Foreign Affairs

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., hit the Sunday morning talk shows focused on missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post and a critic of the Saudi regime, who was last seen entering that nation’s consulate in Istanbul last week. 

Rubio joined fellow Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas in sending a letter to Trump on Tuesday, calling on the president to “send the worst of the ISIS fighters currently detained in Syria to Guantanamo Bay” and insisting that “doing so would prevent these dangerous terrorists from being released to commit further acts of terror.”

The two Florida Republicans are leading the charge on Capitol Hill to ensure Congress plays a role if the Trump administration decides to help Saudi Arabia with its efforts to achieve nuclear weapons.

In the letter, Rubio pointed to the Maduro regime’s ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), and the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) and Hizballah.

Diaz-Balart joined U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., held an event in Doral on Friday.

Wexford Strategies brought on Chris Quinn as the vice president of international affairs, noting he would “be responsible for business development and advocacy strategies for international based clients who need assistance in the United States as well as assisting American companies who wish to engage abroad” in his new post.

Deutch teamed up with U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC, the top Republican on the subcommittee, to introduce the bill earlier this year.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, Florida’s two U.S. senators--Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--teamed up on Wednesday to urge President Donald Trump to waive or suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamian citizens with relatives residing in the United States.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who leads the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, threw his support behind the Trump administration imposing sanctions on leaders of the Maduro regime in Venezuela and on Raúl Castro, the former leader of communist Cuba.

Last week, U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., brought out the “Cuban Family Reunification Act" to bring back the CFRP. Four Florida Democrats--U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor, Charlie Crist, Donna Shalala and Debbie Wasserman Schultz--lined up behind the proposal as cosponsors.

Last week, the Florida Realtors noted that the number of foreigners buying homes in the Sunshine State are starting to drop even as domestic sales remain strong.

When the President of the United States is summoned by his or her national security team and informed that he or she has a limited window of opportunity in which to prevent an attack that could cost the lives of dozens, if not hundreds, of Americans or U.S. troops.