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Seators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio go head-to-head on military spending

U.S. senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky went into a head-to-head skirmish halfway through Tuesday night's Republican debate over military spending.




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Marco Rubio's first campaign ad slams ISIS terrorists

'These aren’t disgruntled or dis-empowered people,' he says of the murderers who killed nearly 130 in Paris and allegedly brought down a Russian plane in October. 'These are radical terrorists who want to kill us.'




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Marco Rubio joins the air war with $20 million buy

Marco Rubio's campaign released its first early state television ad this morning and it's the candidate's father who's front and center through the spot, which is the campaign's first $20 ad buy.




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Marco Rubio wants the Secret Service keeping an eye on his teenage daughters

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Thursday said he has considered life as a presidential father - and likes the idea of the Secret Service watching over his two teenage daughters




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Marco Rubio scolds Donald Trump in speech to Jewish lobby

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Thursday took a subtle swipe at front-runner Donald Trump, by declaring that thorny relations between Is 'not a real estate deal'




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Now it's Marco Rubio versus Ted Cruz as the gloves come off in White House

Marco Rubio is purposely smacking around Ted Cruz, as the two U.S. senators are rising above the other traditional politicos in the crowded Republican pack, which Donald Trump still leads.




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REVEALED: Marco Rubio's brother-in-law was the 'front man for an international drug-smuggling ring led by leopard-loving cocaine cowboy kingpin whose mansion was filled with big cats and a giraffe'

Orlando Cicilia was arrested for his part in the illicit operation in 1987 during Miami's narcotics heyday when Republican presidential hopeful Rubio was just 16.




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Marco Rubio wallops Barack Obama on global warming and ISIS fight

Will the real Marco Rubio please stand up? Political no-man's land has left the Florida senator with few options other than running directly at Obama and throwing few stones inside his own party.




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Sarah Palin loves Donald Trump and Ted Cruz but thinks Marco Rubio is 'robotic'  

Gov. Sarah Palin refused to pick between her darlings – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz – at a Republican debate night eve Q&A with CNN's Jake Tapper.




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Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz bicker over NSA at Las Vegas GOP debate 2015

Rising Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz briefly bickered with one another over the NSA's bulk collection of metadata in the early moments of tonight's Republican debate.




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GOP debate sees Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tustle over plans to 'legalize' illegal immigrants

Rubio, pictured, supports a mechanism to allow illegal residents to stay in the country long-term. He's said Cruz's position is 'not much different.' Cruz has likewise accused him of backing amnesty.




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Rand Paul fusses at Marco Rubio for skipping so many Senate votes: 'he ought to resign or give his pay back to the taxpayer'

Rand Paul became the latest Republican to criticize Marco Rubio for skipping Senate votes as he pursues the presidency, suggesting the Florida senator resign or give back his paycheck.




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Marco Rubio says Donald Trump shouldn't be honored by Vladimir Putin's praise

Last week the Russian president called the GOP front-runner a 'very outstanding' and 'unquestionably talented' man who was the 'absolute leader of the presidential race.'




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Marco Rubio calls MSNBC's Joe Scarborough elitist

Marco Rubio's campaign says the candidate's latest ad has struck a chord with American voters and that's why 'elitist members of the media' like MSNBC's Joe Scarborough aren't liking it.




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Donald Trump rips Trey Gowdy as a 'Benghazi loser' over Marco Rubio endorsement

Donald Trump is bashing Marco Rubio's new high-profile supporter, Congressman Trey Gowdy, calling Gowdy a 'loser' for the hearings he led that were supposed to wound Hillary Clinton.




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Marco Rubio supports 'convention of states' to amend US Constitution

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Wednesday came out for a 'convention of states' proposal to make it easier to amend the U.S. Constitution.




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How Marco Rubio helped his drug-dealing brother-in-law get a real estate licence

While serving in the Florida House of Representatives in 2002, Rubio wrote to regulators on statehouse stationary recommending brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia for a real estate licence.




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Marco Rubio says Hillary Clinton 'lied to our faces' about Benghazi

'She lied to our faces. No one in the mainstream media has the courage to call her out for it. If I am our nominee, voters will be reminded of it time and time again,' Rubio pledged in New Hampshire.




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Hillary Clinton would 'carve Marco Rubio's heart out' warns Chris Christie

Surging Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie attacked top-tier rival Marco Rubio on Wednesday over his fitness to challenge likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.




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Marco Rubio mocks Sean Penn for 'fawning' over El Chapo in 10,000-word article

The Republican presidential hopeful applauded Mexican marines for detaining the fugitive cartel leader, but he mocked Penn's involvement in the bizarre stitch-up.




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Marco Rubio accuses Chris Christie of donating to Planned Parenthood 

Whether or not Chris Christie donated money to Planned Parenthood is becoming a he said, he said between the New Jersey governor and GOP rival, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.




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Marco Rubio is mocked on Twitter for looking bored during Obama’s State of the Union

The Florida Senator and presidential hopeful looked heavy-eyed and sleepy as he listened to President Barack Obama as he delivered his final State of the Union address to Congress.




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Donald Trump may be the only 'natural-born citizen' as Marco Rubio's 'birther' problem emerges

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio may soon be the new target of critics who contend he is not a U.S. citizen and therefore ineligible for the presidency.




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Marco Rubio bought handgun on Christmas Eve to protect his family from ISIS

The GOP presidential candidate, who was recently gifted a rifle by a firearms manufacturer, said on CBS' Face the Nation that the Second Amendment gives him the right to protect his family.




