“If there aren’t five votes then shutting down illegal alien birthright citizenship would require an amendment to the Constitution itself, which would be unlikely to get enacted as blue states would almost certainly refuse to ratify it,” DeSantis noted.

The decision to fly flags at full-staff during Trump's inauguration diverges from President Joe Biden's order that flags remain at half-staff for 30 days to honor Carter, who passed away on December 29, 2024. DeSantis' move aligns with at least seven other Republican-led states who have ordered flags be flown at full-staff for Inauguration Day.

DeSantis isn’t necessarily confident that the current court would support his and Trump’s view on birthright citizenship based on his subsequent comments responding to a poster who hoped Sen. Ashley Moody would have a chance to confirm a conservative jurist to replace a “liberal justice.”

Ron DeSantis on Monday issued a weather warning involving the “Gulf of America,” making Florida the first state to officially call the Gulf of Mexico by its new name mandated by President Donald Trump,

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in a state executive order on Monday, even before President Trump had taken any presidential action to rename the body of water.

A winter weather system headed toward North Florida prompted the governor to issue a state of emergency for the region on Monday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency ahead of severe winter weather expected for North Florida on Tuesday and into Wednesday.

If Sen. Marco Rubio is confirmed as secretary of State, it will leave a seat open for Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill until an election in 2026.

Power Restoration and Community Support FHP is working with utilities and FDOT to support power restoration efforts. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is also monitoring state park closures due to the storm. For real-time updates, residents are encouraged to visit FloridaDisaster.org.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate, setting her up to fill Sen. Marco Rubio's seat when he joins the Trump administraiton.

Governors have been relegated to the Emancipation Hall overflow viewing space to watch Trump's inauguration, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.