In the early days of his governorship, Ron DeSantis, still largely unknown to even the people who elected him, barnstormed across Florida’s 65,000 square miles, popping up almost daily in a different community to announce new initiatives or unexpected actions. News outlets, opposition Democrats and fellow Republicans unaccustomed to such energy from the executive were caught by surprise. ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told his Republican conference in a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning that he and President Biden were “nowhere near a deal” on raising America’s debt limit and… ...