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Chris Christie tears into Marco Rubio for making snowstorm joke

Chris Christie didn't find a joke Marco Rubio made about this weekend's snowstorm to be very funny. Rubio said the upside of this snowstorm was that it would freeze Obama's veto pen.




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Marco Rubio swats at Ted Cruz's 'desperation' in airing new attack ads in Iowa

Marco Rubio had a response for Ted Cruz who has been labeling him the 'Republican Obama' in new attacks ads – a shrug and a smile.




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Marco Rubio crowns Ted Cruz the Iowa 'frontrunner'

Marco Rubio slapped Ted Cruz again today by setting expectations for him to win tomorrow night's Iowa caucuses, which polls predict will go to longtime GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.




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Marco Rubio's stacked heels revealed - $135 from Florsheim

Some have called it boot-gate, others boot-ghazi, but Marco Rubio thinks the brouhaha over a pair of heeled boots he sported on Sunday is just silly. Though he finally revealed the retailer.




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Marco Rubio wears some well-heeled boots to campaign in New Hampshire 

Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio donned a pair of fashion-forward black boots in New Hampshire Sunday and they made the Florida senator look well-heeled in more ways than one.




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Marco Rubio may bring out the man heels if he exceeds expectations in Iowa

Marco Rubio plans to stand head and shoulders above the competition – that is, if he does well tomorrow night in Iowa. Rubio told folks hey might be seeing those infamous black high-heeled booties.




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Marco Rubio tells Florida Christians to show more compassion toward the gay community

While maintaining his position against same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio used a speech before a group of Christians to speak of the perils of intolerance toward the gay community.




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Wikileaks emails show Hillary Clinton's staff didn't see Trump as a threat

A new batch of Wikileaks emails from Hillary Clinton staffers to campaign manager John Podesta show the campaign was worried about Marco Rubio and thought he was another Obama.




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Marco Rubio shares picture of Patrick Murphy 'groping' a woman

Marco Rubio has shared an old photograph of his Democratic rival Patrick Murphy appearing to 'grope' a woman, in an attempt to secure his Florida Senate seat.




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Marco Rubio calls Obama's statement on Fidel Castro's death 'pathetic'

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has hit out at President Barack Obama for not taking a more hard-line stance in his statement on former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death.




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Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio slam Obama and Trudeau's response to Castro's death

Rubio said Obama's statement was 'pathetic' and called Trudeau's tribute 'shameful and embarrassing'. Cruz claimed Obama and Trudeau were 'slobbering adulation on tyrants'.




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Marco Rubio denies arranging meeting for Trump

Senator Marco Rubio denied he set up a reported secret meeting between President Trump and two former presidents of Colombia over the Easter weekend, it was revealed on Saturday.




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Rubio claims Americans 'got what they voted for' in Trump

Marco Rubio, who ran for the White House himself, has claimed he does not understand why voters are shocked over the drama in Trump's administration over the Comey memo and alleged Russia links.




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Marco Rubio tries to give Ivanka Trump a hug and fails

Marco Rubio came up against an unexpected border wall on Tuesday morning as he greeted Ivanka Trump at the US Capitol, with the short Florida Senator hitting up against the tall Trump.




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'Fake news! Marco is an excellent hugger' says Ivanka

Ivanka Trump is hitting back with her own jokes after social media exploded following the awkward hug she exchanged with Marco Rubio Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.




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Rubio gets more security due to alleged Venezuelan plot

The United States government fears that a powerful Venezuelan lawmaker may have issued an order to kill Florida Senator Marco Rubio, it was reported on Sunday.




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Rubio denies he funded the dirty dossier before Clintons

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday his presidential campaign wasn't involved in research behind the infamous dirty dossier, as President Trump predicted the donor will be revealed.




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Trump goes full-Rubio and guzzles water during speech

President Donald Trump took a sip from Sen. Marco Rudio's playbook and guzzled bottled water in the middle of a televised speech.




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GOP leaders win over Bob Corker and Marco Rubio on taxes

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Bob Corker said Friday that they will support their party's $1.5 trillion tax bill. But the 'Johnson Amendment' is here to stay.




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Rubio says tax law 'went too far' in helping corporations

In an interview with a local Florida newspaper on Friday, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said the tax law 'probably went too far' in easing the burden on corporations.




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Marco Rubio fires his chief of staff for misconduct 

Sen. Marco Rubio traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., Saturday to fire his Chief of Staff Clint Reed for misconduct, sharing few details about what actually occurred.




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What is the NRA and how many members does it have?

The debate on US mass shootings, gun control, the NRA and its contributions were brought into focus this month after the Florida school massacre. Here is all the information on the NRA.




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Marco Rubio moves to give authority to take mentally ill's guns

Announcement comes after the president told legislators, including Rubio, yesterday that the firearms should be confiscated before due process has been afforded to them.




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Timelapse reveals 6-hour Miami instant bridge installation technique

The bridge was installed less than a week ago after months of construction - using a method called Accelerated Bridge Construction, or instant bridge.




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Miami bridge collapsed during 'stress testing' killing at least four

At least six people have been killed after a newly-erected bridge collapsed on to an eight-lane highway at Florida International University on Thursday as steel cables were being tightened.




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Marco Rubio on McCabe firing: 'I don't like the way it happened'

Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, said he was uncomfortable with how the FBI's former deputy director, Andrew McCabe, was fired on Friday.