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The Trump White House issued a warning to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2021 urging him to enact mask mandates in the Sunshine State, a letter shows. The directive, dated Jan. 10, 2021, states that “aggressive mitigation must be used” to combat the virus. It advised “uniform implementation of effective face masking” and “strict physical distancing.”DeSantis, 44, released the letter Thursday, as he accused former President Donald Trump, 77, of being a “power-hungry” bureaucrat. “Even in January of 2021, the Trump-Fauci White House Coronavirus Task Force attacked Florida for being open and demanded Florida impose a mask mandate and enact...

A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll out Wednesday found that former President Donald Trump is increasing his grip on the Republican Party but still distancing a majority of the American electorate. The poll found that 63% of Republican voters “now say they want the former president to run again,” noted an AP summary. The strong support from inside the GOP marked an increase from the same poll last April, which showed 55% of Republican voters wanted to see Trump on the party’s ticket again. “Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Trump, an...