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MIAMI — In the run-up to the 2018 election, Broken Promises — a mysterious nonprofit group registered to a UPS box in the nation’s capital — gave $25,000 to a political committee called Consumers for Energy Fairness. It was the first donation the committee received that year.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has been on a spending spree for months, taking credit for millions of dollars in federal stimulus money he’s handing out to mostly rural Republican counties while at the same time bashing President Joe Biden’s big government spending.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said 100 days ago that he would review a state report that a county sheriff had lied about killing another teenager 30 years ago

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed election security office would have no authority to clamp down on “ghost” candidates or the dark money groups that support them, according to a Senate proposal that outlined the responsibilities of the new office.