Politics

TAMPA — Against the backdrop of congressional debate on the Iran nuclear deal, the University of South Florida is bringing together current and past diplomats and military leaders to hash out the pros and cons at a forum today beginning at 8:30 a.m. It’s part of an all-day, two-part session on both the nuclear agreement…

TAMPA — On a dreary, gray Wednesday morning, the president of the United States hopped into a black sport utility vehicle and his lengthy motorcade sped away from the Hilton Tampa Downtown, down rain-soaked city streets, along the Selmon Expressway and finally through the gates of MacDill Air Force Base. It would be a day…

For the last two years of his life, Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young was in constant, searing pain, but put off thoughts of retirement because there was too much to do, Bev Young, his wife of 26 years, said in an interview Sunday night. “It was horrible,” said Bev Young, “He just sucked it up. He…

TAMPA — U.S. Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young of Indian Shores, the senior Republican in Congress and Florida’s longest-serving member, is retiring after his the end of his 22nd term in 2014, his son confirmed to The Tampa Tribune today. Young, 82, represents the 13th Congressional District and was first elected to the House in 1970…