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Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will still have a primetime speaking role at the Republican National Convention after organizers turned down his offer to…

The Tampa Bay Gospel, led by Marvin Winans Jr., is among the roster of special acts booked next week for the Republican National Convention.The lineup…

GOP officials abruptly scrapped the first day of their national convention in Tampa, Fla., because of Tropical Storm Isaac.

Members of Code Pink led the march in front of Tampa's historic Tampa Theatre past a long line of older people waiting for admittance into the Faith and…

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul wrapped up his third presidential bid at a rally Sunday.Thousands filled the Sun Dome on the University of South Florida campus to…

Despite a delay to the start of the Republican National Convention, Monday's major protest march in downtown Tampa is scheduled to go on. Jared Hamil,…

Delegates were treated to a giant party - and protesters tried to rain on their political parade - as the first activities began Sunday at the Republican…

Florida may have dodged Isaac, but that doesn't mean the Tampa Bay area is out of the woods.Emergency officials earlier this morning canceled the tropical…

This five-day forecast says it all. Isaac's track has shifted toward New Orleans and away from Florida.Florida is no longer under a tropical storm…

When Marco Rubio introduces Mitt Romney on Thursday, the Florida senator will see his rising star climb even higher into the national and international…

The first day of the Republican National Convention might have been canceled, but that didn't stop a march by a coalition of about a dozen protest groups.…

It's the closest these Floridians will ever get to an actual snow day. The threat of Isaac canceled most official business at the Republican National Convention Monday. The storm went west, leaving members of Florida's delegation free to engage in a political snowball fight of their own.

A new model has predicted that Mitt Romney will beat President Barack Obama in the presidential election. But Nate Cohn of The New Republic reminds us that for every prediction there is an equally compelling model that shows the opposite outcome.

Republicans called their convention to order, then quickly went into recess. Tropical storm Isaac has interfered with their schedule. They're not wasting time, though, in hitting what will be a familiar theme: That the national debt is soaring.

Mormon food culture comes from spiritual teachings and the pioneering ways of a new religion in a new country as it evolved westward. Knowing more about it may provide some insights into the personal beliefs of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

"It's not a police state," says Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor, adding that the officers on hand during Monday's March on the RNC were there for the…

There may not have been much happening inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Monday, but plenty was happening outside.Protesters marched through downtown on…

Sorry guys. This one's for the ladies. A new study has found a gene that appears to make women happy. The findings appear online in the journal Progress…

Sarah Palin impersonator and adult film star--Lisa Ann-- spoke out about the current health crisis in the adult film industry while holding a press…

A group of likely anarchists dressed in black tried to march without a permit through downtown Tampa late Monday afternoon.The protesters sat down in the…

The RNC wasn't even in session on Monday, as the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac was still very real. The Coalition to March on the RNC wasn't deterred.The…

Protesters spoke out against voter suppression laws and marched in Ybor City on Tuesday, a few miles from where the first official day of the RNC took…

Mitt Romney accepted his party's presidential nomination and promised to end four years of "disappointment and division." President Obama, he said, has failed to solve the nation's problems and it's time for him to leave the White House.

Protesters in town for the RNC took a bus ride down to Apollo Beach on Thursday to support an environmental protest at TECO Energy's Big Bend power…

The most important speech of Mitt Romney's career reached out to skeptical female voters, spoke to those disillusioned with President Obama, and had its genuinely moving interludes. Was it enough to change lingering perceptions of the long-running candidate?