Marco Rubio

D.C. 01/22/21, 02:59

Military reserves will spend each night in a parking garage while they continue to defend the home of U.S. Congress, a federal law enforcement agency allegedly said. Capitol Police were accused of forcing the National Guard from the Capitol Complex grounds and making them sleep in a nearby parking garage. Guardsmen said ...

2020 Campaign 09/23/20, 03:19

A controversial Democrat from New York declared a new time limit to prevent lengthy discussion in Congress on how a judicial vacancy should be filled. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has introduced a "two-hour rule" for the maximum length of time allowed for committee meetings. "We invoked the two-hour rule because ...

U.S. 07/14/20, 01:40

A Virginia television producer turned the Democratic Party's failed smear campaign against the president into a successful charity drive to help the needy. Casey Harper has mobilized thousands of Americans to defy Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) demand to boycott Goya Foods and encourage them to help buy Goya products and donate ...

New York 07/13/20, 01:44

Opponents of the Trump administration, who targeted a New York City manufacturer because its boss showed gratitude toward the president, achieved the opposite of what they were intending. Anti-Trump activists recently boycotted Goya Foods products because the company's chief refuses to apologize for speaking highly of President Donald Trump at a ...

U.S. 05/29/20, 04:38

Foreign students found to be associated with higher education institutions linked to the CCP's (Chinese Communist Party) military will face being deported, if new U.S. immigration rules are approved. The Trump administration is cracking down on Chinese graduate students and researchers, who live in the United States and have direct ties ...

Politics 04/22/20, 05:31

President Donald Trump on Tuesday, April 21, said large businesses and institutions such as Harvard University should return money that they received as part of a CCP Virus (coronavirus) relief package.  “I’m going to request it,” the president told reporters at the White House. “Harvard is going to pay back the ...

2020 Campaign 02/24/20, 05:35

An independent candidate for presidency should no longer be considered a supporter of political democracy within a socially owned economy because the expression significantly underrates his extreme left wing policies, a political commentator has warned. Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich is urging the nation to stop being overly polite when describing ...

D.C. 02/13/20, 05:30

The president enacted new legislation that offers older former service people more study and work opportunities. President Donald Trump has signed the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act, which aims to help veterans and their partners learn new skills to have better chances of finding a job. "We are taking action to ...

Washington 11/15/19, 11:44

Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Rep. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) are seeking to have the Hong Kong rights bill quickly passed by the Senate.  The bill supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong was passed unanimously by the House in mid-October, which would place Hong Kong’s special treatment ...

Politics 09/05/19, 03:49

U.S. leaders came together to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, urging German Chancellor Angela Merkel to "take a firm stance" ahead of her 12th visit to China. After the announcement of the long-overdue withdrawal of the controversial bill on Wednesday, Sept. 4, the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a statement ...

Politics 06/08/19, 22:44

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) praised President Trump for achieving an agreement with Mexico in the midst of pending tariff threats and projected the fight of the mainstream media ahead of Trump's political win. The Florida Republican said the President secured a foreign policy victory with recent trade talks. “By using all tools ...

Politics 05/22/19, 19:39

A U.S. Senate committee approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday that seeks to accelerate planning at international financial institutions for Venezuela's reconstruction. The measure adopt also would authorize $400 million in new humanitarian assistance and formally recognize and support efforts by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó to restore democracy. The Senate Foreign Relations ...

Europe 04/16/19, 05:59

A U.S. senator says the time is right for Cyprus to strengthen its bonds with Washington in light of new natural gas discoveries in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation and its partnerships with neighboring countries to bolster regional security.Sen. Robert Menendez D-N.J. said after talks with Cyprus President ...

Politics 03/11/19, 10:02

President Donald Trump thinks it's a good idea if daylight saving time becomes permanent. A federal law specifies that daylight time applies from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November in areas that do not specifically exempt themselves. More than two ...

Politics 03/07/19, 16:29

A group of 23 Democratic and one Republican senators asked President Donald Trump on March 7, to protect Venezuelan citizens currently in the United States from deportation, given the crisis rocking the South American country. The 24 senators, including  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), asked President Trump to designate Venezuelans ...

U.S. 02/26/19, 22:14

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a fierce critic of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, warned Tuesday that tyrants often believe they're invulnerable — his first, indirect reference to his own cryptic tweeted images over the weekend showing dictators during their brutal downfalls. Venezuela has strongly condemned the tweets from the Florida senator, and the country's ...

America 02/17/19, 15:14

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday visited a border staging point for U.S. aid to Venezuela and warned soldiers loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro that would commit a "crime against humanity" if they block entry of the packages that are being channeled through Maduro's rivals. An enthusiastic throng of Venezuelan ...

America 02/03/19, 09:46

As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clings to power, many of the loudest American voices urging on the Trump administration in its campaign to push Maduro out are concentrated in Florida. Florida has a large number of anti-Maduro Venezuelans and Cubans and is also likely to be a critical battleground state in ...

America 01/28/19, 15:36

The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Sen. Marco Rubio says the U.S. will hit Venezuela's state-owned oil company with sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down from office. The Florida Republican and two people briefed on the administration's plans say Treasury ...

U.S. 12/19/18, 04:42

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on Florida officials to formally pardon four young African-American men who were wrongly accused of raping a white woman nearly 70 years ago.The Florida Republican made the request Tuesday on the floor of the Senate. The move is significant because GOP Florida Gov. Rick ...