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Picture Chicago: 16 must-see photos from the last week

Campaign efforts, protests and more highlight our photographers’ best photos from the last week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2023

DeSantis meets with Iowa influencer ahead of book release as 2024 hopefuls make moves

The release of Ron DeSantis’ new book Tuesday is sure to spark a fresh round of speculation about the Florida governor’s political future, furthering the widely held belief that — no matter what the Republican leader says publicly — he’ll soon become a candidate for president.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 24, 2023

Florida death row inmate slams Ron DeSantis with his last words: ‘He has done a lot worse’

Donald Dillbeck claimed the Florida governor “put his foot on our necks” as he was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of mother of two Faye Vann

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Praise of ‘savvy’ Putin, attacks on aid and a 2024 campaign pillar: Why Trump’s comments on Ukraine matter

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump made clear his admiration for Vladimir Putin. A year on, the former president is honing his attacks on the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy as he readies for 2024, Richard Hall writes

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Commentary: Nikki Haley's thankless task

Nikki Haley’s announcement that she was entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination should have evoked cheers among party leaders. Here was a non-white woman just over 50, the daughter of immigrants with a compelling, up-by-the-bootstraps life story, who had become the United States’ first female Asian American…

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

Robert A. George: Nikki Haley and Tim Scott may be too nice to win

Fittingly, the first shots in this year’s Republican Party civil war are coming from South Carolina. Former Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley officially declared her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination last week, the first person not named Donald Trump to announce. And the state’s junior senator, Tim Scott,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

Editorial: Governor, Ron DeSantis had the right to speak in Elmhurst

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who could become a presidential candidate in 2028, if not 2024, went on the offensive against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible rival for the highest office in the land.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 24, 2023

Editorial: Progressives have a First Amendment problem

To hear progressives tell it, attacks on free speech come almost exclusively from right-wing book burners eager to control the contents of public school libraries. In particular, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his assaults on woke pedagogy tickle their neck hairs.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

Death row killer Donald Dillbeck has fried shrimp and ice cream in final meal

Cop killer Donald Dillbeck who was sentenced to death after slashing the throat of a woman during a prison escape had his last meal before his execution in Florida

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023

Donald Dillbeck who slit woman's throat tells governor 'suck our d***s' before execution

Cop killer Donald Dillbeck, 59, gave a foul-mouthed attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his final words before he was executed for slitting the throat of a woman after escaping jail

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023