Casey DeSantis

The Republican Party of Florida filed suit against the Florida Democratic Party, seeking to stop the airing of a political ad highlighting the leaked grand jury presentment in the Hope Florida scandal.

Speaking without pause for 20 minutes, the governor criticized the media who reported on the misappropriation, waved a paper copy of the ruling and asked whether a reporter from CBS4 Miami, who originally reported on the scandal, was present to “correct the record.”

Top Democrats in the Florida House are demanding the Internal Revenue Service open an investigation into whether the Hope Florida Foundation and two social welfare organizations that received money from it properly reported the funds to the IRS and, moreover, whether any of the organizations have to pay taxes on the funds.

State records show the controversial initiative shifted priorities away from DCF’s eligibility division that has since failed federal standards and left Floridians cut off

Florida is accepting applications for $70 million in cancer “innovation” funds. During a press conference in Orlando Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the availability of cancer innovation grant funds for next year and the latest list of researchers chosen to receive grants.

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried is calling on Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody to use her power to seek release of a grand jury report into the $10 million in taxpayer funds diverted to the Hope Florida Foundation in 2024.

Despite investigations and probes, two top officials in the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis won’t have to leave their jobs.

Shevaun Harris says Florida returned the money in an ‘abundance of caution.’

Casey DeSantis has made numerous appearances about the Healthy Florida First initiative, which tests for toxins and heavy metals in food.

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, who helps lead the state’s version of the Make America Healthy Again movement, recently said the Healthy Florida First initiative tested popular bread brands, revealing "triple-digit" levels of the herbicide glyphosate.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and First Lady Casey DeSantis enjoy nearly identical leads in prospective one-on-one gubernatorial matchups versus Democrats David Jolly and Jerry Demings in a public opinion poll out Tuesday.

Prosecutors in Florida brought witnesses before a grand jury in Tallahassee on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a charity tied to Casey DeSantis, the state’s first lady.