Hurricane Melissa restrengthens to Category 4 as it heads toward Cuba after slamming Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Manatee County on Friday morning.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Winter Haven on Monday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Miami Beach on Thursday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing for the use of artificial intelligence to audit local governments across Florida, an initiative he hopes will help ensure efficiency in taxpayer spending.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to deliver his annual State of the State address on Tuesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Starke with Florida State Guard Director Mark Thieme on Thursday morning.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Ocala on Tuesday morning.
Gov. Ron DeSantis was scheduled to hold a news conference at the Florida Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is in South Florida Wednesday, where he will speak at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Miami International Boat Show.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in announcing details of his $115.6 billion proposed state budget during a news conference at the Florida Capitol Monday, unveiled plans for a new sales tax holiday: “Second Amendment Summer.”
Florida lawmakers gaveled in the special session Gov. DeSantis asked for on Monday, then quickly gaveled out of it and started their own.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference in Jacksonville on Thursday afternoon.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference Tuesday morning in Tallahassee as freezing temperatures affect northern parts of the state.
Florida lawmakers are rejecting Governor Ron DeSantis’ push for a special legislative session aimed at enforcing stricter immigration laws ahead of President- elect Donald Trump stepping into office.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at a private school in Jacksonville Friday morning.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a news conference from the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island on Wednesday afternoon.
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested a southwest Miami-Dade man on Monday after they said he made a social media post threatening Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A statewide grand jury convened at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” concerning COVID-19 vaccines did not find any evidence of criminal activity, according to a report unsealed on Tuesday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Pete Hegseth were set to attend the Army-Navy game with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday
Florida Gulf Coast residents were dealing with a nightmarish déjà vu. They had less than two weeks to recover from Hurricane Helene when they learned they had to prepare for Hurricane Milton.
To prepare for Hurricane Milton, the waterlines for St. Pete Beach, a resort city on a barrier island west of St. Petersburg, are set to turn off on Tuesday morning.
North Miami Beach was among the cities distributing sandbags Sunday to help residents in flood-prone areas prepare for the risk of storms as a hurricane remained on Florida’s forecast.
North Miami Beach was among the cities distributing sandbags Sunday to help residents in flood-prone areas prepare for the risk of storms as a hurricane remained on Florida’s forecast.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Orlando Monday morning.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference at a college in Florida on Tuesday morning, where he discussed future funding for successful nursing education initiatives in the state.
A controversial plan to develop parts of Florida’s state parks has sparked significant backlash, prompting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to address public concerns on Wednesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference with Inter Miami CF executives on Thursday evening.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis held a news conference at the Tampa History Center on Monday morning where they awarded several churches through the Hope Florida Initiative.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave his two cents Wednesday, days after Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her presidential campaign.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Tuesday morning with Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.
The 2024 “Freedom Month” sales tax holiday in Florida kicks off next Monday, July 1.
A bill that would have banned left-lane “campers” on Florida highways will not become law after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed it and two other bills Friday.
Florida residents will have an extra day all to themselves to go lobster hunting.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press news conference at a restaurant in Marathon Wednesday morning.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Hollywood on Friday morning.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to move forward with the state’s 2024-25 budget Wednesday afternoon in Downtown Tampa.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference at a Home Depot in Fort Myers on Tuesday morning, where he spoke about the tax-free holiday to help South Floridians prepare for the upcoming hurricane season.
Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing on the hush-money conviction is set for July 11 — four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After former President Donald Trump reacted to the guilty verdict in New York, Gov. Ron DeSantis released a statement on X with his reaction Thursday afternoon.
The Florida State Board of Education held its monthly meeting in downtown Miami Wednesday morning, marking its first field gathering in South Florida in nearly seven years.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to hold a news conference Monday in Coral Gables.
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1084 at the Hardee County Cattleman’s Arena which will ban the sale and manufacture of synthetic meat, which he denounced as “fake meat,” and prevent local governments from regulating electric-vehicle charging stations.
Florida’s six-week abortion ban will take effect Wednesday and will replace an existing law that allows abortions up to 15 weeks across the state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Redington Shores Wednesday morning.
The repercussions of a Florida law implemented last summer, which prohibits Chinese nationals from purchasing or owning homes or land in much of the state, have frustrated many individuals.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1264 on the 63rd anniversary of the “Bay of Pigs” which will now require Florida public schools to educate students on the history and “evil accuracies” of communism and socialism.
New state legislation signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week has been enacted, effectively halting the ability of citizen review boards to investigate the actions of local law enforcement officers.
As the battle over reproductive rights takes center stage in Florida and as buzz continues to build over whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use in the state, the governor is not holding back on how he feels.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference in Miami Monday afternoon.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Orlando Wednesday afternoon where he signed a bill aimed at addressing the escalating issue of squatters’ rights within the state, a problem increasingly affecting communities nationwide.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a revised bill on Monday that prohibits children under 14 years of age from having social media accounts.
A Florida Division of Emergency Management flight from Haiti landed early Sunday morning at Orlando International Airport with 21 Floridians rescued from the crisis. Hundreds more want to leave.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday morning at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Winter Haven.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference Thursday morning in Orlando with Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is taking new action in the border crisis, as he announced the deployment of more Florida personnel to the southern border on Thursday.
During a public appearance on Friday in Kissimmee, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he was “concerned about the “breadth” of a state bill that aims to make it illegal in Florida for children and teenagers who are younger than 16 years old to own a social media account.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will give his first remarks Thursday morning at a ribbon-cutting in Palm Beach County after suspending his 2024 presidential campaign.
