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President Joe Biden spoke with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis early Thursday and approved the governor’s request to declare a major federal disaster. Biden approved nine counties to be major disaster areas ...

A bill limiting foreign influence from “countries of concern,” including adding penalties for businesses and prohibiting surrogacy contracts with Chinese nationals, was signed into law by Gov. Ron ...

See our live coverage of the Republican debate, which includes up-to-the-minute updates on what the candidates said and our ...

DeSantis Announces 19% Drop in Drug-Related Deaths, Over 40% for Opioids and Fentanyl — By The Floridian's Michael Costeines — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that statewide drug-related deaths dropped by ...

Florida governor takes enormous lead over embattled ex-president for 2024 race as Mike Pence nears a run of his own In a poll regarding potential Republican nominees for president in 2024, the Florida ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are among those featured on Time magazine’s 2022 “100 Most Influential People” list.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis this week is pushing his state’s GOP-dominated legislature to adopt a gerrymandering scheme that could create four new Republican U.S. House districts in the ...