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With his reelection against a little-known GOP state senator more or less assured, Gov. Gavin Newsom waded deeper into the politics of far-away Florida with his Thursday announcement of a $100,000 donation to the Democrat running against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Many years ago, when I was just starting my career as a daily newspaper reporter for pay, my youthful colleague and I had a remedy for the occasional feelings of burnout we all experienced.

The Republican is one of the favourites to become the next President

Review of court and election papers raises questions about whether the 19 people charged knowingly committed fraud

Anti-"woke" right-wingers score major victories in Miami, Sarasota — but elsewhere in Florida, liberals push back

It’s a rare talent, for a politician’s actions to appear both chilling and silly at the same time. Gov. Ron DeSantis — who from the start has built his personal political brand by resurrecting and weaponizing bigotry that most people believed had been laid to rest —pulls it off regularly.

The state’s arrest last week of 20 Floridians on charges of voter fraud had nothing to do with election integrity and everything to do with intimidating voters. This was a small-potatoes racket that’s threatening to expand when what Florida needs is a better system for ensuring legal voting in the…

August 25, 2022

Host of ABC News Breakfast Michael Rowland and North America correspondent Carrington Clarke joined us for a live Q&A on US politics. Here's what they covered

Florida governor is thought to be 2024 primary contender

Scientist became a cause célèbre in Florida after claiming she had been forced out of her job for refusing to manipulate data