Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is relocating a significant portion of his presidential campaign staff from Tallahassee to Des Moines, according to his top deputies, redeploying his team to the leadoff state after a $15 million fund-raising haul that advisers said had helped stabilize his campaign. The push into Iowa highlights the state’s make-or-break status…
The News The Florida Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday that would shield the travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top elected officials from public view, a significant change to the state’s vaunted sunshine laws as Mr. DeSantis explores a potential presidential campaign. Why It Matters: Who’s paying, and who else is flying?…
NEW ORLEANS — The murder rate in New Orleans had surged, becoming the nation’s highest. Car thefts were nearly constant, basic city services were lagging and critics organized a recall campaign against Mayor LaToya Cantrell, accusing her of giving up on her job. The effort failed in March. But Ms. Cantrell, dogged by personal scandals…
Israel’s government, the most right-wing in its history, is barely three weeks old and already leaving its mark, quickly pressing ahead with legislation that critics fear will erode Israeli democracy. Benjamin Netanyahu has returned as prime minister, this time leading a coalition of conservative, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties. I spoke with Isabel Kershner, a correspondent…
YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK, Ecuador — In a swath of lush Amazon rainforest here, near some of the last Indigenous people on Earth living in isolation, workers recently finished building a new oil platform carved out of the wilderness. Teams are drilling in one of the most environmentally important ecosystems on the planet, one that stores…
A perilous brew of winds, heavy snow and ice and plunging temperatures swept across a swath of the United States on Thursday, leaving at least five dead and upending holiday plans during one of the busiest weeks for travel. By Thursday evening, the storm had bulled its way from the Upper Midwest — where it…
CANTON, Ga. — With the last campaigns only two days in the rearview mirror, the political world dived into a Georgia Senate race that will reveal the extent of Democrats’ unexpected traction in the midterm races and whether Republicans can move past the long shadow of former President Donald J. Trump. The outcome of a…