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.”

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 believes “that the language ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ represents a term of art and that the original meaning of the phrase did not mandate citizenship for illegal aliens.

"The roads could become hazardous beginning this afternoon. There’s going to be ice, there’s going to be snow..."

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 issued a state of emergency Monday as a winter weather system approaches the state from the Gulf of Mexico.

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

Florida Governor DeSantis issues a state of emergency to enable early medication refills before a winter storm.

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.

The state’s 11 snow plows are positioned across the panhandle as road rangers are out to help anyone stranded along I-10.

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