After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly jumped on the idea. But actually making

A body of anti-Trump students and civilians marched at FSU in protest of Trump, ongoing conflict and discriminatory policies on Jan. 14, 2025.

President Trump is planning on implementing many policies that have roots at the Florida Capitol, and it’s happening very quickly.

Shortly after taking his oath, President Trump began enacting a series of executive orders, including initial steps for his mass migrant deportation program.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is praising the sweeping set of executive actions on immigration that President Donald Trump’ signed on his first day in office on Monday, saying they provide a “great road map” for Florida lawmakers to follow during a special legislative session the governor has called for next week in Tallahassee.

President-elect Donald Trump is weighing in on the debate regarding a Special Session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis, slated to start on Jan. 27. “Thank you Ron, hopefully other Governors will follow,” Trump posted to Truth Social as he backed the call.

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

The four years between Donald Trump’s first term in office and his second were marked by an extraordinary political shift in Florida. In January 2021, President Joe Biden entered the White House with Florida ostensibly still on the map of battleground states.

The Florida impact starts with immigration. In the first 24 hours of his presidency, Trump announced a national emergency at the southern border, suspended refugee resettlement and terminated a humanitarian parole program that had offered a legal pathway to entry for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Monday night that he believes his order will withstand legal challenges.

President Donald Trump pardoned all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and commuted the sentences for 14.