Ron DeSantis

Donald Trump's allies have slapped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with an ethics complaint.

Make America Great Again Inc. will file a 15-page complaint Wednesday with the Florida Commission on Ethics formally accusing the Republican governor of violating state ethics and election laws with his “shadow presidential campaign," according to a draft obtained by NBC News.

Governor Ron DeSantis is hitting back at President Joe Biden, who slammed the Sunshine State's anti-transgender policies as "cruel" and "close to sinful." The far-right Florida Republican is using a far-right extremist, one has been accused of promoting stochastic terrorism, to make his point.

In a "Daily Show" interview with former Obama White House aide, actor Kal Penn, President Biden denounced Florida's anti-transgender policies.

Politico has published a lengthy report about what is says is the "grenade" that former President Donald Trump is preparing to lob at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and the publication writes that "nothing is off the table" when it comes to attacks.

Among other things, Trump's team is preparing an opposition research file that will accuse DeSantis of being an "extremely lenient prosecutor" on child pornography cases during his tenure an assistant U.S. attorney.

Donald Trump’s campaign wants voters to see the softer side of the former president.

With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, known more for the message discipline than the human touch, rising in most polls, the Trump campaign is aiming to distinguish the former president from the not-yet-declared candidate presumed to be his chief GOP rival, with a more unscripted approach that aims to emphasize his relatability, The Washington Post reports.

In November last year, former President Donald Trump began ramping up his attacks on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in anticipation of the latter running a presidential campaign to challenge him for the nomination in 2024. And at the time he made an eyebrow-raising claim: that he sent in FBI agents to stop the vote count in Florida, preventing DeSantis from losing the election.

Trump specifically claimed on his Truth Social platform that he sent "the FBI and U.S. Attorneys" into Broward County, one of the largest Democratic strongholds in the state, and “I stopped his Election from being stolen” — something that would imply massive criminal election interference if true.

Late-night comedian John Oliver took down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of his investigative stories at the start of the month, covering a series of policy failures and his unwillingness to answer questions from the press, among many other things. To which DeSantis later hit back, calling the host "irrelevant."

On "Late Night with Seth Meyers," Oliver responded, highlighting the irony of DeSantis' response.

As the primary for the 2024 Republican nomination slowly begins to take shape a year before anyone goes to vote, former President Donald Trump has trained his guns on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his one-time ally, claiming he would be nothing without his support in 2018 and accusing him of hanging around with "RINOs". This comes as DeSantis himself has stirred outrage, including within his own party, by dismissing the genocidal Russian assault on Ukraine as a "territorial dispute" and suggesting he wouldn't support additional aid.

Speaking on CNN's "The Situation Room" on Tuesday, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of the most prominent Trump-skeptic Republicans in Congress, outlined how DeSantis doesn't stand a chance in this battle if it comes down to a battle of personalities.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Russia's war with Ukraine is a "territorial dispute" that the U.S. should not get itself further embroiled in – and one retired American general says the Republican knows exactly the message that's sending to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

DeSantis made his comment the day before a Russian jet collided with a U.S. drone in international waters over the Black Sea. It's a radical shift from DeSantis' previous claims that America wasn't being tough enough against Russia after the country annexed Crimea.

During an appearance on Hugh Hewitt's radio show, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio responded to Ron DeSantis' recent comments where he framed Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "territorial dispute."

Speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson this Monday, DeSantis broke with many in his party when he said supporting Ukraine in the war should not be a top priority for the U.S., saying that vital interests such as "securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness with our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural and military power of the Chinese Communist Party" should not take a backseat when it comes to U.S. support for Ukraine.

With Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) still sitting on the sidelines and teasing a run for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination, the only credible threat to Donald Trump's coronation is former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's announced run.

That is because Republicans who took their shot in 2016 seem to have no desire to tangle with the former president again.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday took a shot at the foreign policy views of both former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, although he did not call out either man by name.

Writing on Twitter, Graham criticized the stance taken by DeSantis earlier this week in which he said that defeating Russia's attempt to conquer a neighboring country was not a major priority for the United States.

Protecting Ukraine is not "vital" for the United States, likely presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said, underscoring that the top two Republican contenders don't see Russia's invasion of Kyiv as a foreign policy priority.

DeSantis, the 44-year-old Florida governor, said the United States "has many vital national interests" but that "becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them."