Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

DeSantis a willing warrior as conservatives lean into gender and sexual identity fights

Few fronts in America’s heated culture wars have been more active recently than the fight over sexuality and gender identity.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday removed Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office for what he said was Warren’s disregard for his duty to enforce state laws, including a pledge not to prosecute people receiving an abortion or their doctors performing them.

Tribune News Service

US conservatives cheer Hungarian PM Viktor Orban at conference

US Republicans view Orban’s Hungary as a conservative, anti-woke paradise.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Florida’s DeSantis suspends state prosecutor over abortion law

Andrew Warren, an elected Democratic state attorney, had pledged not to enforce the US state’s 15-week abortion ban.

Al Jazeera

DeSantis suspends state attorney who refused to prosecute trans people and abortion providers

Andrew Warren joined dozens of prosecutors across the US who refused to criminalise abortion and gender-affirming care

The Independent UK

How Can Florida Gov. DeSantis Suspend Elected Prosecutor for Refusing to Enforce Certain Criminal Laws?

Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended Tampa-area elected state prosecutor Andrew Warren (see this executive order, and this article in the Tampa Bay Times [Lawrence Mower]) for "neglect of duty." The core of DeSantis's stated basis seemed to be this: DeSantis cited Warren's having "publicly proclaimed in writing that he will…

Reason

Florida governor suspends prosecutor over new abortion law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended the elected state prosecutor of Tampa for pledging not to enforce the state’s new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender transition treatments for minors

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes, removing him from office and naming his replacement.

Tribune News Service

Nikki Fried is running for Florida governor. Is she an insider or an outsider?

TAMPA, Fla. — In spring 2003, the culture wars came to the University of Florida.

Tribune News Service

After 16 Florida elections, Charlie Crist gears up for one more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last time Charlie Crist was considering a run for Florida governor, in 2014, he shared a moment of clarity with one of his consultants.

Tribune News Service

Will fight over property insurance roil Florida governor’s race? - Roll Call

A crisis in property insurance could upset GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential ambitions as Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist looks to oust him.

Roll Call

Ron DeSantis says monkeypox emergency declarations are a scaremongering tactic

DeSantis says he is ‘sick’ of politicians ‘trying to sow fear into the population’

The Independent UK

Florida will not declare a state of emergency over monkeypox, DeSantis says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he will not declare a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak despite more than 500 cases in the state. At the same time, Florida Surgeon General Joe Lapado reminded the public that the efficacy of the Jynneos vaccine now…

Tribune News Service

Cruise Lines Relax COVID Testing and Vaccination Policies

For trips shorter than six days, vaccinated passengers will no longer need to obtain a negative test result before boarding.

Reason

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Axios

Scoop: 2024 GOP hopefuls back Trump's plan to purge civil servants

Even if Trump isn't reelected, it’s likely the next GOP president will try to implement Schedule F.

The Independent UK

Seven Florida clergy members of different faiths link up for spate of lawsuits against post-Roe abortion bills

The group, which includes two Christians, three Jews, one Unitarian Universalist, and a Buddhist, argues that the ban violates their freedom to practice their religious faith

Ballotpedia

Economy and Society, August 2, 2022: Governor DeSantis bans ESG criteria in state pension fund management

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Miami Herald

Despite DeSantis, it’s business as usual at R House drag brunch. Just a little less skin

MIAMI -- At drag brunch at Wynwood’s R House on Saturday, the mimosas were flowing, sashed and veiled brides-to-be were dancing in their seats and the dollar bills were flying.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

So, who’ll take the reins from ‘one term’ Joe Biden and is Kamala Harris really popular enough to follow him?

Swirling factions, plummeting approval ratings and mounting concerns about his age mean Democrats are increasingly nervous about Joe Biden. But, as Sarah Baxter writes, without a natural successor the risk of re-opening the door to Donald Trump is all too real

Orlando Sentinel

Florida insurance firms, not homeowners, reap benefit of $2 billion taxpayer-financed fund

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly five dozen Florida companies have submitted plans to tap into a $2 billion taxpayer-financed plan designed to shore up the struggling property insurance industry that would only save homeowners about 1% to 3% on their annual premiums.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she ‘would be honoured’ to join Trump on 2024 presidential ticket

The Georgia congresswoman said she had a great relationship with the president and spoke with him frequently

Salon

Don trumps Ron: DeSantis is no dirtbag

Sorry, Republican elites, but a stiff-necked Bible bully who graduated both Yale and Harvard can't win Trump's base

The Independent UK

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis plans to fight ‘woke CEOs’ at financial services like Paypal and others

“Do we govern ourselves through our constitution and through our elections or do we have these masters of the universe occupying these commanding heights of society?” the Republican governor said during a press briefing

Texas Observer

Next on the GOP’s List: Starving Queer Kids

Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton, have filed suit over a federal school lunch program that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ children.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Attacking corporations for responsible policies betrays Republican principles

The party that once coddled corporations is now punishing them for supporting climate-change mitigation, LGBTQ rights, gun reform, abortion rights and more. Much as they like to pander to the anti-“woke” extremists in their base, Republican officeholders should consider that corporations today, just like those in the heyday of country…

1 … 279 280 281 282

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.