Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he's waiting till the last minute to announce his pick because he doesn't want the new person to be "a piñata" for the news media.

DeSantis has been more willing to exclude potential picks than to say who he will select in the weeks since it became clear Rubio is headed to Foggy Bottom. U.S. Reps. Kat Cammack and Cory Mills need to stay in the House to shore up the slender Republican majority, the Governor said this week.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered that flags at state buildings will be raised to full-staff for the day of president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump is backing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to call state lawmakers back to Tallahassee later this month for a special session to ensure state and local law enforcement officials are helping enforce Trump’s immigration agenda.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced a special legislative session for later this month to aid President-elect Donald Trump‘s deportation efforts, but Republican leaders in the state legislature are pushing back on the call.