Ron DeSantis

A former hardcore MAGA supporter of Donald Trump said he now backs Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for president.

Cortes made the endorsement on Tuesday despite advising Trump during the 2020 campaign and regularly appearing on pro-Trump podcasts.

The Florida legislature passed a bill that could take the state one step closer to using a radioactive waste product from the fertilizer industry in road asphalt, reported NPR on Tuesday.

"HB 1191 would compel the Florida Transportation Department to study using phosphogypsum in paving projects, calling for 'demonstration projects using phosphogypsum in road construction aggregate material to determine its feasibility as a paving material,'" reported Bill Chappell. "If it's approved, phosphogypsum would join pavement aggregates such as crushed stone, gravel and sand. In recent years, the Federal Highway Administration says, industrial byproducts and reclaimed materials have also been used as aggregates. The bill sets a deadline of April 1, 2024, giving the transportation agency less than a year to complete its work and make a recommendation."

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked Donald Trump for trashing the looks of a woman who accused him of sexual assault.

Author and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has sued the ex-president for defamation over his insistence that he couldn't have raped her because she wasn't his "type," and the "Morning Joe" host marveled that Trump, of all people, would slur anyone's physical appearance.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a problem with his 2024 presidential run, which he is widely expected to soon announce: state law appeared to require him to resign from office in order to launch that campaign.

So he and his allies in the legislature passed a bill to carve himself out of that requirement — but according to the Orlando Sentinel, that new bill may have just created even more confusion.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a big mistake in his soon-to-be-announced bid for the White House — a mistake also made by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) when he tried to run in 2016, said former GOP aide Tim Miller in the latest episode of his "Not My Party" feature in The Bulwark on Monday.

"[M]ost critically, he’s advancing a far-right legislative agenda in Florida that he thinks will appeal to a GOP primary electorate," said Miller. "In Florida, Ron’s changing the fifteen-week abortion ban so that it goes into effect after six weeks. Implementing constitutional carry, which allows people to pack heat without training, a background check, or a license. Vastly expanding the use of the death penalty. Banning drag queen story hour. Expanding the Don’t Say Gay bill all the way through high school. And getting millions in the budget to fly more illegal migrants to blue states in order to troll Joe Biden." And through all this, he's engaged in a legally perilous fight with Disney, "forever enraged that they had the gall to criticize his anti-gay bills and put a girl-girl kiss in the Buzz Lightyear movie."

Disney has expanded its lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, accusing the Florida governor of doubling down on a “retribution campaign” against the theme park by signing legislation Friday that voids the company’s development deals, CNBC reports.

The amended lawsuit notes that Florida’s GOP-controlled Legislature also passed a measure that calls for state inspections of Walt Disney World’s monorails.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted at a presidential run in a visit to Marathon County this weekend to speak at a Republican party event.

Widely expected to announce his candidacy later this month, DeSantis told the crowd of more than 550 people at the Marathon County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center that he was just getting started after being re-elected last fall in a landslide.

Wall Street is ready to move past Donald Trump but is not quite sold on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as his Republican successor.

The governor has been widely considered to be the ex-president's greatest threat in the 2024 primary race, but DeSantis has stumbled out of the gate before he has even officially announced his campaign -- which has prevented financial industry executives from throwing their support behind him, reported Politico.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is not pleased with recently surfaced footage of their GOP leader Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during his 2018 gubernatorial race, Mediaite reports.

ABC shared the video from DeSantis' campaign clip via Twitter Sunday, writing, EXCLUSIVE: Don't 'piss off his voters.' Footage of Ron DeSantis' 2018 debate prep sessions reveal his thoughts on dealing with Donald Trump."

Former Attorney General William Barr, a hardcore conservative Republican, has dropped Donald Trump because, as he explained in a speech last week, he considers him simply incapable of delivering policy victories for the GOP if he wins a second term in 2024.

On Monday, the right-wing Wall Street Journal editorial board concurred with Barr's assessment in a scorching takedown.

Writing for the MSNBC blog, former House Judiciary counsel Michael Conway warned that special counsel Jack Smith is running out of time if he intends to act on any possible charges for Donald Trump.

He cited a recent report from the New York Times describing Smith as following the money of the Trump campaign after he and his allies developed a campaign alleging 2020 fraud that cost him the final tally. Trump told his donors he was going after lawsuits and election challenges, but at a certain point, Trump stopped the lawsuits but still claimed he needed the donations.

In a leaked video of 2018 debate prep obtained by ABC News, now-Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) expressed frustration at his inability to respond to test questions in a way that wouldn't "piss off' Donald Trump voters.

According to the report, DeSantis was working with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to get ready for a debate as he made his first bid for statewide office and was struggling over how to "not alienate Donald Trump's base."