Fla. Senators Divided On Buffett Rule
The "Buffett Rule," which has split Florida's U.S. Senate delegation, will likely come to a vote this week as Republicans and Democrats begin posturing for November's general election.
Watch CBS News
The "Buffett Rule," which has split Florida's U.S. Senate delegation, will likely come to a vote this week as Republicans and Democrats begin posturing for November's general election.
Likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney finally began revealing some of his plans for paying for massive tax cuts and naming which government agencies he plans to close if he wins the White House in November.
Five U.S. service members assigned to the Joint Task Force Summit of the Americas in support of the United States Secret Service violated curfew established by the U.S. Senior Defense official in Colombia and may have been involved in inappropriate conduct.
The National Rifle Association is coming to the defense of Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law it helped write in 2005 and targeting the media for its coverage of the Trayvon Martin case.
"Is contraception wrong?" CBS4's Jim DeFede asked Senator Marco Rubio in a recent exclusive one-on-one interview.
Documents obtained by CBS4 show a system of corruption and payoffs that spans not just a few months on Miami Beach but perhaps more than a decade.
CBS4 News' Jim DeFede sat down with Rubio earlier this week for a rare, nearly hour long interview on a wide range of topics – from speculation that Mitt Romney will tap him to be his vice president, to his controversial stance on contraception, to his brief childhood stint as a Mormon.
The 2012 general election is still in the early stages, but if the last 48 hours are indication; the election promises to be an especially brutal partisan fight between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Each year as Memorial Day weekend approaches, gas prices soar. This year has been especially tough as average prices have hit $4 a gallon in Miami. But things may be about to change.
The top code compliance inspector for the city of Miami Beach has been charged, along with 6 other people, in a scheme to allegedly extort money from a South beach club owner. An FBI sting snared 5 Miami Beach code compliance officers and two city firefighters who prosecutors claim demanded cash for looking the other way.
Nearly six months after Joshua Perper resigned as Broward County's Medical Examiner, the county has announced his replacement.
It wasn't quite Joseph McCarthy waiving around papers claiming to know of communists in the federal government, but according to the Palm Beach Post, Congressman Allen West "has heard" there are communists in the House of Representatives.
If it finds evidence that a federal criminal civil rights crime has been committed in the death of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder has vowed that the Justice Department will take action.
As President Barack Obama campaigned in South Florida on behalf of the so-called Buffett Rule – a plan whereby the wealthiest Americans would be required to pay at least 30 percent in income taxes – Senator Marco Rubio sat down with CBS4 News for an extended interview in which he criticized the proposed law.
President Barack Obama paid his second visit to South Florida in the last month Tuesday for a pair of fundraisers and a speech to students at Florida Atlantic University.
