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Republicans are going to new extremes to silence opponents. Democrats have largely failed muster a defence – with the exception of a viral speech that showed the kind of backbone the party needs.
DeSantis deserves some credit for his handling of the Covid-19 crisis in Florida. Though seen as a potential alternative to Trump in the 2024 presidential election, he is giving mixed signals as to whether he wants to appeal to the majority or Trump’s hardcore base.
The latest school shooting in the US will only spark more surveillance by government agencies of what people say online, instead of gun control.
- The law requires colleges and universities to get approval before hiring or working with Chinese people who aren’t US citizens or green card holders
- A legal challenge filed by two graduate students and a professor argues, among other things, that the state law usurps the power of the federal government
Court has granted Disney’s request for pause in its federal lawsuit against Ron DeSantis and his appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district after sides reached settlement in state court.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney have been embroiled in a dispute since 2022 over the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law that aimed to limit classroom discussion of gender and sexuality.
Trump Media & Technology Group – acquired on Monday by a blank-check company called Digital World Acquisition – runs the social media platform Truth Social.
The ruling came just hours after a hearing in which the ex-US president’s lawyers argued that the central charge in the case was improperly vague.
Odysseus is the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, carrying experiments for Nasa, the main sponsor.
Justice Engoron had earlier ruled that the ex-US president had engaged in fraud by overstating his net worth to dupe lenders.
Federal panel rules ‘this prohibition blatantly violates the 14th Amendment’s protection against discrimination’ in blow to Governor Ron DeSantis.
The Narcos-like show was also executive produced by the Modern Family actress, and focuses on Blanco’s time in Miami in the 1970s and 80s – but whatever happened to the drug lord IRL?
Trump’s case stands apart from previous cases as only big business found that was threatened with shutdown without a showing of obvious victims and major losses.
On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, the Florida governor ended a White House bid that failed to meet expectations he would emerge as a serious challenger to the former US president.
An animal study shows the virus, which can cause devastating deformities in developing fetuses, has the potential to shrink neuroblastoma tumours.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying 4 crew from Texas start-up Axiom Space lifted off from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral for a 36-hour flight to the orbiting laboratory.
Confident Trump is up against his one-time chief rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley for the Republican 2024 nomination.
The Florida governor has built his campaign partly on moves against Chinese staff at state universities and restrictions on property purchases.
Trump’s ‘myriad deceptive schemes’ to ‘inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous that they belie innocent explanation’, Letitia James said.
Academics say the opportunity to study at the rival country’s university must resume to benefit students, reduce biases and help stabilise relations but blocks remain.
Citadel exec Ken Griffin manages over US$60 billion and is the 36th richest person in the world – now he’s building the biggest estate in Florida, which will dwarf Donald Trump’s signature resort
Meet the Florida first lady, former NBC news anchor and champion equestrian who is ‘strategically’ channelling White House chic at the side of her husband, governor Ron
The 2024 US presidential hopeful linked Beijing to the Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars, and called the Asian superpower a ‘formidable threat’ to the US.
Matt Gaetz triggers the most serious showdown yet within the Republican Party as it battles to contain firebrand supporters of ex-president Donald Trump.
The governor and 2024 presidential hopeful may not want to be photographed with Biden overlooking storm damage now as the Republican primary race intensifies.
The president ordered all federal resources to help with the response to the storm as life-threatening conditions are expected into the Labor Day weekend.
Surges of up to 4.9 metres are anticipated as destructive winds and torrential downpours batter hundreds of miles of shoreline.
Governor Ron DeSantis urged residents in low-lying communities to evacuate, warning that a rush of seawater could bring floods to these areas.
Tropical Storm Idalia has formed in the Caribbean and could strengthen into a hurricane, bringing high winds and storm surges to Cuba and Florida later this week.
Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, had written ‘several manifestos’ detailing his hatred for black people, police said, adding he had no criminal record
The shooter entered a Dollar General store wearing a tactical vest, armed with an AR-style rifle and a handgun.
Ruling means the state law, which started on July 1, will remain in effect while the court case is resolved.
DeSantis had long planned to attend the Iowa State Fair, a political must for aspiring presidential candidates and Trump’s late announcement that he was also going to attend amounted to a political gatecrashing.
