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Trump wants to end DeSantis’s 2024 campaign before It even begins

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is girding to take a swing at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on one of the things his chief rival is proudest of: his handling of his state’s economy.

Tribune News Service

Don't say gay: FL "Pridefest" canceled

Port St. Lucie's "Pridefest" has been held for decades — until Republicans started to crack down on LGBTQ+ freedoms

Salon

DeSantis signs law making Florida state with lowest threshold for death penalty in US

Florida has high level of exonerations from death row

The Independent UK

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DeSantis roasted by FL Republicans

DeSantis' former — and current — GOP peers deliver a bruising week

Salon

Texas looms large in 2024 presidential race as Trump, others angle for early support

The former president is courting state support as other GOP candidates try to emerge from his shadow, including Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley.

The Texas Tribune

Chris Christie boasts he’s the only Republican who can take down Trump

Chris Christie boasts that he’s the only Republican who can take down former President Donald Trump but insists he’s not interested in being just a political “paid assassin.”

Tribune News Service

About half US Democrats want Joe Biden to run again: Poll

Democrats approve of job the president is doing and would back him, but they have concerns about his age, poll shows.

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Kellyanne Conway says Ron DeSantis needs to lay off the ‘culture wars’

The former Trump campaign leader argues that DeSantis’ war with Disney will hurt him

The Independent UK

Colbert on SpaceX rocket launch: ‘compensating for Elon Musk’s penis’

Late-night hosts discussed the ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ of Musk’s rocket and DeSantis’s war on woke

The Guardian - US

Watch: Ron DeSantis speaks after Florida passes bill allowing trans children to be removed from parents

Watch as Ron DeSantis delivers a speech at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary leadership conference on Friday, 21 April.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis is flaming out – and Trump is on course for a Republican coronation

The Florida governor’s flaws are glaringly apparent. Right now, it’s hard to see the nominee as anyone other than Trump

The Guardian - US

A race to the bottom of the culture wars

Culture war issues cause Trump and DeSantis to wrestle, but the party is actually pretty united

Salon

DeSantis to meet UK foreign secretary with eye on US presidential bid

Florida governor lines up four-nation tour in attempt to boost credentials as credible leader on world stage

The Guardian - UK

Republicans need to learn this hard lesson: You can’t legislate sexuality

In one state after another, sex-obsessed authoritarians in the party are proposing laws regulating Americans’ private lives. Basically, they’ve lost their minds, Gene Lyons writes.

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Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Ron DeSantis 2024 campaign looks over before it’s even started

Ron DeSantis can’t even beat Mickey Mouse. How is he possibly going to beat Donald Trump?

The Guardian - AU

Nato ‘confident’ Kyiv can retake territory in new offensive; Moscow issues warrant for Ukrainian spy chief – as it happened

Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine will be able to retake more land; Kyrylo Budanov accused of ‘terrorist attacks’ and arms smuggling

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘It’s a 2-way race’: Rep. Massie says congressional support coming to DeSantis

WASHINGTON — Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, an early endorser of Ron DeSantis’ undeclared presidential candidacy, said more congressional support for the Florida governor would be forthcoming, framing the 2024 Republican primary as a “2-way race.”

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How Casey DeSantis became a force in Florida politics

MIAMI — Attendees of a Hernando County Republican Party dinner paid up to $350 each to hear the governor speak ahead of his 2022 reelection. But their cheers turned into wolf whistles and shrieks as Casey DeSantis stepped out in a surprise appearance.

Orlando Sentinel

Moody tells Disney its records could be open to the public in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody advised Disney on Thursday that some of its company records could be subject to the state’s public records law and available to any Floridian who wants to see them.

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion group blasts Trump over federal ban comments

A major anti-abortion group is blasting former President Donald Trump, saying his contention that abortion restrictions should be left up to individual states, not the federal government, is a “morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate.”

The Independent UK

DeSantis to travel overseas ahead of looming White House bid

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced he will travel to Japan, South Korea, Israel and the United Kingdom as part of an international trade mission

Tribune News Service

DeSantis signs bill giving Florida lowest death penalty threshold in US

TAMPA, Fla. — People in Florida can now be sent to death row with an 8-4 jury vote, instead of a unanimous requirement, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law Thursday morning.

Reason

Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Law Setting Lowest Threshold for Death Penalty Sentences in the Country

Florida will now only require an 8–4 majority for a jury to recommend a death sentence. Alabama is the only other state that allows split juries to recommend death sentences.

The Independent UK

Florida eases path for death penalty after Parkland verdict

A Florida bill ending the unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing is now law after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it in a private ceremony Thursday

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