A group of drag queens from Miami traveled to the ABC studio in New York City to celebrate Ana Navarro’s birthday on Friday while on national television.
Republicans around the country were following two political events held on Wednesday night in Miami-Dade County. Both included personal insults and talk of war.
Police officers surrounded the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on Wednesday hours before the third Republican debate.
If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wins a federal lawsuit in which Disney claims its free speech rights were violated by the Republican leader, the company won't be the last entity to be punished over supporting a “disfavored viewpoint,” Disney said in court papers on Monday.
Amid a conservative makeover launched by Gov. Ron DeSantis, trustees of the New College of Florida voted Tuesday to stick with DeSantis ally Richard Corcoran as the school’s president.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday criticized recent efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary restrictions or masking and his state surgeon general warned against getting the latest COVID-19 vaccine, which is expected to be available this month.
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to hold a news conference about the impact of Hurricane Idalia in Florida at 3:45 p.m., on Wednesday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he has suspended Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, effective immediately, for “neglect of duty and incompetence.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an investigation into AB InBev, the beverage company behind Bud Light, as the firm’s share prices crashed amid a conservative boycott earlier this year.
Leaders for both liberal and conservative organizations advocating for the rights of the LGBTQ+ communities in the United States criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis’s recent campaign ad.
The Walt Disney Company has no basis for suing Florida’s governor in federal court over actions taken to reform the special district that governed Disney property, according to a new motion filed in the lawsuit between Florida Governor and Ron DeSantis, according to ABC News and Local 10 News partnerWKMG.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new state lawsuit filed on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale is meant to weaken the power that accrediting agencies have over the state’s public colleges and universities.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez told PBS viewers on Friday that he would make a great president of the United States because he is “not afraid to make tough choices.”
After Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wishes he could have been with Jesus’s disciples, “Judas” memes went were trending on Twitter Friday evening.
Protesters showed up on Tuesday with signs on T-shirts, MAGA hats, flags — and even the head of a dead pig on a stick — outside of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday in downtown Miami.
After campaign rallies in Georgia and North Carolina on Saturday, former President Donald Trump is set to appear in federal court on Tuesday at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in downtown Miami — after a grand jury indicted him Friday over alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Former President Donald Trump asked protesters to show up to the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse where he is set to face 37 charges on Tuesday in downtown Miami.
Former President Donald Trump asked protesters to show up for him, and a small group of supporters was outside of the Doral golf club ahead of his arrival at Miami International Airport.
In Washington, D.C., on Monday, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez said former President Donald Trump was confident that he was going to beat the federal charges against him over classified documents.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be the next U.S. president, defended his migrant relocation program on Wednesday during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s migrant relocation program was under investigation in Texas and California, but he didn’t say anything about it during a public event on Tuesday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is launching his presidential run amid an ongoing feud with the Walt Disney Co. The conflict started last year.
Right after a glitchy audio stream delayed his announcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News on Wednesday night to say the social media event to launch his 2024 presidential campaign was a success.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is launching his presidential run amid an ongoing feud with the Walt Disney Co. The conflict started last year.
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination during an event with Elon Musk on Wednesday.
The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida Sunday night, saying the state has become "hostile to Black Americans" under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Disney is canceling its plans to build a $1 billion campus in the Lake Nona area of Orlando, along with plans to relocate thousands of jobs to Florida.
During his Wednesday morning speech at a non-denominational Christian private school in Tampa, Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized gender-affirming care, a medical intervention when an individual’s gender identity is different than the one assigned at birth.
Donna Deegan made history in Florida politics and with her victory the Democrat delivered a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Gov. Ron DeSantis was at the New College of Florida in Sarasota to sign education bills — including two to continue to stand against a “woke agenda.”
Former President Donald Trump recently attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis for calling on Republicans to reject a “culture of losing” during a speech on Saturday.
In support of a retired U.S. Marine in New York City, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked his supporters to donate to the Raiser & Kenniff law firm on Friday night, and by Monday afternoon there were more than $2 million.
With more funding, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration were moving forward with a controversial migrant relocation program on Wednesday with new contracts with selected companies.
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to sign a new law to strengthen his program to relocate immigrants in a move that the advocates of undocumented migrants have criticized.
Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Wednesday morning at Florida Atlantic University’s MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, where he signed the Prescription Drug Reform Act into law.
Former President Donald Trump attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis as inexperienced after the governor quashed rumors that he would help him fight extradition if indicted.
Florida lawmakers have advanced proposals for a controversial migrant transportation program and to strip Disney of its self-governing status.
Gov. Ron DeSantis was sworn in Tuesday for a second term as Florida’s governor in a special ceremony on the steps of the Historic Capitol in Tallahassee.
A day before a ban goes into effect that would prohibit elected officials from serving as lobbyists, the vice chair of the Miami-Dade School Board has quit as well as a Miami Shores councilmember.
The staff at the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park was expecting Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday in Key Biscayne.
The ripple effects of the Republican wipeout in Florida continued Sunday. Earlier this week, Manny Diaz, the chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, blamed the midterm losses on a lack of support from Democrats nationwide.
Ron DeSantis will keep his job as Governor of Florida beating Charlie Crist.
A Florida man had his election fraud charges dismissed on Friday, making him the first of 20 people who Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced had been charged with voter fraud in August.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the Florida Legislature will hold a special session in December to provide tax relief to Hurricane Ian victims.
