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In a rare comment on his time serving in Guantanamo, Ron DeSantis described to CBS News in 2018 his role doing legal review as commanders contemplated force-feeding detainees on hunger strikes. Five years later, he said he had no authority to make that call. CBS News Miami investigative reporter Jim DeFede...

Florida’s legislative session may have just gotten underway, but lawmakers there already have plenty to do. That’s, in part, because Republicans there have presented a flurry of bills that would transform K-12 and higher education in the state — from forcing state colleges and universities to shut down any diversity...

Likely contender’s statement read on air by Fox News host Tucker Carlson aligns him with rival Donald TrumpSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailFlorida isn’t the only place seeing conservative infighting today.James Comer, the Republican chair of the House oversight committee...

Despite the hype about Ron DeSantis surging past Donald Trump, both Republicans look unusually strong at this early stage of the presidential race...

After winning his reelection last fall by a wide margin—some 1.5 million votes—Ron DeSantis returned to the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee at the start of 2023 and ran with a presumed mandate behind his reactionary politics. He greeted his second term as a “war on woke” in his inaugural address...

DeSantis is not simply inveighing against progressive control of institutions. He is using his powers as governor to remake them...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stripped the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation of its liquor license Friday for allowing children to attend a Christmas drag show.DeSantis, who has been cracking down on LGBTQ rights, filed an administrative complaint through the state department of business and professional regulation accusing the Philharmonic’s foundation of putting on a “sexually explicit”