A special legislative session called by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to take up a series of proposals to help implement President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has faced pushback from top Republican state lawmakers.

Republicans control both chambers of Congress, giving President Trump a launchpad for his legislative goals. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.

President Trump is scheduled to come back to the Sunshine State Saturday before attending the GOP retreat at his Doral golf club.

Florida’s GOP leadership will roll deep in Washington D.C. on Monday. State lawmakers will be participating in President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration events just days before convening in Tallahassee for a special session, planned to support Trump’s immigration policies he aims to enact on day one.

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Trump visits South Florida for a GOP retreat, causing traffic disruptions in Doral and holding discussions at Trump National Doral.

Republicans are eager to find replacements for former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz in Tuesday’s special congressional primaries in Florida to add some breathing room to their slender majority in the U.

Florida Republican leaders in the state Legislature pushed back on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) call for a special session to implement President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda, calling the move “premature.” In a letter addressed to their fellow ...

But beyond the issue and urgency, Florida Republicans also simply have less sympathy for the Legislature than DeSantis. The poll found 65% of like Republican Primary voters do approve of the job the GOP-controlled Legislature is doing, but that’s ...

Five or six GOP candidates are in the run to replace DeSantis in 2026 as he cannot run again after his second term.

Students shouldn’t start catching buses at 5:30 am. That’s why Florida lawmakers passed a law in 2023, saying high school shouldn’t start until 8:30 am. But now they’re talking