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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      DeSantis leads charge to pry Texas oil donors from Trump

      Onetime supporters of ex-president are hunting for an alternative to roll back Biden’s green agenda

      Florida governor Ron DeSantis addresses a crowd in Texas
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      ExplainerUS presidential election 2024
      US election 2024: Republican presidential candidates

      A rundown of the leading hopefuls and several long-shot contenders

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Instant InsightEdward Luce
      A Republican debate that will change nothing

      Donald Trump’s rivals needed to make him less relevant or take him down but they did neither

      Former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador Nikki Haley, right, receives a touch-up as, from left, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, former US vice-president Mike Pence, Florida governor Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy speak during a break in the first Republican presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
      ‘I don’t know if he can beat Trump’: DeSantis feels pressure to make gains in Iowa

      Swing state’s fair has become critical testing ground for presidential hopefuls

      A family sits under an umbrella at the Iowa State Fair
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      DeSantis replaces campaign chief in bid to reboot White House run

      Florida governor’s move marks new attempt to revive push for Republican presidential nomination

      Ron DeSantis speaks at an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak

      Both men are uncharismatic, populist pretenders — and prematurely written-off

      montage of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      ‘Of course he lost’: Ron DeSantis dismisses Trump’s 2020 election claims

      Florida governor also appears to moderate hardline abortion stance in yet-to-air NBC interview

      Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis at a speech in Iowa on Sunday, where Donald Trump supporters hold up signs bearing the former president’s name.
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Ron DeSantis vows to crack down on Fed’s ‘social engineering’

      Republican presidential candidate blames US central bank for high inflation and says he would pick new chair

      Ron DeSantis
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      The Republicans in Iowa: can anyone really catch Trump?

      With the former president far ahead in the polls, most of his rivals believe the Midwestern state is their only hope of halting his momentum

      Ron DeSantis speaks at an event in Iowa on July 15
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Ron DeSantis sacks staffer who shared video with Nazi symbol

      Latest firing comes as Florida governor tries to revive flagging presidential bid

      Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference in South Carolina.
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Billionaire donors cool on Ron DeSantis over rightwing policies

      Ken Griffin and Nelson Peltz are rethinking support for Florida governor’s presidential bid

      Nelson Peltz, Ron DeSantis, Ken Griffin
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Fundraising triggers fresh questions over DeSantis campaign

      Small donations indicate dwindling grassroots support for Florida governor’s Republican bid

      Ron DeSantis giving a campaign speech in Iowa
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Edward Luce
      The great Ron DeSantis campaign train wreck

      Case for the Florida governor as Republican nominee is based on a fatal misreading of what Trump voters want

      Ron DeSantis smiles and shakes hands with a supporter while surrounded by other supporters holding ‘DeSantis 2024’ placards
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Robert Armstrong
      Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid is floundering — and so are his clothes

      In contrast to Donald Trump, the Florida governor’s attire rarely sends a clear message, and when it does, it tends to be the wrong one

      Ron DeSantis walks into a convention hall full of thousands of people
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      DeSantis’s bid to out-Trump his rival leaves campaign adrift

      Florida governor’s increasingly extreme positions are alienating potential voters

      Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey greeting supporters
    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      Mickey Mouse, Death Stars and the limits of federal law

      Battles are erupting across the US as states take different stances on contentious issues

    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
      Ron DeSantis works to soften his image on the campaign trail

      Florida governor steps outside his policy comfort zone to take on Donald Trump as Republican presidential nominee

      Ron DeSantis greets audience members at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 1.
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Business leaders search for alternatives to Trump and DeSantis

      Republican donors urge Glenn Youngkin and Brian Kemp to enter 2024 race after Florida governor’s faltering start

      Montage of Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Brian Kemp and Glenn Youngkin
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Ron DeSantis’s campaign launch on Twitter beset by technical glitches

      Republican governor’s unorthodox announcement on Elon Musk’s social media platform hits a few hurdles

      Ron DeSantis in a video ad for his campaign
    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Ron DeSantis to announce US presidential run on Elon Musk’s Twitter

      Republican governor of Florida set to declare his 2024 campaign in conversation with platform’s billionaire owner

      Ron DeSantis
    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      DeSantis struggles for lift-off as campaign launch nears

      Donald Trump has large early lead over former rising conservative star in Republican nomination battle

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      News in-depthFlorida
      Florida’s new university laws spark fears of faculty intimidation

      Governor Ron DeSantis has launched an assault on ‘wokeness’ in higher education

      Activists stage a sit-in outside Ron DeSantis’s office on May 3
    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      Why Arsenal’s struggles show you shouldn’t count out Donald Trump

      Confusing narrative and fundamentals when it comes to football and politics is a big mistake

      Illustration of Donald Trump’s face and shoulders and hands as he knocks out the stilts from a small Ron DeSantis walking in front
    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      News in-depthWalt Disney Co
      Disney uses Ron DeSantis’s own words against him in free speech lawsuit

      Florida governor accused of violating entertainment company’s constitutional rights

      A combination image of Ron DeSantis and Bob Iger
    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      DeSantis visits London to burnish foreign policy credentials

      Florida governor meets UK foreign secretary after tour of Japan, South Korea and Israel

      James Cleverley and Ron DeSantis in discussion as they walk at 10 Downing Street
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