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☆ Election 2024 Haley Keeps Up Her Trump Fight as Biden Woos Union Workers in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Maggie Astor | Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

That astounding sum makes Mr. DeSantis’s failed presidential bid among the most expensive in modern Republican primary elections. And they donated roughly $110,000 to the campaigns of state and federal elected officials who had endorsed Mr. DeSantis. The enormously costly effort produced negligible results, and Mr. DeSantis decided to drop out before the New Hampshire primary and endorse Mr. Trump. Mr. DeSantis was not the only Republican candidate this cycle to spend vast sums only to drop out. Fight Right and Good Fight took over television advertising while Never Back Down focused on get-out-the-vote operations, a move publicly encouraged by the DeSantis campaign.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis’s, DeSantis, Jeff Roe, Donald J, Trump, —, Roe, Mr, Tim Scott of, Scott’s, Scott didn’t, Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum, Trump’s, Chip Roy, Texas, Scott, Nikki Haley Organizations: Gov, Federal, Commission, Republican, New, PAC, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Staples, Club for Growth, Trump, Enterprises Locations: Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Tim Scott of South, North Dakota, Tallahassee —, South Carolina

☆ A 100-year-old tree collapsed on the Florida governor's mansion during Idalia, Casey DeSantis says the family is fine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Casey DeSantis said she and her kids were fine after a massive tree fell on the governor's mansion. DeSantis told reporters his wife had called him about the situation. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I don't know if they are going to cut down the whole tree," DeSantis told reporters during a storm update. FEMA director Deanne Criswell told reporters at the White House that President Joe Biden spoke to DeSantis and offered the federal government's assistance. The Florida governor's mansion was first built on its current grounds in 1907, according to a state website devoted to its history.

Persons: Casey DeSantis, Florida's, Idalia, Ron DeSantis, Hurricane Idalia, Mamie, DeSantis, John Dailey, Deanne Criswell, Joe Biden, LeRoy Collins, Andrew Jackson's, Jackson Organizations: Gov, Service, Hurricane, Associated Press, FEMA, Florida Territory Locations: North Florida, Wall, Silicon, Florida, Tallahassee — Mason, Madison, Florida's, Tallahassee, Hermitage, Nashville

☆ Ron and Casey DeSantis danced to the governor's campaign song 'Sweet Florida' at the state's inaugural ball, in final event of 2-day 'DeSantis-Palooza'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Casey DeSantis wore a gold embellished gown. Songs included "My Girl" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," two guests leaving the event told Insider. Bill Diamond of Palm Beach told Insider the food was "very good and very inventive" and raved about the lamb. "I have had clients coming back and saying that was very Kennedy-ish," one source who attended multiple inauguration events told Insider. Casey DeSantis and the couple's son, Mason, were also present, he said, as were Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez and her husband Adrian Nuñez.

Millions of people in the South and the Southeast are at risk of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and flash floods Tuesday and Wednesday, while a messy winter storm is expected to hit the Midwest and a separate storm slams California later this week. Threats of severe thunderstorms, flash floodsAs many as 20 million people from southeast Louisiana to south-central Alabama are at risk for severe thunderstorms Tuesday that could bring damaging wind gusts, large hail and some strong tornadoes, classified as having winds of more than 111 mph. The thunderstorms are expected to continue through the day and last into the overnight hours. In addition to the severe thunderstorms, flash flooding will also be a threat. St. Louis could see a high in the early 70s Tuesday before expected highs plunge to the high-30s and the mid-40s the rest of the week.

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