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With New College gambit, DeSantis aims to ‘recapture higher education’

TAMPA, Fla. — Nestled between Sarasota Bay and the Tamiami Trail, the small campus once dubbed “Barefoot U” has been a progressive enclave in a conservative county for 60 years.

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Trump news – live: Trump ‘prepares first tweet’ in Twitter return and formally demands Facebook reinstatement

All the latest developments from Trumpworld

The Independent UK

Did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaugural speech signal a stay-at-home political future?

AUSTIN, Texas — A dozen years ago, the last Texas governor to run for president began a new term being coy about his White House ambitions.

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Trump trashes ‘disloyal’ evangelical Christians for failing to back his slow-starting 2024 presidential campaign

Former President Donald Trump is adding evangelical Christians to his list of “disloyal” onetime supporters.

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DeSantis wants his ban of COVID vaccine and mask mandates made permanent

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Touting his efforts to keep Florida’s economy open during the COVID-19 pandemic by banning mask and vaccine mandates, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he wants lawmakers to make those measures permanent, calling them a “prescription for freedom.”

Orlando Sentinel

Nevada county's health board to consider banning COVID, flu vaccines

LAS VEGAS — The Elko County Board of Health is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss and consider placing a moratorium on COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.

Tribune News Service

Fewer bills passed in 2022 to change ballot initiative processes compared to 2021

In 2022, state legislators introduced at least 232 bills to change citizen-initiated ballot measure processes. Of the 232 legislative proposals, 23 (9.91%) were enacted into law.

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Trump says he will ‘handle that’ if DeSantis runs against him in 2024

‘I got him elected, pure and simple. And there was no reason to go wild about endorsing him,’ former president says of Florida governor

The Independent UK

DeSantis’s critical race theory attacks fail to resonate with most parents, poll shows

Data shows Republicans playing to their base on culture war issues

The Independent UK

US turns back growing number of undocumented people after arduous sea journeys

Biden shifts toward political center as likely presidential rival Ron DeSantis calls out national guard

The Guardian - US

DeSantis uncertainty freezes 2024 Republican field

"Everyone not named DeSantis is having a hard time figuring out their way around him."

Axios

More caution on Florida's college campuses as DeSantis ramps up campaign against 'indoctrination'

ORLANDO, Fla. — Yovanna Pineda, hired more than a decade ago to teach Latin American history at the University of Central Florida, rebranded one of her signature courses last fall.

Orlando Sentinel

Reedy Creek discusses Disney expansion as DeSantis fight looms

With Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature angling to take control of it, Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District leaders met this week to discuss the future of Disney property, including the potential building of another major theme park by 2032.

Orlando Sentinel

Judge rejects DeSantis administration’s bid to toss lawsuit over migrant flights

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Leon County Circuit Court judge on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis brought by a North Miami Beach state senator who has accused Florida’s governor of illegally using taxpayer funds to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts last September.

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Gas stoves ignite right-wing culture war

From Tucker Carlson on Fox News to Ted Cruz in the Senate, conservatives are getting heated about gas stoves

Miami Herald

As more migrant boats keep arriving, Keys responders find themselves stretched thin

MIAMI — It was early December, and Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay had had it with the federal government’s response to what he considered a “humanitarian crisis” as more and more migrants arrived by boat in the Florida Keys.

The Guardian - US

Trump to ramp up efforts to secure 2024 Republican nomination after slow start

Events aim at giving ex-president a narrative reset after being criticized for his ‘low energy’ and inactivity, sources say

Tribune News Service

Florida commission urges sweeping mental health reforms

A state commission is urging Florida to enact sweeping reforms to its patchwork system of mental health care.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

Trial exposes nuances, conflicts and contradictions of US immigration policy

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal trial zeroing in on the Biden administration’s immigration policies this week provided a glimpse into the minutiae of everyday decisions that lead to the detention and release of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants who cross the southern border.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton wants more power to prosecute election crimes. These bills in the Texas Legislature would give it to him.

Although no evidence of widespread voter fraud has been found, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been actively pursuing election-related crimes since he took office in 2015.

The Independent UK

Shocking video shows Florida man arrested at gunpoint under DeSantis’s ‘abominable’ voter fraud raids

People arrested in Florida for voter fraud say they didn’t know they were breaking the law

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump jumps ahead of his rival in latest 2024 US presidency nomination poll

Polls conducted since the beginning of the year for the US Presidential 2024 bid show that former president Donald Trump has overturned what had looked like a healthy poll lead for DeSantis

The Independent UK

DeSantis tested on immigration as he weighs 2024 candidacy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted illegal immigration last fall by sending dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Big Daddy DeSantis deploys National Guard — hopefully the only troops he’ll ever lead

As the nation turned its attention to President Joe Biden’s new and, perhaps, game-changing immigration policy, a surprise mix of rules to deter unchecked entry, plus create pathways to immigrate legally, Big Daddy DeSantis stepped in with his own guns in Florida.

Tribune News Service

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