The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Anti-"woke" right-wingers score major victories in Miami, Sarasota — but elsewhere in Florida, liberals push back

It’s a rare talent, for a politician’s actions to appear both chilling and silly at the same time. Gov. Ron DeSantis — who from the start has built his personal political brand by resurrecting and weaponizing bigotry that most people believed had been laid to rest —pulls it off regularly.

The state’s arrest last week of 20 Floridians on charges of voter fraud had nothing to do with election integrity and everything to do with intimidating voters. This was a small-potatoes racket that’s threatening to expand when what Florida needs is a better system for ensuring legal voting in the…

August 25, 2022

Host of ABC News Breakfast Michael Rowland and North America correspondent Carrington Clarke joined us for a live Q&A on US politics. Here's what they covered

Florida governor is thought to be 2024 primary contender

Scientist became a cause célèbre in Florida after claiming she had been forced out of her job for refusing to manipulate data

Joe Biden’s top medical adviser announced he will leave current job in December

Two anti-abortion officials lose their races in separate elections in the state

If Maxwell Alejandro Frost can follow his Florida primary victory with a win in November, he'll become the first member of Congress from Gen Z

The close of polls Tuesday evening marked the end of Florida’s primary election and the start of an 11-week scramble in which the fate of a U.S. Senate seat, the governor’s mansion and Florida’s status as a political battleground all hang in the balance.