August 11, 2021 Tropical Storm Fred becomes sixth named storm of Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Fred formed south of Puerto Rico late Tuesday night and was moving toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Wednesday.
August 10, 2021 DeSantis Education Dept. puts Broward County School Board on notice: Curb mask mandate or lose paychecks Florida's Department of Education under Governor Ron DeSantis threatened to withdraw salaries after the Broward County School Board voted to maintain its restrictive mask mandate.
August 10, 2021 MSNBC opinion piece argues 'Why Ron DeSantis is more dangerous than Trump' ahead of 2024 Conservative pundits have long predicted ahead of 2024 that members of the media would insist that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be a “worse” president than President Trump. Well, one MSNBC opinion piece is way ahead of schedule.
August 10, 2021 Biden 'checking' if he has power to intervene against Florida and Texas mask mandate bans Biden said he is “checking” on if his presidential powers could give him the ability to intervene in states banning mask mandates
August 9, 2021 CNN's Jim Acosta ripped for renaming Delta variant the 'DeSantis variant': 'Performance art' Viewers ripped CNN's Jim Acosta this weekend for suggesting that at least one of the new variants of the coronavirus be named the "DeSantis variant" after the Florida governor.
August 8, 2021 Cassidy disagrees with DeSantis on school mask mandate ban Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy disagrees with the move by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to sign an executive order a week and a half ago preventing school districts in his state from mandating that students and school employees wear masks.
August 8, 2021 DeSantis' banging on Biden inflates his 2024 stature among GOP voters Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' jousting with President Biden appears to inflates his 2024 stature among GOP voters
August 6, 2021 DeSantis skewers president's 'Governor who?' snark: 'What else has Biden forgotten?' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted President Biden Friday in response to the president pretending to not know who the governor was when asked a question by a reporter.
August 6, 2021 DeSantis says he's opposed to mandatory vaccines for hospital workers Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is opposed to the idea of hospitals requiring employees to take the coronavirus vaccine.
August 6, 2021 Psaki pushes back on DeSantis, suggests politicians shouldn't decide masking requirements for kids White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent decision about the use of face masks at schools, arguing that public health officials were more suited to make those types of decisions than politicians were.