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As the 2020 Democratic field widens, former Congressman Carlos Curbelo weighs in on what it may take to beat Donald Trump and why he believes Senator Cory Booker has a leg up on the current swath of candidates. » Subscribe…

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) joins MTP Daily to discuss whether Trump and the GOP focusing on the caravan of migrants is an effective midterm strategy and the red tide and algae bloom issue in Florida. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc…

Carlos Curbelo. The Republican Congressman from Miami months ago looked like he could be Florida’s most vulnerable incumbent House member, representing a district that Hillary Clinton won by an overwhelming 16 percentage points. A New York Times poll last week was the latest to show Curbelo slightly ahead — and raising doubts about a big Democratic wave looming in the Sunshine State. Adam Putnam. The Tampa Bay Times reported last week that the agriculture commissioner and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate had hired to donor’s son for a $91,000 job. More shameless is as how that information was released: The Times made a public records request in May, and Putnam’s office finally released it after he lost the gubernatorial primary Aug. 28. Runner up. Bill Nelson. Nate Silver, the statistician and political prognosticator on fivethirtyeight.com pegged Nelson’s as the most vulnerable seat among 25 Democrats are defending this year. Nelson is neck and neck with Rick Scott, but that’s not a message he wants to send to the national party and donors deciding where to send money.

Florida's 2018 midterm election is one of the most important in years. The governor's office and all three Cabinet seats are on the ballot; Republican Gov. There's someone who is fed up with the barrage of negative television ads and campaigning so far this year: The head of the Republican Party of Florida. Blaise Ingoglia took to Twitter this week to say that "I'm really disappointed in all the negative campaigning going on between Republicans in the primary this year. Today's top news by email The local news you need to start your day Recaptcha requires verification. DeSantis released an ad this week that was entirely footage of the event. It ends with DeSantis pointing at the crowd as the words "CONSERVATIVE WARRIOR" appear on the screen and Trump's voice saying, "Everybody needs to support Ron DeSantis." Rick Scott supporting Gonzalez? Viewers wouldn't know it by the ad, in which an announcer says Scott "stands with" Gonzalez and "Join Governor Scott in support of pro-Trump, tax-cutting conservative Dr. Julio Gonzalez." But Scott's campaign manager, Jackie Schutz, said Scott hasn't endorsed in the race.

For decades, federal law has prevented real research into cannabis — this law aims to change that. Steven Senne/AP/REX Shutterstock Proponents of a new effort to study marijuana on Capitol Hill believe their bill has the greatest chance of becoming law because it seeks to do something both relatively uncontroversial and completely novel: Remove politics from the debate over marijuana altogether, while putting the nation’s scientists in the driver’s seat. This latest effort, dubbed the Marijuana Data Collection Act, would require the National Academy of Sciences to release a scientifically rigorous report every two years on a range of topics involving weed, including its impact on public safety and health, the economy and what legalization — or the lack thereof — has meant for the criminal justice system. If that sounds simple, that’s because it’s intended to be. “Only those that have a more zealous position on this issue will oppose uncovering the truth, because they know that it will make it more likely that the federal government will just kind of retreat on the marijuana issue and let the states lead.” The bill isn’t specifically aimed at anti-marijuana Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but if passed it would offer proponents and opponents of marijuana better statistics and data than his Department of Justice currently provides. “We are in such a partisan, polarized political state that my fear was that if we allowed a branch of the federal government to do this, that no matter which administration was in power, the political party that was out of power was going to be concerned that this was a biased report,” Paul Armentano, the Deputy Director of the marijuana advocacy group NORML, tells Rolling Stone. “If we allowed the National Academy of Sciences to do this report we avoided that potential conflict.” Proponents eventually want marijuana to be rescheduled federally so it’s not viewed the same as heroin and even LSD, but they say the 31 states and the District of Columbia who have now legalized marijuana either medicinally, recreationally or both need more data as they write their marijuana laws. Still, the legislation is not without its opponents, even from some on Capitol Hill who have supported efforts to study the positive and negative health effects of marijuana. “That’s the question we should be asking, not going into states to see what’s happening in the states right now,” Harris says. “This is something that I would hope that whether people are opponents or proponents of cannabis law reform, they would at least want to have better data to inform their decision-making,” Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) tells Rolling Stone.

Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., visited a Catholic Charities facility in Florida that is currently housing children who either came into the country alone or who were separated from their families as part of the Trump Administration's policy. Rep. Curbelo discusses…

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fl.) talks with Chuck on the two immigration bills that face a House vote next week and what would happen if Democrats don't back the legislation proposed. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions narrowed the qualifications for asylum seekers to enter the United States. Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida joins Katy Tur to discuss where immigration reform currently stands in Congress. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is…

The court rulings removed almost all urgency in Congress to act on immigration. We’re not looking at amnesty,” Trump tells reporters. 9 January 2018 Trump promises to “take the heat” for a bipartisan Daca bill being brokered by senators. On the same day a district judge rules the administration must keep the program open to new applications, a ruling that is later supported by other federal court decisions. 24 January 2018 With the government reopened with a temporary bill, Trump tells reporters he is now open to a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers “over a period of 10-12 years” if the individual “does a great job, they work hard”. 1 April 2018 Trump appears to end the possibility of a bipartisan deal over Daca with a series of furious tweets on Easter Sunday. If the petition is signed by a majority of House members, the petition has the power to trigger votes on a suite of immigration bills following a so-called “queen-of-the-hill” rule. “The message from the … House Republicans that so far have signed the discharge petition is that we want action,” Curbelo said on CNN’s New Day on Thursday. Earlier this year, the Senate failed to advance several immigration bills, including one that had the White House’s support. However, while some Republicans in Democratic-targeted districts are under pressure to act on immigration reform, many Republicans will be reluctant to vote on a series of controversial bills in an election year.

Sebastian wasn't a live baby, but part of the technology used by the University of Miami's multi-million-dollar Simulation Hospital that opened this fall as part its School of Nursing and Health studies. It was all part of Day 1 of the two-day eMerge Americas conference at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Help us deliver journalism that makes a difference in our community. Like most conferences these days, eMerge offers content for different types of attendees — in this case, entrepreneurs, advisory companies and even women in tech. But it was political news that dominated Monday, with presentations by former Mexican President Vicente Fox, local city and county leaders, and a surprise press conference by several Miami Republicans. But "that's not what he told me," Curbelo said when he and the president spoke during a visit last week to the Florida Keys. Another of the day's surprises was an impromptu press conference called by Miami Republican House members denouncing this weekend's violence in Nicaragua. "I'm here to catch up with clients, meet new people, and see what local startups are up to," he said. Such second-round funding has been relatively rare for South Florida startups. The discussion centered on boosting the region's tech profile.