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DeSantis to travel abroad as he gears up for expected presidential run

By Gram Slattery and James Oliphant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is set to begin a trip abroad on Saturday taking him through Japan, South Korea, Israel and the United Kingdom.

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Judge who denied abortion to teen over bad grades may become next Florida Supreme Court justice

A judge who was voted out of office after he denied an abortion to a 17-year-old girl because her GPA wasn't high enough is reportedly on a shortlist to become a Florida Supreme Court justice.

Judge Jared Smith ruled last year that the unnamed teen's GPA meant that she likely didn't have the capacity to make her own decision on abortion. The decision was ultimately overturned on appeal, and Smith was voted out, but Gov. Ron DeSantis chose to promote him to an even higher court in December.

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Jamie Raskin compares the GOP to Scientology as DeSantis struggles to secure support for 2024 bid

WASHINGTON — As Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) prepares to make his 2024 presidential campaign announcement, he's only been able to secure one endorsement from the congressional delegation in the states. Meanwhile, Trump has four.

According to Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), the former president personally called him to ask for his endorsement.

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Fox Business host warns DeSantis 'close to making a fool of himself' with anti-Disney crusade

Fox Business host and former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow is warning Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ease off his attacks on his state's most popular tourist attraction.

In the wake of DeSantis floating the idea of building a prison next to Disney World this week, Kudlow said that the Florida governor had taken things too far.

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‘Frustrated’ ex-Trump aide goes off on the GOP: ‘You're losing young voters!’

The co-hosts of "The View" started their Thursday show attacking Robert Kennedy Jr., who declared he would run for president on Wednesday. The younger Kennedy hasn't held any previous elected offices before, but concluded the presidency was an excellent place to start.

The moment comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appears to be preparing to announce his presidential campaign taking on former President Donald Trump. "The View" showed a clip of DeSantis ranting about "pronouns," saying he was banning them from schools in the state, highlighting "being normal" again.

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'Relentless' GOP push leads to nearly 1,500 book bans in first half of school year: report

New laws imposed by right-wing state legislatures have been a driving force behind a rise in book bans since the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, a national free expression group reported Thursday.

PEN America's new report, Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools, reveals that 874 unique titles were pulled from public school library shelves from July-December 2022, the result of 1,477 individual book bans.

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'Be a leader': Marco Rubio mocked for complaining 'they' aren’t solving Florida’s four-day gas shortage

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) once again is under fire, this time for recording a video complaining that “they” haven’t solved a temporary gasoline shortage affecting South Florida. But his complaining is also creating a headache for Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who has been MIA for weeks from the Sunshine State as he promotes his book – and unannounced presidential candidacy.

“FOUR DAYS and they still can’t figure out how to get enough gasoline to South Florida,” Sen. Rubio tweeted late Wednesday night.

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'Fed-up' Florida GOP stall DeSantis agenda after he revives war on Disney

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be losing his grip over the Republican legislature at the end a session that has been spent pushing through his agenda.

GOP legislators have spent hours and hours debating and passing bills seemingly aimed at supporting his presidential ambitions, but his announcement that he wanted them to revive a war on Disney has privately frustrated many of his Republican allies, reported Politico.

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Trump twists knife into DeSantis by inviting Florida Republicans for Mar-a-Lago endorsement bash

Donald Trump is trying to muscle Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis out of the 2024 presidential race before he officially enters by gobbling up endorsements from many of the state's Republican lawmakers.

The former president and his allies have been working the phones to land the backing of Florida's GOP delegation, capitalizing on the governor's infamous aloofness, and Trump announced an event Thursday night at his Mar-a-Lago resort to shine a spotlight on those endorsements.

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Bizarre Trump video trashes DeSantis and suggests GOP rival may not join 2024 race

Donald Trump assailed his presumed top Republican rival Wednesday in a new video in which he suggested his frenemy may not even join the race.

The former president blasted Ron DeSantis over the Florida governor’s past support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare, entitlements that Trump has pledged not to cut should he be elected.

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DeSantis-backed bill restricting non-resident Chinese land buys called ‘discriminatory’

A priority bill of Gov. Ron DeSantis was called discriminatory by dozens of Chinese Americans on Wednesday, with some drawing comparisons to a Nazi-era law requiring Jews to register their property with the state. HB 1355 and its companion SB 264 would restrict Chinese ownership of land and property, a response to reports of a Chinese company buying farmland next to a North Dakota Air Force base last year. Lawmakers stressed the legislation is not meant to affect anyone living in Florida. The bills would prohibit anyone living in China from acquiring land or buildings in Florida if they’re not...

Trump racks up Florida endorsements in blow to DeSantis

(Reuters) - DonaldTrump continued to rack up endorsements in Florida for his presidential campaign on Wednesday, outmaneuvering the state's Governor Ron DeSantis on his home turf.

Vern Buchanan, co-chair of the state's congressional delegation became the eighth Florida lawmaker to come out in support of the former president, announcing his endorsement on Wednesday, hours after a personal call from Trump.

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Transgender youth detained during protest at Florida legislature

Transgender and nonbinary children were temporarily detained by Capitol Police following a raucous protest of pending anti-trans legislation at the Florida House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Video posted on TikTok shows a group of adults facing officers at a security checkpoint in the building while chanting “Let the parents in!” It appears they were demanding to get to their children who they claimed were being detained inside.

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