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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara, File)
April 7, 2026, 5:32 am
Florida governor signs law letting state officials blacklist groups as terror organizations
Free speech and Muslim advocacy groups oppose legislation, say it raises free speech and due process concerns; DeSantis casts it as framework to combat extremism
By Kanishka Singh
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara, File)
December 9, 2025, 11:09 pm
Following Texas, Florida governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as terror groups
Order says Brotherhood’s ‘ideology is irreconcilable’ with US values, accuses CAIR, a leading US Muslim group, of having ties to terrorism; CAIR calls move ‘Israel First stunt’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Self-proclaimed misogynist social media influencer Andrew Tate addresses the media as his brother Tristan looks on, after arriving in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
March 1, 2025, 8:27 am
Influencer Andrew Tate returns to US, bringing his misogynistic antisemitism with him
Far-right content creator, who has praised Hamas as ‘masculine resistance,’ couldn’t leave Romania since 2022 due to rape charges, but prosecutors lifted ban in possible gesture to Trump
By Andrew Lapin
Scott Yenor in an undated photo. (Screenshot/YouTube via JTA)
February 20, 2025, 6:09 am
DeSantis appointee to Florida university board under fire for remarks about Jews, women
Scott Yenor has criticized Democrats for having too few ‘straight, white non-Jews’ to assume leadership roles; governor has rejected accusations Yenor is antisemitic
By Andrew Lapin
A handout image released on September 16 by the Martin County Sheriff's Offfice shows Ryan Wesley Routh following his arrest in Martin County, Florida on September 15, 2024. (Handout via AFP)
September 16, 2024, 10:11 pm
Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump charged with federal gun crimes
US Justice Department says Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, lay in wait almost 12 hours for former president before getting noticed, does not allege he fired any shots
By Stephany Matat, Eric Tucker, TERRY SPENCER, Alana Durkin Richer and Colleen Long
Former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (top, on screen) applauds as US former ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
July 17, 2024, 11:04 am
Former rivals endorse Trump at RNC in show of unity days after assassination attempt
‘You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him,’ Haley says during 2nd day of Republican Convention; Desantis attacks Biden as too old for the job
By Alexandra Ulmer, Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne
FILE: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at a meet and greet, July 27, 2023, in Chariton, Iowa. (AP/Charlie Neibergall, File)
January 22, 2024, 3:06 am
Ron DeSantis ends struggling 2024 presidential bid, endorses Trump over Haley
Florida governor, once most promising alternative to Trump, bows out of GOP nomination race and backs ex-president now facing 4 criminal prosecutions
By Gram Slattery, James Oliphant and Nathan Layne
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, January 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
January 16, 2024, 5:02 am
Trump notches commanding win in Iowa caucuses; DeSantis edges out Haley for 2nd place
Former US president’s win reinforces his grip on GOP, as his Republican rivals lag far behind him in first nominating contest of 2024 primaries; Ramaswamy drops out, backs Trump
By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Republican presidential candidate former US president Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 15, 2024, 11:07 am
Key initial victory within Trump’s reach as GOP faithful set to vote in Iowa caucuses
Former US president enters race way ahead in polls despite legal woes, as Republican rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis compete for spot as top alternative
By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and HANNAH FINGERHUT
From left to right: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Donald Trump. (Getty Images via JTA; Design by Mollie Suss)
January 15, 2024, 6:13 am
A Jewish guide to 2024 GOP presidential contenders, as primary season opens in Iowa
5 Republicans are vying to be the Republican candidate to face off against President Joe Biden this November
By jacob gurvis
Former UN ambassador and 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley greets her supporters at a campaign event in The James Theater in Iowa City, Iowa, on January 13, 2024. (Christian Monterrosa/AFP)
January 14, 2024, 2:48 pm
Haley overtakes DeSantis as favorite behind Trump in final poll before key Iowa test
First GOP contest finds former UN envoy’s stock on rise against Florida governor, though both running far behind ex-president for Republican nod as White House race ramps up
By Gabriella Borter, Tim Reid and Nathan Layne
Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally near Columbia University in New York on November 15, 2023. (Spencer Platt/ Getty Images via AFP)
January 11, 2024, 8:52 am
Florida welcomes Jewish students fleeing post-Oct. 7 surge in campus antisemitism
Critics say move is election ploy by Governor DeSantis, who’s seeking GOP presidential nomination; it’s not clear there’s demand from students to transfer to Florida universities
By Mike Schneider
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami, November 8, 2023. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
November 9, 2023, 4:47 pm
‘Finish them’: GOP presidential candidates unite with advice for Netanyahu on Hamas
DeSantis at debate: Hamas ‘would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could’; Haley: First thing I said to PM when massacre happened was, ‘Finish them’; Scott: I’d also strike Iran
By Ron Kampeas
US Rep. Randy Fine in the Knott Building at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, February 6, 2023. (Phil Sears/AP)
November 8, 2023, 11:58 am
Florida House passes measures to support Israel, secure Jewish institutions
Lawmakers pass bill to provide $45 million to safeguard Jewish community sites; Rep. Randy Fine warns ‘the fight is not just over there, but the fight is right here at home’
By AP and ToI Staff
Draped in an Israeli flag, Elinor Ben David, left, hugs her daughter Liel Abissidan, 8, as they wait for a rally in support of Israel to start, at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, October 10, 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)
November 3, 2023, 11:00 am
For South Florida’s Jews, Biden’s handling of Israel-Hamas war is a political test
Inside the Republican stronghold, the Jewish community finds unexpected comfort in support for Israel from US president
By Agencies
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