Government & Politics

The candidates squabbled over electability, corruption and support for Israel. They also discussed former President Donald Trump’s recent comments on immigration, inflation and how he’d handle a second presidency.

To discern facts from falsities, PolitiFact looked at DeSantis’ record on immigration while in Congress, and the facts behind Newsom’s claim that DeSantis supported amnesty.

Reports commissioned by the Florida governor's appointees to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District were the latest salvos in the ongoing court and public opinion battles over who controls the district.

PolitiFact will fact-check the debate live on our website and across our social media channels. Republican front-runner and former President Donald Trump will again skip the debate.

During a news conference to present his proposed 2024-25 Florida budget, DeSantis said he plans to have funds available for "any litigation expenses that may come as a result of this really, really poor decision."

The Palm Coast Republican also commented on some of his priorities during the session that happened this year

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his budget on Tuesday, December 5 for the new fiscal year, with $15.1 billion dollars going to the state’s public schools.

Although the law is clear that physicians can be charged, whether pregnant women will face the same charge is ambiguous.

There couldn't be two governors with more opposite ideologies than the Florida Republican and the California Democrat, but few minds were likely changed.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenged each other’s records on immigration, crime, COVID-19 lockdowns, the economy and social issues in a rowdy Fox News matchup billed as "The Great Red versus Blue State Debate."

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prepare to debate on Fox News, many factors separate their two states, including their ideological leanings and their voting patterns.

Stephen Miller, who led Trump’s first-term immigration agenda, provided The New York Times an overview of Trump’s second-term immigration proposals. Some of the plans mirror Trump’s 2016 campaign promises; others go further.