TALLAHASSEE

Records: Fundraiser charged big tab to Florida GOP-issued credit card

A Florida GOP fundraiser put everything from golfing fees to $3,000 meal tabs on his party-issued credit ca...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida transportation chief cleared in e-mail inquiry

Florida's transportation secretary didn't duck the state public records law, despite e-mails with subjects ...

MIAMI-DADE COMMISSION

Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson won't seek 5th term

CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. SENATE

Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist clash on who should be counted in Census

U.S. Senate rivals Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio are staking out different positions on whether the U.S. Ce...

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Payments to GOP official irk state Republican leaders

Lucrative payments to a party official anger state Republican leaders as the GOP's finances remain in the red.

JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Florida Juvenile Justice officials give up car perks amid probe

Florida Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman and three deputies gave up their take-home cars after a r...

CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 19

Edward Lynch to face Ted Deutch for congressional seat

After a day of doubt following Tuesday's primary, Edward Lynch won the Republican nod to face Democrat Ted ...

HEALTHCARE

Jeb Bush's Medicaid plan faces uncertain fate

Jeb Bush's Medicaid reform program is showing signs of success, but it might die in the Republican-led Legi...

TALLAHASSEE

Juvenile justice chief repays $25K for questionable travel costs

Florida Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman has reimbursed his agency for about $25,000 in travel exp...

POLITICS

Obama-GOP meeting turns testy

President Barack Obama wound up debating Republican House members during a meeting whose intent was to fost...

PRESIDENTIAL VISIT

President Obama addresses raucous Tampa crowd

President Barack Obama's visit to the University of Tampa felt more like a campaign rally than a town-hall ...

President Obama rallies Democratic base in Miami

President Barack Obama dashed from a Navy hangar in Jacksonville to a swanky Miami Beach hotel Monday to bu...

Which tax should rise to pay for health care overhaul?

Congressional negotiators are divided over how to raise taxes to pay for overhauling the nation's healt...

Congress won't try to keep Guantánamo detainees out of U.S. — for now

Congressional negotiators have agreed to drop an amendment to a defense approrpiations bill that would have...

Obama given some credit for Lebanon vote's moderate turn

Lebanon's pro-Western political parties turned their focus Monday toward crafting a stable coalition go...

Yet another review ordered of Afghan policy — fifth this year

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has given the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan 60 days to conduct anothe...

Crowd loved Obama's 'Irabac,' even when he got it wrong

One of the Cairo cafe questions debated in the days leading up to the speech was: Would Obama say "salaam" ...

Obama urges patience, lower expectations on economy

President Barack Obama told Americans Tuesday to brace for "more job loss, more foreclosures, and more...

Obama rebuffs Texas' GOP senators on judicial nominees

With both of Texas' U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans, the White House on Wednesday said it has asked t...

Dallas ex-mayor confirmed as trade representative

The Senate on Wednesday easily confirmed former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as the U.S. trade representative, mak...

Pew poll: Obama's public support is eroding

President Barack Obama's popular support is eroding, as a new poll by the independent Pew Research Cent...

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Now is the time to act boldly and wisely, Obama tells Congress

Calling this a "day of reckoning" for years of mistakes, President Barack Obama worked Tuesday night to ass...

ROAD SAFETY

State slow to halt texting drivers

After failing for two years, proponents of a state texting-while-driving ban are optimistic a measure will ...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida transportation chief cleared in e-mail inquiry

Florida's transportation secretary didn't duck the state public records law, despite e-mails with subjects ...

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Payments to GOP official irk state Republican leaders

Lucrative payments to a party official anger state Republican leaders as the GOP's finances remain in the red.

HEALTHCARE

Jeb Bush's Medicaid plan faces uncertain fate

Jeb Bush's Medicaid reform program is showing signs of success, but it might die in the Republican-led Legi...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida Senate panel OK's PSC ethics bill

A Senate committee puts an ethics bill on the fast track for utility regulators.

CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. SENATE

Now trailing Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist emphasizes his job

Is Charlie Crist's Senate campaign poised to sink like the Titanic, or will the governor outmaneuver Marco ...

Former House speaker loses bid to dismiss probe

A last-ditch attempt by state Rep. Ray Sansom to dismiss or delay charges that he damaged the Legislature's...

STATE LEGISLATURE | UTILITIES

Legislature to grapple with plan to tighten ethics loopholes at PSC

Legislators take up a proposal to tighten ethics loopholes at the state's utility regulation panel.

CORRUPTION CASE

More face charges in GOP fundraiser Alan Mendelsohn case

Public corruption prosecutors still plan to press federal charges against other people associated with indi...

