DeSantis Talks Up Wife as Potential Successor, Clashing With Trump Far from tamping down chatter that Casey DeSantis could run for governor of Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis praised her popularity and “intestinal fortitude.”

Republican Lawmakers in Florida Rebel Against DeSantis in Rare Power Move In a special session on Monday, leaders seemed to be declaring their independence from a governor who has wielded so much power that legislative sessions have become largely predictable rubber stamps.

Super PAC Tied to Elon Musk Is Being Guided by Ex-DeSantis Aides The group, America PAC, which is funded by allies of Elon Musk, is said to be steered by two well-known Republican operatives who worked on behalf of Ron DeSantis’s presidential bid.

RNC Day 2 Takeaways: DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy Take the Stage A roster of Donald J. Trump’s former rivals, including Nikki Haley, lined up to pledge their allegiance, and a party confident of its November fate drove home an aggressive law-and-order message.

At Moms for Liberty Event, Ron DeSantis Was a Throwback to an Earlier Time At an event in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the conservative parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty recalled what might have been in the 2024 presidential race.

DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers.

Disney and DeSantis Reach Agreement, Ending Protracted Fight The deal locks in a 15-year expansion plan for Disney World and clears a path for Disney to restart political donations in Florida.

DeSantis Will Pick Up Endorsement by Bob Vander Plaats of Iowa The endorsement by Bob Vander Plaats was long expected, but comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis has tried to build momentum heading into the Iowa caucuses in January.

A New Group Linked to DeSantis Allies Pops Up in Iowa The group, Fight Right, was registered in recent days as Gov. Ron DeSantis tries to boost his momentum heading into the Iowa caucuses.

In Iowa, DeSantis Talks Abortion to Win Over Evangelical Voters The Florida governor is courting white evangelicals by using Donald J. Trump’s criticisms of hard-line abortion restrictions against him.

Haley Tussles With DeSantis, Aiming to Prove Herself in Iowa Nikki Haley is vying for a matchup with Donald Trump in her home state. The calculus is similar for Ron DeSantis, who has stepped up his attacks on his rival for second place.

Fact-Checking Haley and DeSantis in Their Race to Rival Trump Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, have attacked each other with misleading claims on dealings with Chinese companies, energy and refugees.

DeSantis Lands a Big Endorsement: Kim Reynolds, Iowa’s Popular Governor After saying she would stay neutral in her state’s 2024 caucuses, angering Donald Trump in the process, Ms. Reynolds said “we have too much at stake.”

Kim Reynolds, Iowa’s Influential Governor, Expected to Endorse DeSantis The move is a big win for the Florida governor — and a snub to Donald Trump — just months ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

DeSantis Leans Into Vaccine Skepticism to Energize Struggling Campaign The Florida governor has so far found little success in getting his criticism of the Trump administration’s Covid-19 policies to stick, but that has not stopped him from trying.

Trump Is Still Far Ahead in Iowa Poll, With Haley Matching DeSantis for 2nd Former President Donald J. Trump leads his closest competitors by 27 percentage points in a new Des Moines Register poll, but Nikki Haley has surged to tie Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis’s Silence on Neo-Nazis in Florida Speaks Volumes to Some One of the governor’s closest Jewish allies in the state publicly switched his support to Donald J. Trump, citing past incidents.

Team Trump Revives Attack Ads Against DeSantis in Iowa A super PAC supporting Trump is shifting its strategy again, with less than three months before the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.

DeSantis Says He Will ‘Reorient’ U.S. Foreign Policy to Counter China While the G.O.P. field has largely moved away from the neoconservative policies of George W. Bush, Mr. DeSantis has taken heat for some of his isolationist tendencies, including on Ukraine.

Sex Ed in Florida is Now Just a Video of Ron DeSantis Playing the “Lime in the Coconut” Song on the Bongos “Florida schools are not required to teach sex education. However, they are required to teach health education that includes instruction on ‘the consequences of teenage pregnancy.’” — Sex Ed for Social Change – – – Good morning, class. This week kicks off our sex ed module. It also ends our sex ed module. Governor Ron DeSantis has decided that a…