Rick Scott

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., just barely survived in 2012 by helping an incompetent Republican candidate named Todd Akin win his party primary. This time, it doesn't look like there's going to be much of a contest in the Republican primary. Attorney General Josh Hawley (pictured above), a 37-year-old rising star who was just elected in November, has announced that he's in the race to win. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans score a top recruit as Josh Hawley announces for Senate

David Freddoso · October 10, 2017 7:50 pm

The Florida nursing home in which a dozen patients died after Hurricane Irma has laid off its 245 employees and closed down. (Screen shot)

Florida nursing home where 12 died after Hurricane Irma is closing

Kimberly Leonard · October 7, 2017 9:25 pm

Voicemails to Gov. Rick Scott from Florida nursing home where 11 died were deleted: Report

Mandy Mayfield · September 23, 2017 3:04 pm

Gov. Rick Scott, center, assesses the damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. A nursing home's officials said they called an emergency cellphone number connected to Scott's office making a request for help 36 hours before patients began to die. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Florida nursing home says emergency call to governor made 36 hours before multiple patients died

Diana Stancy Correll · September 16, 2017 3:18 am

President Donald Trump, followed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, waves upon his arrival on Air Force One at Miami International Airport in Miami, Friday, June 16, 2017, before giving a speech on Cuba policy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump urges Florida Gov. Rick Scott to run for Senate during visit to survey Hurricane Irma damage

Melissa Quinn · September 14, 2017 3:47 pm

This state of emergency permits the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency to organize disaster relief efforts. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Trump declares a state of emergency for Alabama before Irma hits

Diana Stancy Correll · September 11, 2017 10:38 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said that more than 5.7 million Florida residences and businesses are without power after Hurricane Irma's tore through the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott: 5.7 million Floridians without power

Anna Giaritelli · September 11, 2017 12:02 pm

"I just can't imagine it's not going to have water all through the whole house," said Gov. Rick Scott. "It's nothing new ... you can replace a house." (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Rick Scott expects Irma storm surge to inundate his waterfront property in Naples

Naomi Lim · September 10, 2017 10:09 pm

A beachgoer runs off the beach as the early effects of Hurricane Irma pick up in Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Energy and Environment

Hurricane Irma brings ‘life-threatening’ storm surge to Florida. But what is storm surge?

Daniel Chaitin · September 10, 2017 2:56 pm

Fort Myers is seen as surf and winds begin to kick up in advance of Hurricane Irma, in Sanibel Island, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Irma as turned towards the West coast of Florida and may give the Tampa area its first direct hit from a major hurricane in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott: Biggest concern with Hurricane Irma is storm surge

Todd Shepherd · September 10, 2017 1:56 pm

After weakening to a Category 3 after slamming Cuba, the storm, which devastated several islands in the Caribbean, re-energized over warmer waters overnight as it made its way north to Florida. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)

Energy and Environment

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida Keys

Daniel Chaitin · September 10, 2017 12:51 pm

Florida has never seen anything like Hurricane Irma, Gov. Rick Scott warned early Saturday afternoon as the state prepared for the storm to strike. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)

Gov. Rick Scott: Florida ‘has never seen anything like’ Irma

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2017 4:40 pm