Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Spending Down $12 Million in Pandemic Relief Money on an Immigration Stunt Isn't 'Responsible Fiscal Policy'

Ron DeSantis paid for the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights through interest earned on American Rescue Plan money, which he's said was designed "to bail out the poorly governed states.”

Reason

Trump taught Ron DeSantis well

Some Republicans see DeSantis as a cleaned-up Trump. But their contempt for the rule of law is exactly the same

Salon

Donald Trump rages that Ron DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard stunt was his ‘idea’

The former president accused the Florida governor of stealing the limelight from his platform

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The Will to Power Was Front and Center at NatCon III

What differentiates national conservatives from some other right-wing varietals is the desire to use government to destroy their enemies.

Reason

Trump mad DeSantis stole migrant idea

Trump "privately accused DeSantis of doing this largely to generate a 2024 polling boost," Rolling Stone reports

Salon

Vineyard migrants: We were misled

Progressives call for criminal probe of Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis' "heartless" actions, "dereliction of duty"

Salon

DeSantis actions on migrants is ‘mini-ethnic cleansing’, expert warns

Professor says treating the Republican decision to move migrants to Martha’s Vineyard as a political stunt risks diminishing its ‘moral seriousness’

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Migrants’ lawyers call for criminal investigation into DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt

Lawyers for Civil Rights organisation is representing more than 30 Venezualans dumped on island by GOP governor

The Independent UK

Protesters have their say outside rally for Kansas GOP gubernatorial candidate

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prepared for his rally Sunday in Olathe, Kansas, to support the Republican candidate for Kansas governor, about 50 protesters gathered outside, chanting “DeSantis get out of Kansas” and holding signs reading, “Take your hate back to Florida” and “Protect trans students.”

Tribune News Service

I voted for Trump — twice. I was wrong

I was all-in on Donald Trump's lies, well after Jan. 6. What opened my eyes? Gather round and I'll tell you

Salon

Attorneys for ‘duped’ migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard call for criminal investigation

Republican governors made ‘false promises to migrants in order to induce them to travel’, lawyers say

The Guardian - US

Flying migrants to Massachusetts was political, critics say. But was it legal?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for reelection, said the flights from Texas were "voluntary" but if they were lured, some argue the migrants could now be victims of a crime.

WEKU

Lawyers for Martha's Vineyard migrants blast "political stunt," urge Feds to open criminal probe

The lawyers said their clients "were induced to board airplanes and cross state lines under false pretenses."

Axios

Texas sends another busload of migrants to Kamala Harris’s home

About 50 mainly Venezuelan migrants, including a baby, deposited unannounced at Naval Observatory in Washington

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Border arrests on track to break record as divide grows over states’ handling of migrants

DALLAS — Complications for the Biden administration over immigration intensified as migrants were transported by Republican governors to cities governed by Democrats and rising migration along the southern border remains on pace to exceed a record 2 million.

The Independent UK

AOC shames Ted Cruz over treatment of ‘nuestra familia Latina’ after he backed migrant stunt and calls him ‘una vergüenza’

GOP senator from Texas has even called for 500,000 migrants to be sent to Washington DC

Tribune News Service

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces questions over migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard: ‘Crimes against humanity’

Questions continue to swirl around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation efforts, from his use of federal COVID aid to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, to the mysterious aviation company tasked with handling the trips.

Salon

Markey heads probe of DeSantis stunt

The Treasury Department is urged to investigate the Florida governor's use of Covid-19 relief

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris slams GOP governors for ‘dereliction of duty’ as more migrants sent to her residence

‘There were children, people being put on a bus or a plane who didn’t know where they’re going or where they were being sent’

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz forced to admit trafficking migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is illegal in Sean Hannity interview

Ron DeSantis widely criticised for flying two planeloads of Venezuelans to upscale Massachusetts island

Los Angeles Times

‘I’ll bring my hair gel’: Newsom challenges DeSantis to debate

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom challenged his Florida counterpart, Ron DeSantis, to a televised debate, escalating his criticism of Republican governors’ mass transport of migrants to liberal bastions as “reprehensible” and possibly illegal.

Axios

California's Gavin Newsom challenges Florida's Ron DeSantis to debate

The challenge comes amid DeSantis' decision to send nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz says half a million migrants should be sent to DC

Texas Senator says Barack Obama should host migrants at his $12m Martha’s Vineyard home

The Independent UK

DeSantis hammered in Florida newspapers for ‘political stunt’ flying Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard

‘He is saying that his political career is more important than our lives. That’s the type of politician he is’

Tribune News Service

Andreas Kluth: Texas and Florida are going full Belarus on migrants

It’s time for leaders and citizens in all developed countries — from the U.S. to Europe, Asia and Australia — to ask themselves wrenching questions about migration. Answering honestly will take us far out of our comfort zones, challenging the way we define ourselves as individuals and societies.

1 … 252 253 254 255

People

Alexandria OcasioCortez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Lawyers for Civil Rights

18 stories

NatCon

14 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.