Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the first official to use President's Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico in an official capacity.

Florida lawmakers defied DeSantis and approved their own version of sweeping immigration reforms amid a GOP power struggle.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to veto a sweeping immigration bill. It’s the latest escalation in a statehouse showdown between DeSantis’ office and the Republican leaders, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

With Florida GOP leadership now determined to pass an immigration reform bill that differs somewhat from what Gov. Ron DeSantis had been proposing for the past few weeks, Florida Democrats and activists on Monday tried to persuade GOP lawmakers to remove the provision that apparently unites all Florida Republicans — repealing in-state tuition rates for

DeSantis was an officer and Navy lawyer at Gitmo in 2006, when prisoners committed to a mass hunger strike. Guards there ultimately restrained and force-fed many of them using nasal tubes — a practice the United Nations Human Rights Commission deemed a form of torture.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis revealed in an Orlando press conference on Thursday that Ashley Moody, the state's Attorney General, has been selected

In a special session on Monday, leaders seemed to be declaring their independence from a governor who has wielded so much power that legislative sessions have become largely predictable rubber stamps.

Florida lawmakers have passed a sweeping immigration bill, setting aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump's crackdown on people in the country illegally.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized members of his own party for refusing to hold a special session to help implement President Donald Trump 's immigration policies. In a post and video shared on social media, DeSantis accused Florida Republicans of putting forward a "substantially weaker" legislative proposal.

The veto pledge capped a dramatic few days in which Republican legislators publicly criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis and portrayed themselves as truer allies of President Trump.

Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to veto the recently passed immigration bill backed by Republicans in the legislature.