Latest Ron DeSantis News

After rebuke from legislative leaders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledges to veto immigration bill

Jan. 29, 2025 18:07 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised to veto a sweeping immigration bill on Wednesday in the latest escalation of a statehouse showdown with Republican legislative leaders over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump ’s immigration crackdown. ...

GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown

Jan. 29, 2025 17:44 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is on track to become the latest state to adopt immigration enforcement policies designed to assist President Donald Trump's plan to suppress illegal immigration and carry out one of the largest mass deportation efforts in U.S....

A South Florida luxury condo project is planned for site where building collapse killed 98 people

Jan. 29, 2025 16:17 PM EST

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A Dubai-based developer plans to build a 12-story luxury condominium project on the South Florida site where a building collapsed in 2021, killing 98 people. DAMAC International said Tuesday that it planned to build The Delmore on the site where the Champlain...

Florida lawmakers pass sweeping immigration bill to help with Trump crackdown

Jan. 29, 2025 13:38 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping immigration bill Tuesday, setting aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump 's crackdown on those in the country illegally. In a state where roughly one in every five residents...

Trump-endorsed candidates win primary races to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz

Jan. 28, 2025 20:20 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump -endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts. Republicans are...

Florida Republicans defy DeSantis to push their own immigration bill

Jan. 27, 2025 18:28 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, it's game on between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's Republican lawmakers. In a stunning rebuke to DeSantis, who was once floated as the Republican successor to President Donald Trump, Florida lawmakers on Monday gaveled in a special session...

Democratic states weigh more support for immigrants as Trump administration cracks down

Jan. 25, 2025 12:34 PM EST

As President Donald Trump tightens the nation's immigration policies, lawmakers in Democratic-led states are proposing new measures that could erect legal obstacles for federal immigration officials and help immigrants lacking legal status avoid deportation. The resistance efforts in...

Trump and Vance join March for Life anti-abortion activists in celebrating the movement's gains

Jan. 24, 2025 19:22 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to support anti-abortion-rights protesters in his second term as tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington on Friday for the annual March for Life. “We will again stand proudly for families and for life,” Trump...

Gulf of Whatnow? Trump's geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next

Jan. 23, 2025 17:23 PM EST

What's in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been for four centuries, or the Gulf of America, as President Donald Trump...

Sledding on boogie boards, ice hockey on Canal Street: The Gulf Coast embraces a rare snow day

Jan. 22, 2025 15:43 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When the sun rose over the Sunshine State on Wednesday, palm trees were dusted with snow, waves crashed on icy beaches, and overjoyed Floridians grabbed whatever would slide and headed for the closest hill. At a park a few blocks from the state capitol in...