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US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis clashed with California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom in an acrimonious debate on Thursday night, making a last-ditch pitch to Republican voters that he is their best option to take on President Joe Biden in next year’s election. DeSantis is trailing far behind former US President Donald Trump in polling for […]

CRESTON, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the U.S. should not accept refugees from Gaza as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from the north to the south, following Israeli government warnings to evacuate before an anticipated ground invasion. “I don’t know what Biden’s going to do, but we cannot accept people […]

Charlie Neibergall/AP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for president, speaks at a campaign event on October 14, 2023, in Creston, Iowa. CNN  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the US should not accept refugees from Gaza, as

Comment on this storyComment CRESTON, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Saturday that the United States should not accept refugees from the Gaza Strip, where Israel has demanded that more than 1 million residents evacuate the northern portion of the territory as it wages war on the militant group Hamas. “If you . […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the Legislature’s efforts to draw a Black opportunity congressional district in North Florida while letting state House and Senate districts drawn along the same principles pass into law without objection. That testimony came Monday in a lawsuit challenging the redistricting plan the governor forced on the Legislature last year on grounds […]

The 30 or so people who logged on to hear about the trans-Atlantic slave trade Wednesday night was just what Pastor Kenneth Johnson had hoped for – a sign that his congregation in Fort Pierce, Florida, was interested in learning more about Black history. The hour-long video class was the first of a series Friendship […]

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 27: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks during the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 27, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. Seven presidential hopefuls squared off in the second Republican primary debate as former U.S. President Donald Trump, currently facing […]

Republican U.S. presidential candidates pose together before the start of the second Republican candidates’ debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake Acquire Licensing Rights

When he was a congressman representing portions of Tallahassee, Al Lawson steered through Congress a measure renaming the city’s main post office after Edwina Stephens, the “mother of the Southside,” the predominantly Black area where the building is located. By the time the naming ceremony transpired this June 10, Lawson, a Black Democrat, had lost […]

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — On the same day Alabama Black voters scored a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal trial opened in Florida in which lawyers say Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates. It’s one of several lawsuits around the country that […]


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