The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Florida governor and president seen as potential opponents in 2024 general election

MIAMI — Documents released this week by the aviation company that helped manage Florida’s $12 million migrant relocation program shed new light on behind-the-scenes dealings as the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, working with the politically connected vendor, wriggled around a requirement that Florida use the money to export Florida…

Four years ago, Florida's Ron DeSantis was a little-known US congressman. Now, he's being floated as Trump 2.0 — and his former mentor is reportedly furious.

Reflexive opposition to the 45th president was terrible for Covid policy and basic ethics.

Advocates for inoculation are distressed by what they see as a new political focus on an old public health measure.

MIAMI — President Joe Biden made a last-minute pitch Tuesday to Florida voters to reject the state’s top GOP leaders in the Nov. 8 election and emphasized to donors the state’s ongoing importance in national politics during a jam-packed day trip to South Florida to boost Democrats on the ballot.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida’s one-month gas tax holiday ended Monday without consumers ever seeing the full 25-cents-per-gallon break Gov. Ron DeSantis promised at the beginning of October.

Terran Orbital, a publicly traded satellite maker based in Boca Raton, is dropping Florida’s Space Coast as the site for a proposed factory in favor of a location in Southern California.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Joe Biden delivered a searing indictment of Republican policies on Tuesday, charging they’re a threat to Social Security and Medicare, then delivering a closing argument aimed at mobilizing Florida voters to turn out for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Senate candidate Val Demings.

The University of Florida’s board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to name U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the flagship school’s 13th president after weeks of growing criticism over his views on LGBTQ issues and a national search conducted largely in secret.

Since 2019, legislators and election officials in Florida have revised, passed and enforced restrictive voting laws that make it harder for poor people, former felons and people of color – who traditionally favor Democrats in elections – to vote.