The restrictions Donald Trump tried to avoid by moving the convention to Jacksonville, Florida, are now in place there.

Recent presidential election polling shows Donald Trump running behind Joe Biden.

Roughly three-quarters of new coronavirus cases are from states Trump won in 2016, where the backlash against his response could hurt GOP candidates up and down the ticket.

A number of transgender people have been killed in the past few weeks and are being misgendered in death.

A federal court stayed a previous order restoring voting rights to former felons in the state.

Trump moved the Republican convention from Charlotte, North Carolina, because the city was requiring face masks. Now, Jacksonville is requiring masks as well.

Also: Florida Democrats gain a vote-by-mail advantage, and Rhode Island removes the part of its name associated with slavery.

Bars and restaurants are closing in Texas and Florida as both states see record levels of new infections.

Mike Pence tried to spin the grim news as the coronavirus spreads in states that reopened too soon, against the advice of public health experts.

The latest New York Times polls show Biden could notch a landslide victory if the election were held today.

Gov. Ron DeSantis asks pointedly that ‘any Floridians in the nursing homes in New York’ not be quarantined.

WWE canceled its taping after a wrestler tested positive for the coronavirus.

Right-wing media outlets are commissioning polls that end up showing Trump trailing Biden.

The RNC has reportedly made tentative plans to have Trump speak in Jacksonville this August, after North Carolina refused to allow a full convention without any virus safety measures.

Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Lenny Curry thinks Trump’s renomination will be a ‘world class’ event.

Arizona, Florida, and Texas are among those states seeing the number of new coronavirus cases spike higher than ever.

Trump also misspelled a name on the form, the type of error that Republicans have tried to criminalize.

Courts reject Republican voter suppression efforts in Florida and South Carolina.

Emergency planners, health officials, and forecasters are generally advising people to take their chances with the virus when a tornado is headed their way.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claimed Thursday that no Americans under 25 have died from COVID-19.

Jerome Adams refused to call on governors who have not issued stay-at-home orders thus far, however.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dragged his feet on issuing a stay-at-home order for the state.

Despite a raging pandemic, Ron DeSantis says he’s leaving the decision up to local communities.

Voters in three states bested a number of past records, despite last-minute polling location changes sowing chaos on Election Day.

‘Our children were lost in a traumatic situation, and my heart breaks for any other mother.’

Elsewhere this week, Virginia rolled back abortion restrictions and Colorado banned the death penalty.

Democrats hold a voter registration advantage over Republicans in the key battleground state.

Also this week, New Mexico pledged to invest $300 million for early childhood education, and Kentucky announced a record number of registered voters.

The Confederacy was formed to protect the practice of slavery within the United States.

A federal court ruled that Florida cannot force former felons to repay their court costs before getting their right to vote back.