Author: Rick Amato

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is visiting Michigan on Thursday, marking his first appearance there this year, amid speculation that he could enter the race for the White House in 2024.He is slated to speak at a Midland County GOP event and Christian Hillsdale College. In central Michigan, Midland-area Republican State Rep. Bill G. Schuette said the county party wanted to hear more about DeSantis’ perspectives and proposals, in comparison to Michigan, which Schuette described as the “anti-Florida.”The appearance is expected to draw more than 200 demonstrators to rally outside, according to protest organizers.DESANTIS, TRUMP TO HEADLINE NRA FORUM THAT WILL LIKELY SHOWCASE 2024 RIVALS Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a political speech at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, April 1, 2023, in Garden City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)While DeSantis has not yet officially announced his 2024 presidential candidacy, his name has been in the headlines as a top GOP rival to former President Trump for months.The Florida governor already has some support from lawmakers. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Texas Rep. Chip Roy have endorsed DeSantis, and Republican Michigan House Speaker Bryan Posthumus flew to Florida at the end of last year to deliver a letter signed by 18 other state House Republicans encouraging a presidential bid. “When he becomes an actual candidate, I will be doing another letter saying we endorse you for President of the United States of America,” Posthumus told The Associated Press. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a press conference in Marshall, Michigan, on Feb. 13, 2023, in Romulus, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)GAVIN NEWSOM MAKES SURPRISE STOP AT FLORIDA COLLEGE TO ATTACK DESANTIS: ‘CRAWLING OUT OF MY SKIN FOR YOU’Michigan voters have largely rejected Republicans since Trump won the state seven years ago. Democrats control the statewide offices of governor, attorney general and secretary of state, in addition to holding majorities in the Legislature. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a political speech at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, April 1, 2023, in Garden City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)With full control of the Statehouse for the first time in 40 years, Michigan Democrats have prioritized further protecting reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights that are being rolled back in Republican-led states across the nation.While Florida has begun passing a six-week abortion ban backed by DeSantis, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing a 1931 abortion ban. She called out Florida and other Republican-led states for taking steps to pass “un-American, anti-free and, frankly, sickening,” abortion laws.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPosthumus said that what DeSantis has done in Florida is the “polar opposite” of what Whitmer has done in Michigan – possibly the fifth state to hold its Republican primary.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

There are only 18 LIV Golfers that find themselves allowed to grace the Augusta National plush fairways and greens this week for the Masters, and Harold Varner III is one of them. The Saudi-backed tour has been quite the conversation since its arrival caused a golf civil war with the PGA Tour, as their guaranteed money and smaller work schedule — 14 events with only 54 holes played in each — enticed multiple stars in the sport to defect. Varner, speaking with the Washington Post, said money is the only reason his fellow tour joined up — not to help…

Rory McIlroy is a four-time major champion, but his golf resume is incomplete. The Irishman is still vying for a green jacket, and a victory would be historic. With a win this weekend at the Masters, McIlroy would become the fifth career Grand Slam winner, joining Gene Sarazen, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win all four majors. McIlroy is in a major drought. He hasn’t won one since the 2014 PGA Championship. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland signs autographs after competing in the par 3…

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the tech industry will face a “reckoning” over artificial intelligence, comparing the potential dangers of the technology to the risks associated with social media when the platforms were first rolled out years ago. “What happened with social media is we, including myself, just offered social media because we had a simple model of how humans would use social media. But, instead, look at how social media was used to interfere in elections, to cause harm. People have died over social media,” Schmidt told ABC News on Sunday. “No one meant that as [the] goal,…

The dominant rumor on the internet over the weekend was that Donald Trump will soon be indicted, possibly even handcuffed, on camera. Is that true? We can’t say.  We do know that Trump is the subject of a grand jury investigation in Manhattan. That’s a city that voted against Donald Trump by almost 80% in the last presidential election. We also know that the grand jury was impaneled by a Soros funded D.A. called Alvin Bragg, who looks and acts like a Tawana Brawley-era Al Sharpton. So, we would assume, on the basis of that evidence, that it’s pretty likely…

