blue Dog Coalition” is about the Winter Park congresswoman rebranding herself with that group’s history of conservative politics, a Washington Post story Tuesday suggests she is, rather, helping rebrand the Blue Dogs. For Murphy it’s not a matter of […]

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Marco Rubio says Major League Baseball can protect Cuban players with rule change

Crying foul: Marco Rubio pitches Donald Trump to nix Cuban baseball deal

Morning Consult poll shows Donald Trump with lowest approval rating of presidency amid shutdown

Trumps cancel Mar-a-Lago Christmas amid shutdown

Blake Dowling: A thanks and some last-minute gifts for political junkies

Marco Rubio, Mario Diaz-Balart don’t want MLB to play ball with Cuba

Marco Rubio calls Syria exit ‘catastrophic decision’

Gus Bilirakis bill to help heart patients heads to POTUS

Bitter losses fuel infighting within Seminole Co. GOP

Stephanie Murphy says ‘Blue Dogs’ bite will come from pragmatism