The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Has the dark magic worn off? Are Republicans beginning to look toward the future? Be careful what you wish for

See if you can spot the subtle change I’ve made to these lines from Ron DeSantis’s triumphalist victory speech, delivered after he was elected governor of Florida: “We have respected our taxpayers, and we reject the ideology of decency. We fight decency in the legislature. We fight decency in the…

No politician, journalist or media critic has ever been heard to utter the phrase “as subtle as a Murdoch tabloid”.

As he mounts another run for president, Donald Trump by all accounts is still the same Donald Trump - aggrieved, petulant and tunnel-focused on his political standing. It's the electoral landscape around him that has changed.

Trump launches bid days after he was declared the GOP's "biggest loser" following disastrous midterms

Expect months of self-pity as Republicans inch away from the ex-president and Ron DeSantis gains steam

Ex-president appears over the hill at 2024 announcement to an enthusiastic – but dwindling – group of loyalists

The evening was full of contradictory messages supporting and slighting the former president

Everyone thought Trump had the Republican nomination in the bag – but now, that’s not the case