Governor proposes $2.7 billion increase in Florida state budget

Gov. Charlie Crist wants the Legislature to adopt a state budget for next year of $69.2 billion that relies...

U.S. SENATE RACE

New poll gives Marco Rubio slight lead over Charlie Crist

The latest poll and fundraising results show Gov. Charlie Crist is slipping behind former Florida House Spe...

ROAD SAFETY

State slow to halt texting drivers

After failing for two years, proponents of a state texting-while-driving ban are optimistic a measure will ...

U.S. SENATE RACE

Kendrick Meek adds name to NASCAR race car

Kendrick Meek hopes to get his name before a new segment of the electorate by paying to have his name splas...

Records suggest expense, salary padding by Florida GOP leaders

As a volatile election season gets underway, the Republican Party of Florida is facing its biggest crisis o...

POLITICS

S. Florida tea-party activists shun national convention

South Florida tea-party activists stayed away from the national gathering in Nashville, with local leaders ...

POLITIFACT | SORTING OUT THE TRUTH IN POLITICS

Politifact: Class-size claim misleading

Even with Florida's class size amendment, are the state's classrooms averaging more students than other sou...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida transportation chief cleared in e-mail inquiry

Florida's transportation secretary didn't duck the state public records law, despite e-mails with subjects ...

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Payments to GOP official irk state Republican leaders

Lucrative payments to a party official anger state Republican leaders as the GOP's finances remain in the red.

JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Florida Juvenile Justice officials give up car perks amid probe

Florida Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman and three deputies gave up their take-home cars after a r...

CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 19

Edward Lynch to face Ted Deutch for congressional seat

After a day of doubt following Tuesday's primary, Edward Lynch won the Republican nod to face Democrat Ted ...

CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. SENATE

Now trailing Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist emphasizes his job

Is Charlie Crist's Senate campaign poised to sink like the Titanic, or will the governor outmaneuver Marco ...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida Senate panel OK's PSC ethics bill

A Senate committee puts an ethics bill on the fast track for utility regulators.

Obama to meet with black leaders on the economy

It's a light public day for President Barack Obama as Washington deals with its second snowstorm in less th...

Obama, Palin trade telling jibes over crib sheets

Gov't fitness efforts haven't stemmed kid obesity

First lady Michelle Obama isn't the first national leader to try to get America's kids off the couch. Presi...

PROMISES, PROMISES: War widows' futile fight

For a decade, war widows in matching yellow suit jackets and hats quietly and persistently have knocked on ...

As Iran protest looms, U.S. keeps its distance

At first blush, it seems like a godsend for U.S. foreign policy: a tenacious Iranian opposition, democratic...

Senate vote shows new hurdles for Democrats' union base

The Senate Tuesday failed to advance President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to the National ...

Vote on Obama labor nominee spells trouble for unions

The Senate Tuesday failed to advance President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to the Natio...

Work with me to create jobs, Obama asks GOP

President Barack Obama urged Republicans Tuesday to work with him and Democratic lawmakers on ways to creat...

Former Va. governor urges DNC chairman's firing

Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Barack Obama to fire Democratic Natio...

When Washington freezes over: Work with me, Obama asks GOP

President Barack Obama urged Republicans Tuesday to work with him and Democratic lawmakers on ways to creat...

Alaska debates ethics rules raised during Palin's tenure

Attorney General Dan Sullivan has proposed new state rules establishing when it's appropriate for the state...

HAITI

Haiti's prime minister targeted for ouster by lawmakers

Haitian senators want to oust the country's prime minister, claiming she has moved too slowly in addressing...

CUBA

Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite

Facing a severe and protracted economic downturn, Cuba's government is scaling back socialism in an attemp...

CUBA

Blogger can't come to U.S. for prize

A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's com...

TOURISM

U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam

Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the...

ARGENTINA

Controversial media-reform bill in Argentina faces vote

Argentina's president and the nation's largest media conglomerate square off over a media-reform bill that ...

HONDURAS

OAS diplomats get talks started in Honduras crisis

The two sides in the Honduran political conflict had direct talks for the first time in almost three months.

U.S. CONGRESS

South Florida Republicans, back from Honduras, call for U.S. backing of elections

A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras...

Report: Hard to ease Cuba embargo

A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is ...

CRISIS IN HONDURAS

Obama aide frets about 'ghosts of past' in Honduras crisis

A top Obama administration official urged Honduras' political leaders to accept a deal aimed at ending thei...

AMERICAS CONFERENCE | HONDURAN COUP

Costa Rican leader blasts decree

Costa Rican leader Oscar Arias said a restrictive decree suspending some civil rights in Honduras remained ...

President Clinton says Haiti has a good shot at success

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Haiti enjoyed the backing of its Latin American neighbors more than...