Troy Donahue, a blonde, blue-eyed teen idol who captivated the hearts of many on the big screen during the ’50s, once found himself homeless and living in New York City’s Central Park. The actor, who struggled with alcoholism, eventually had a Hollywood comeback before his death in 2001 at age 65. Now, his life is being explored in a new book titled “Inventing Troy Donahue – The Making of a Movie Star,” where several co-stars and others who knew the late heartthrob spoke out about his rise and fall. “I realized there was no book about Troy Donahue and his…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are working with an organization that wants to re-write the phrase “boys will be boys” and believes boyhood is “fluid,” and “socially constructed.”The Duke and Duchess of Sussex teamed up with the Global Boyhood Initiative through their foundation Archewell and podcast Archetypes, which aims to break down gender stereotypes and help young boys evolve into “healthy men.”The group claims it aims to encourage boys to “share emotions in healthy ways, accept & connect with others, stand up & speak out against bullying & inequality, and break free from stereotypes.”MEGHAN MARKLE ISN’T ‘BRAVE ENOUGH’ TO ATTEND KING CHARLES’ CORONATION, PRINCESS DIANA’S BUTLER CLAIMS Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have already received their invitation to King Charles’ coronation. (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press)According to the duo’s foundation website, the partnership “works to achieve gender equality and social justice by transforming intergenerational patterns of harm and promoting patterns of care, empathy and accountability among boys and men throughout their lives.”The initiative lists several “resources” on its website, in collaboration with the Sussexes, to offer “a guide for promoting gender equity by fostering positive masculinity in boys and men.”According to a U.K.-based report released by the group, families can be seen as gender “factories,” and parents are able to “gender” their children before they are even born. “Parents may begin gendering their children even before birth based on the identification of external genitalia in scans, including through elaborate ‘gender reveal’ parties and a stream of purchases along gender lines (Kane, 2006; Price and Tayler, 2015),” the pamphlet reads. MINNESOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER CLAIMS ‘THE GOAL’ IS TO CONFUSE STUDENTS ABOUT GENDER: VIDEO Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are working with a charity that believes gender is “fluid” and “socially constructed.” (iStock)”While the family is a place of nurturing and support for many children, it can also be where gender and sexuality are regulated and policed, as many of our interviewees and much research suggest,” it continues. Harry and Meghan have long made “gender equity” a significant focus of their charitable efforts. Months before partnering with the Global Boyhood Initiative last year, the duo announced four organizations would receive grants to promote the effort. “As we cross into Women’s History Month, and ahead of International Women’s Day next week, The Archewell Foundation is announcing a number of non-profit investments in leading organizations working to advance gender equity, build policies that empower women and families, ensure meaningful media representation for women, and provide women with a network of tools and support for gaining employment,” the website reads. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe recipients of the grants included: The Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center, National Women’s Law Center, the 19th, and Smart Works.

The No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic Owls are in the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history after their win over No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday night. Unfortunately for them, that was not the biggest talking point after the game. Instead, it was the attempted dunk attempt that Owls star guard Alijah Martin decided to do despite the Knights not looking to foul them any longer. They accepted their efforts were not enough with the clock winding down in the 78-70 loss. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Joe Munden Jr., #1 of the Fairleigh…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Republican elected officials vocally criticizing programs and policies that advance “wokeness,” or left-wing racialist ideology, at the federal or state level. This is a positive development and a sign that more Republican policymakers have recognized the significant threat posed by the prevalence of ideologies such as critical race theory in our society’s key institutions. But if Republicans are serious about this fight, they need to recognize an important and uncomfortable reality: woke ideology is now embedded within the very DNA of…

Attorney Robert Costello, forme legal adviser to onetime Trump “fixer”-turned-foe Michael Cohen, told Fox News his ex-client is a liar and unreliable, while saying New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg does “not want to get to the truth” in his prosecution of former President Donald Trump. Costello appeared before the grand jury Monday in Bragg’s investigation into Trump, testifying that Cohen is a “serial liar.” Later on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Costello called the case “weak to say the least,” adding his two-hour sitdown in lower Manhattan gave him the feeling the district attorney was uninterested in the truth. “I…