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Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to launch a 2024 presidential campaign in the coming months, will travel overseas this week on an international trade mission. DeSantis will lead a Florida delegation to Israel, Japan, South Korea and the U.K. to meet with government and business leaders. […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican members of Congress are getting caught up in the feud between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with many members of the Florida congressional delegation saying Trump is the man best suited to help the party win back the White House in 2024. Trump, who is […]

Chris duMond/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A six-week abortion ban that replaces Florida’s 15-week ban was signed into law Thursday night by Gov. Ron DeSantis, after the state House of Representatives passed the bill earlier in the day. “We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in a statement. […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will travel to Cobb County, Georgia, on Thursday to visit a popular gun store as part of his ongoing book tour ahead of what is expected to be a presidential campaign announcement this summer. The previously scheduled trip happens to come days after a shooter killed […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis likened former President Donald Trump’s jabs against him to so much “background noise,” according to excerpts from an upcoming interview with Piers Morgan. “To me, it’s just background noise,” DeSantis is quoted saying in an account of the sit-down Morgan wrote for The New York Post. […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday broke his silence on possible indictment of former President Donald Trump in remarks that first criticized the Manhattan district attorney who would issue the indictment but then swiped at the former president. “We are not involved in this. Won’t be involved in […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A Donald Trump-aligned political group on Wednesday said it filed a complaint with the Florida Commission of Ethics accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of abusing his office to mount a “shadow presidential campaign” — which DeSantis’ team dismissed as a “frivolous” claim. DeSantis, the popular and polarizing governor of a former […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’ first Iowa swing of the 2024 presidential cycle kicked off Friday in a packed casino room on the eastern side of the state, where he boasted that his stringent conservative leadership style had steered Florida into becoming a model for the rest of the country — […]

Nick Kerr/ABC News (SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Southern California on Sunday, taking swipes at Gov. Gavin Newsom in his own backyard amid a widening Republican Primary battle ahead of 2024. “I know you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor is very concerned about what we’re […]

James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (OCALA, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday responded to former President Donald Trump’s latest insult after Trump reshared a social media post insinuating that DeSantis behaved inappropriately around students when he worked as a private school teacher. The post includes a photo […]