Brendan Farrington

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Doctors canvassing Florida talk to each other before going door to door

The GOP’s ultimate litmus test will be in Florida, where there’s more on the ballot than just picking the next president

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

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Long lines at Florida gas stations as hurricane-hit state suffers fuel shortage

By Russ Bynum, Brendan Farrington, and others

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Ron DeSantis brings volunteer chaplains into schools in the name of religious freedom

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

Ron DeSantis raises a finger

A liberal activist who tried to pull the Bible from Florida schools just forced Ron DeSantis to scale back the state’s book ban law

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

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Florida 16-year-olds will need their parents’ permission to use social media after a DeSantis ban

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

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DeSantis vetoes social media ban for kids, saying it’s actually too invasive of privacy

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

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Florida passes bill to ban social media accounts for children under 16: ‘They’re taking advantage of kids growing up’

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

Ron DeSantis speaking at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.

DeSantis bans Students for Justice in Palestine from Florida college campuses for providing ‘support’ to Hamas

By Brendan Farrington, Collin Binkley, and others

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Chinese nationals living in Florida sue Ron DeSantis, claiming he’s taking Florida back to the anti-Asian discrimination laws of a century ago

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

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Ron DeSantis is banning drag shows, pronoun freedom and bathroom rights for children: ‘We’re not doing the pronoun Olympics in Florida’

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida. – DeSantis positioned himself Tuesday as the leading Republican alternative to White House candidate Donald Trump, launching a legislative session that offers red meat for the ex-president’s base as the party’s rising star weighs his own 2024 campaign. (Photo by CHENEY ORR / AFP) (Photo by CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis sets message for his presumed White House bid: The U.S. should be like Florida

By Brendan Farrington, Anthony Izaguirre, and others

FILE – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. In taking on Disney, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is testing the limits of his combative leadership style while sending an unmistakable message to his rivals: There is nothing or no one he won’t fight as he plots his political future. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

DeSantis tests limits of his combative style in Disney feud

By Steve Peoples, Brendan Farrington, and others

JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA – MAY 07: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends the flag raising ceremony prior to The Walker Cup at Seminole Golf Club on May 07, 2021 in Juno Beach, Florida.

Tech groups sue Florida over law targeting Facebook and Twitter

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA – MAY 08: Florida governor Ron DeSantis meets with fans during Day One of The Walker Cup at Seminole Golf Club on May 08, 2021 in Juno Beach, Florida.

New Florida law would punish social networks that remove ‘conservative ideas’

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press

President Trump Hosts The President Of Finland At The White House

Trump Will Find a Friendly Crowd in Florida Today Amid Impeachment Talk

By Brendan Farrington and The Associated Press