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Florida teachers can discuss LGBTQ topics under 'Don't Say Gay' law, settlement says

7:16pm March 11, 2024

by The Associated Press

Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement between Florida officials and civil rights lawyers.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks during a press conference at the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District headquarters at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.

U. of Florida axes DEI office under GOP-led law aimed at ridding similar programs

1:40am March 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position, scrapping the program's staff jobs because of a new law passed last year that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Former President Donald Trump speaks speaks to supporters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on January 17, 2024.

Trump looks to New Hampshire to put primaries to bed

5:50am January 19, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

The former president has been in the Granite State almost every night this week, touting his 30-point victory in Iowa's caucuses. He's counting on New Hampshire's voters to help him win big.

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a rally on Tuesday in Greenville, S.C. DeSantis stopped in South Carolina first, after his second place finish in the Iowa caucuses, before heading on to New Hampshire.

After second place finish in Iowa's caucuses, DeSantis sets sights on South Carolina

3:31pm January 16, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told South Carolina voters he is best positioned to beat former president Donald Trump over their former governor, Nikki Haley, who placed third in the Iowa Caucus.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump cheer during his caucus night event in Des Moines, Iowa.

5 takeaways from the Iowa Republican caucuses

11:12am January 16, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

After a year of campaigning and more than $120 million in ad spending in Iowa, the caucuses have come and gone. Here are key takeaways about Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and GOP politics.

Voters waiting in line at the West Des Moines caucus site on Jan. 15, 2024.

Photos: See voters turn out for the Iowa caucuses

11:42pm January 15, 2024

For many Republican Iowa voters, the caucus is the first opportunity to weigh in on who they want to be their nominee for the 2024 presidential race.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets guests after speaking during the Scott County Fireside Chat at the Tanglewood Hills Pavilion in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Ron DeSantis wanted to be like Trump. Now he's trying to prove he's not to win Iowa

12:57pm January 11, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Florida governor molded himself in Trump's image as he rose in national prominence. Now he has the hard task of being just Trump enough without being Trump himself.

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Former President Donald Trump reacts to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa.

Politics & Government

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on Donald Trump

5:01am January 10, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

Most of Donald Trump's rivals have gone to great pains to avoid directly criticizing the former president out of concern that it would alienate base Republican voters.

Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

5:00am December 20, 2023

by Danielle Kurtzleben

GOP candidates talk about schools a lot on the campaign trail. But that doesn't mean they are talking a lot about education, instead focusing on culture war issues on the battleground of K-12 schools.

Clockwise, from top left: former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump.

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration

12:42pm December 13, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

Immigration has become one of the cornerstone issues of the 2024 campaign as GOP presidential hopefuls try to stand out as the toughest on both illegal and legal immigration.