Raul Castro

Lifting trade embargoes and re-establishing diplomatic relations will only tighten the Castro regime's grip on the Cuban people. (AP Photo)Â

Will Cuba see political change?

Vincent Amoroso · June 5, 2015 9:00 am

Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are the chief sponsors of a new bill, which comes in response to the Obama administration's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and remove them from a terrorism watch list.

Rubio, Cotton move to block financial transactions with Castro regime

Susan Ferrechio · June 3, 2015 5:55 pm

Young Cuban students walk arm-in-arm during the March of the Torches from the University of Havana through the Vedado districts and to the Malecon oceanfront on January 27, 2015, in Havana, Cuba.Â (Getty Image)

Only Cubans can make Cuba free

Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo)

Obama’s Cuba thaw: a foreign policy or a smokescreen?

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

President Barack Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. (AP Photo)

Cuba’s crackdown should make Obama think twice

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2015 9:00 am

August 4, 1961: In The Year 1 AO

Irwin M. Stelzer · April 24, 2015 5:22 pm

During his first full day as a presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio raised $1.25 million, a source close to the campaign said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Cuban heritage could boost Marco Rubio in Florida

David M. Drucker · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

Having already opened the door to warmer relations with the communist dictatorship of Raul Castro, Obama has now agreed to remove it from the State Department's list of international sponsors of terrorism. (AP Photo)Â

Obama to reward Cuba’s aid to terrorists

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2015 9:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, following a GOP strategy meeting. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Boehner: Cuba targeting his State of the Union guest for harassment

Susan Crabtree · April 15, 2015 11:26 pm

President Obama gave notice to Congress Tuesday that he intends to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.Â (AP Photo)

Obama to remove Cuba from terror list

Brian Hughes · April 14, 2015 7:30 pm

President Obama is evaluating a recommendation by the State Department on whether to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and will likely make a decision in the next few days. (AP Photo)

Decision on removing Cuba from terror list in ‘coming days’

Susan Crabtree · April 13, 2015 6:15 pm

President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama meets with Castro, says it’s time for U.S. to ‘try something new’

Eddie Scarry and Jennifer Peebles · April 11, 2015 9:50 pm