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74° F, Cloudy/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KYZFQR5OL52WQAG66NCVYMXNT4.jpg "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks during an event for his GOP presidential campaign as his wife Casey DeSantis looks on, Friday in Prosperity, S.C. DeSantis is making a daylong swing through South Carolina, which holds the first southern Republican presidential primary of the 2024 campaign. Adam Laxalt, the chairman of the most powerful independent group supporting DeSantis' presidential ambitions, has resigned. It marks the second major departure at the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC in the last two weeks.")
Never Back Down Chairman Adam Laxalt’s decision to step down marks the second major departure at the pro-DeSantis super PAC in the last two weeks.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/S7AB6LEMCZGX7J5K6J7TKJGI2A.jpg "In this combination of photos, Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, at left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaks on Sept. 12, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif.")
The testy, statistics-heavy debate was not easy to follow.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/2LD7TY3LCBBLFGAZUL6MFF5HMA.jpg "Florida Party of Florida chairperson Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla.")
Christian Ziegler has been accused of sexual battery, and police are investigating.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XL3MEY7KELSSYQJ54MZLEBZ6ZQ.jpg "The Florida Supreme Court building is pictured in Tallahassee.")
The ruling says revealing the identity of an alleged victim alone is not a constitutional violation.
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KPEMYRLLAFFDTJBPK7YS7OODFY.jpg "At left, J. Alex Kelly, then-deputy chief of staff for Gov. DeSantis, answers questions about the new district lines his office developed during a Committee on Reapportionment meeting, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GE57G6ZICNHVVPOLQNCWBF5WFA.JPG "Tampa police investigate on East Cluster Avenue in November 2019 after two officers fired at and fatally wounded a man who police said pointed a gun at them. The department is among law enforcement agencies in Tampa Bay and across the state that are grappling with how to amend their policies and procedures in the wake of Thursday’s sweeping Florida Supreme Court ruling on the victim rights measure known as Marsy’s Law.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/DNBYBMAZSVER5MVDGBS4YY7T44.png "Zachary Johnson of St. Petersburg wears protective goggles outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a screenshot from a video released by the U.S. House Jan. 6th Committee.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/QKKGYEQ6AFOLHZQMWTXHD5TSRU.jpg "Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/66ORVIX7ICKYUBS2UXH62XESZU.jpg "Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives Friday in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-thirds of the House.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VUNTNEWWGRENXEKJIPBZHIE5TY.jpg "Reporters watch from an off-site hotel as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom engage in a snippy slap fight on the Fox News cable channel Thursday night.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/V3QGI5V5TP5A73L4U5W6CTOMSI.jpg "Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., joined at left by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to reporters to discuss the need from the federal government for more transparency regarding unidentified aerial phenomena, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/SVM7SOJENNEBVETNZLLTNAOD6A.jpg "Sicilaly Santiago-Leon, who lost a cousin in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, talks to former state representative Carlos Guillermo Smith after she delivered emotional remarks to the Orlando City Council on Oct. 23 regarding the city’s plan to purchase the Pulse nightclub property.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/H4US3ERP6NB45IJQHNYLLLPAC4.jpg "Florida Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/P2EJ7ZWCQJCMZHDDGCEOGZ5R2U.jpg "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5C62PMHSQ5D5NO4OUA3MP2OTAA.JPG "Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Kevin Hendrick, shown at an October school board meeting, says his district aims to respect every student and employee. The district recently issued an Inclusive Schools Support Guide toward that end.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GDXHF3U62JBHBFRHLKVSCSS2WM.jpg "A publicity image for the \"A Drag Queen Christmas\" show.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/F6JCM4W2SVGRNOGR5CTBKXLAEE.jpg "In this July 12, 2020, file photo, visitors sit on a bench on the pier in Santa Monica, Calif.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TZBTLD4C37NOIEOLWBXFXDMW2Q.jpg "Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/D6RRRW43QRGHHKTVXDJTTQPGUU.JPG "A campus walkway at the University of South Florida, where about 1,700 students take an introductory sociology course every year. State officials have proposed removing sociology as one of the options for core courses students must take as part of their studies.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/JFGHWOJVL35KBSPD6NLM5KYQTE.jpg "Gabriela Ibarra, center left, joins her daughters, Kathy Camacho and Ashley Cruz, as they listen to speakers at the \"Freedom For All\" rally in Homestead on July 1.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GLSWAFGFVEI6TORZIBWI6S7HAY.jpg "Pete Antonacci, seen here in 2009, was chosen by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022 to lead the state’s new Office of Election Crimes and Security.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/BYCMM7ITAGF2DTRUQMCKVA2WWQ.jpg "California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis share a constituent in Disney. Both have leveraged that relationship but in opposite ways.")
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