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Associated PressJuly 9, 2015

Jeb Bush raised $11.4 million for his presidential campaign in the 16 days between the announcement of his White House bid and the end of June. Bush is one of the newer announced candidates for president. But the Republican former governor of Florida spent the first six months of the year raising money for a […]

Associated PressJuly 8, 2015

Marco Rubio is campaigning for president on the promise of a better future and on his powerful personal story about the American Dream. As he treks across Iowa this week, however, he often leaves unmentioned a record of accomplishment that is thin next to that of some rivals, thanks to his youth if nothing else. […]

Phil AmmannJune 28, 2015

Seven young Floridians have been selected for the 2015 White House Internship Program. On Friday, the White House announced the 76 college students who will participate this year. The new interns from Florida are Mae Bowen, from Lynn Haven and attends Emory University; Peter Campbell from Miami and attends Florida International University; Khari Fischer-Pratt from Tallahassee and […]

Mitch PerryApril 21, 2015

President Barack Obama is scheduled to host congressional leaders of both parties at the White House Tuesday to cheer on a recently passed bill that makes reforms to Medicare. The bill eliminated Congress’s two-decade-old Medicare payment problems known as the “doc fix,” and has been hailed as a rare form of bipartisanship in Washington. “If this bill had […]

Associated PressApril 16, 2015

A Florida newspaper that knew ahead of time that a man planned to fly a gyrocopter into restricted airspace at the U.S. Capitol faced questions Thursday about whether its editors should have used the knowledge to try and stop the risky stunt. The Tampa Bay Times, which posted reporter Ben Montgomery in Washington on Wednesday […]

Associated PressMarch 23, 2015

President Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton met privately at the White House Monday afternoon. The White House says the former rivals-turned-colleagues met for about an hour and discussed a range of issues. Obama and Clinton have met occasionally since she left the administration in 2013 after serving as secretary of state. Monday’s meeting comes […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 22, 2015

Emily’s List emailed me to ask whether I’m ready to help elect a “pro-choice Democratic woman president.” Yes, I replied, if it’s Elizabeth Warren you have in mind. They didn’t answer. At Emily’s List, as with most of the usual suspects in the Democratic coalition, no one but Hillary Clinton need bother apply. The establishment […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 22, 2015

Emily’s List emailed me to ask whether I’m ready to help elect a “pro-choice Democratic woman president.” Yes, I replied, if it’s Elizabeth Warren you have in mind. They didn’t answer. At Emily’s List, as with most of the usual suspects in the Democratic coalition, no one but Hillary Clinton need bother apply. The establishment […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 22, 2015

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Emily’s List emailed me to ask whether I’m ready to help elect a “pro-choice Democratic woman president.” Yes, I replied, if it’s Elizabeth Warren you have in mind. They didn’t answer. At Emily’s List, as with most of the usual suspects in the Democratic coalition, nobody but Hillary Clinton need bother to apply. The establishment […]

Associated PressMarch 9, 2015

Since announcing on Facebook his plan to explore running for president, Jeb Bush has courted high-dollar donors in private rooms and luxury resorts, and delivered weighty speeches in hotel ballrooms and city clubs. This past weekend, he was at a Pizza Ranch. The former Florida governor arrived in Cedar Rapids behind schedule, a sign as […]

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Jeb Bush 2016 campaign says it raised $11.4 million in 16 days

Marco Rubio inspires, yet experience question lingers

Seven Florida students named to White House internship program

Kathy Castor, Tampa health officials hail “doc fix” Medicare bill

Should Tampa Bay Times have done more to alert authorities about Capitol gyrocopter stunt?

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton meet privately at White House

Martin Dyckman: “Inevitable” Hillary Clinton could sink Democrats

Martin Dyckman: "Inevitable" Hillary Clinton could sink Democrats

Martin Dyckman: 'Inevitable' Hillary Clinton could sink Democrats

Jeb Bush jumps into retail politics of Iowa's caucuses