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Marco Rubio

U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, are surrounded by body guards as they tour Old Havana where a street performer on stilts looks on, right, in Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Marco Rubio: Beyoncé, Jay-Z trip to Cuba 'hypocritical'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican senator says entertainers Beyonce and Jay-Z missed a chance while in Cuba to see firsthand the effects of political oppression...
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At CPAC, Republicans remain resistant to change

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Five months after their second straight electoral drubbing, leading Republicans remain reluctant to articulate what the party must change in order to win presidential elections in the future...
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - MARCH 14:  U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) arrives to address the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) March 14, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American conservative Union held its annual conference in the suburb of Washington, DC, to rally conservatives and generate ideas.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

At CPAC, Republicans admit diversity challenges

Ken Thomas and Steve Peoples, Associated Press
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union declared Thursday that the Republican Party is not a home for everyone...
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Left: Wiz Khalifa (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Center: Marco Rubio (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Right: Jay-Z (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio quotes Wiz Khalifa, Jay-Z

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Republican Senator Marco Rubio quoted the 'modern day poet[s]' Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z in an effort to show support for Rand Paul's filibuster...
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to the media after being named Chairman of the National Constitution Center's Board of Trustees December 6, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will succeed President William J. Clinton, who has served as Chairman since January 2009. Governor Bush's father President George H.W. Bush served as Chairman prior to Clinton. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

GOP still groping for a direction

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Five months after Election Day, the Republicans are still grappling with how they should reorient their party to win presidential elections in the future...
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Marco Rubio may be part of bipartisan immigration reform talks but he will not budge on this issue. Lil Wayne is no Tupac. (Courtesy Getty Images)

Rubio: Lil Wayne isn’t on Tupac’s level

Adrian Carrasquillo, NBC Latino
NBC LATINO - Listen up, Lil Wayne. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has some thoughts on how you stack up compared to legendary West coast rapper Tupac...
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The GOP holds its diversity primary

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - But a more quiet shift is also taking place: the party that officially opposes affirmative action is heavily promoting its diverse faces...
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at a combination fundraiser and birthday party for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, on November 17, 2012 in Altoona, Iowa. (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Rubio to deliver State of Union GOP response

Ken Thomas, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct message to a growing Hispanic electorate that shunned the GOP in last year's election...
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President Barack Obama delivers his address on immigration reform at Del Sol High School on January 29, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama commended Congress for their bipartisanship efforts in fixing illegal immigration policies. (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)

Obama's big immigration opportunity

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Republicans are strongly signaling they will back an immigration plan along the outlines of what President Obama proposed Tuesday...
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Student Milca Calymayor (R), 18-years-old, blocks a a street around the Los Angeles Federal Building during a demonstration by immigrant students for an end to deportations and urge relief by governmental agencies for those in deportation proceedings on June 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

White House, senators starting push on immigration

Erica Werner and Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -The White House and a bipartisan group of senators will launch separate efforts next week to jumpstart negotiations to overhaul the immigration system, an issue that has languished in Washington for years...
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