Ron DeSantis

The president of Victims of Illicit Drugs, Jaime Puerta, recalls the loss of his only child after the latter contacted a dealer on Snapchat

The NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Latino civil rights organization, and Equality Florida, a gay rights advocacy group, all issued travel advisories for the Sunshine State

It’s a strategy aimed at making the most of the unlimited sums from wealthy donors that the political group, Never Back Down, can receive

The motion filed Friday claims U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s prior statements have raised questions about his impartiality on the state’s efforts to take over Disney World’s governing body

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation to show Penny that “America’s got his back” and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for New York’s governor to pardon Penny

Scott rejects the notion that racism remains a powerful force in society, and he has cast his candidacy and rise from generational poverty as the realization of a dream only possible in America

Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors

The announcement follows a year of attacks from the Republican governor and the state’s legislature, with Disney filing a First Amendment lawsuit against him and other officials last month

DeSantis chose a Christian school Wednesday to sign the bills, which also restricts pronoun use in schools and force people to use the bathroom corresponding with their sex at birth

The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday marks the latest opposition to a policy central to Governor Ron DeSantis’ agenda as he prepares to run for president

The launch of ‘Committed to America’ is the latest sign that Pence is moving ahead with his expected bid for the GOP nomination

The latest move builds on the governor’s larger push to shape Florida’s education system through regulating how schools deal with subjects such as race and gender

Biden put his ability to solve problems at the core of his pitch to voters in 2020 and it is central to his argument for why, at 80, he’s best prepared for four more years in the White House. Now, it’s crunch time

DeSantis, expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign any day, highlighted his willingness to embrace conservative cultural fights and sprinkled his remarks with indirect jabs at the former president, whose own event in the state had to be cancelled due to a tornado warning

The Florida governor and the former president will share the spotlight on Saturday, providing a chance to sway influential conservative activists and contrast their campaign styles in Republicans’ leadoff voting state

The magnitude of the challenge ahead for Trump’s Republican rivals was painfully exposed as the former president repeatedly turned his greatest political liabilities into jokes and applause lines for the Republican voters in attendance

While Republicans have closed ranks with the former president in other legal cases, there are concerns the latest sentence will dent his popularity, especially among female voters

The measure signed Wednesday is part of DeSantis’ plan to harden Florida’s immigration laws. DeSantis regularly heaves criticism on federal border policy and takes a hard-right stance geared toward Republican primary voters

It has been updated with developments since the entertainment giant nearly two weeks ago sued DeSantis and a new oversight board for the Disney World governing district

Intensifying his hard-right shift that began during the pandemic, the 44-year-old Republican governor in recent weeks has pushed the limits of divisive cultural battles over abortion, LGBTQ rights, sex education, guns, immigration and diversity

DeSantis is expected to sign the bills into law. He has driven a hardline conservative agenda as he seeks to bolster support of Republican primary voters

In 2022 libraries recorded requests to withdraw 2,571 titles, twice as many as in the previous year. Florida has laws that specify jail terms of up to five years for teachers and librarians who bypass bans

The board also approved defending itself in federal court in Tallahassee where Disney filed its lawsuit last Wednesday against the governor, the board and its five members

The Democrat is shaping the 2024 election as a moral battle for the ‘soul of America,’ which he says is at risk from Trump’s ‘MAGA Republicans’

DeSantis is slated to headline Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra’s annual summer fundraiser in northwest Iowa on May 13, A Trump campaign official says the former president now plans to be in Iowa on the same day

Georgia is among the states where Trump-aligned Republicans have joined the ranks of party leadership, but mounting electoral losses raise questions about whether they’re out of step with voters

Facing questions this week about his standing within the GOP and his fight with Disney, he’s sometimes appeared agitated, reinforcing concerns within corners of his own party about his readiness for the rigor of presidential politics