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Education should be headline issue at next GOP debate

By Xi Van Fleet

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave)

DeSantis claims he’ll achieve $2 gas as president, vows to reverse Biden climate agenda

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Pray Vote Stand Summit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump seeks to mend fences with pro-lifers after blasting Florida’s heartbeat bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum stand on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Governors eclipsed by Trump in GOP race, hobbled by voters’ anti-establishment fervor

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave)

DeSantis warns pro-lifers that Trump will ‘sell you out’ on abortion

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Vice President and current 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence receives safety instructions before his turn to shoot during the 10th annual Jasper County GOP trap shoot on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Jasper County Gun Club in Newton, Iowa. Four Republican presidential hopefuls, made a campaign stop at the event to speak with constituents and shoot a few rounds. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP)

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

By Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Agriculture workers adjust a trellis to support bitter melon, Sept. 5, 2023, in Homestead, Fla. Undocumented workers live in fear and anxiety after a new law signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The law targets them and employers with 25 or more employees which mandates they verify that their workers are legally allowed to work. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier).

Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law

By Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The fate of abortion rights in Florida is at stake Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, when the state Supreme Court takes up a challenge to a law banning the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which will determine whether an even stricter six-week ban signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis can take effect. (AP Photo/Phil Sears) **FILE**

DeSantis to Illinois cops: Move to Florida and avoid working with noncitizens

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The fate of abortion rights in Florida is at stake Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, when the state Supreme Court takes up a challenge to a law banning the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which will determine whether an even stricter six-week ban signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis can take effect. (AP Photo/Phil Sears) **FILE**

DeSantis: Trump’s chance of being elected if convicted ‘as close to zero as you can get’

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a question from the media as Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida surgeon general, looks on during a news conference in Jacksonville, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 to discuss COVID-19 testing policy and monoclonal antibody treatment availability. The event was relocated from the Department of Children and Families office building to the adjacent FDLE building after protesters, wanting to address the governor, refused to leave the initial news conference site. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to recommend most citizens don’t get latest COVID booster

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview with Politico in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Newsom says DeSantis ‘belly flopped’ in his presidential run

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shakes hands with fairgoers after taking part in a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump is expected to attend one of Iowa's largest sports crowds at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, where Iowa State University will host the University of Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 9. Also planning to be at the game are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and several lesser-known candidates. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Trump, DeSantis and other presidential candidates descend on Iowa rivalry game

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, consoles a weeping homeowner as he visits her house, which was heavily damaged by storm surge during the passage of Hurricane Idalia, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Biden fails crisis management in Hawaii; DeSantis shines in Florida

By Michael McKenna

Suspended state attorney Monique Worrell from the Ninth Judicial Circuit answers a question at a press conference in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Worrell is suing Florida governor Ron DeSantis, filing a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to have the Florida Supreme Court overturn the suspension. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

A Democratic prosecutor is challenging her suspension by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

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Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks with reporters outside the Child Rights Protection Center in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) ** FILE **

Christie: DeSantis put ‘politics ahead of his job’ by declining to meet with Biden after hurricane

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich, left, speaks at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, June 30, 2023. The co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, was appointed Wednesday, Sept. 6, to the Florida Commission on Ethics. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Moms for Liberty co-founder to state Commission on Ethics

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaks during a campaign event, June 2, 2023, in Lexington, S.C. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.) **FILE**

The DeSantis decline: Polls show how far Florida governor has fallen as Trump gets indictment boost

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The Cinderella Castle is seen at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district can’t continue to work in his new job and be chair of Florida’s ethics commission at the same time, according to a legal opinion issued Thursday, Aug. 17. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Disney wants to narrow the scope of its lawsuit against DeSantis to free speech claim

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, shakes hands with members of the storm-damaged First Baptist Church, as he visits Horseshoe Beach, Fla., one day after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

DeSantis won’t meet with Biden during president’s trip to survey Idalia damage

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks on the phone with President Joe Biden as he stands outside storm-damaged restaurant Shrimp Boat during a visit to Horseshoe Beach, Fla., one day after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Hurricane, shooting test DeSantis’ leadership as he trades the campaign trail for crisis management

By Anthony Izaguirre and Jill Colvin - Associated Press