Ronald DeSantis, whose nickname is Ron, is making some Florida students get their parent's permission to use their nickname

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Then-Rep. Ron DeSantis is pictured during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2016.

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People are obsessed with a wild YouTube live stream where testers repeatedly open and close flip smartphones. It's gone on for nearly a week: Samsung's phone still works, but Motorola's is broken.

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The livestream has been running since it went live on August 2.
The livestream has been running since it went live on August 2.

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Elon Musk's touted successor left Tesla after a 13-year stint under the billionaire, which 'is like working 50 years for anyone else,' analyst says

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Zach Kirkhorn, Tesla's chief financial officer, and Tesla CEO Elon Music.

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Elon Musk's Chinese doppelgänger posted a new shirtless boxing video, and now the real Musk is once again wondering if his Asian lookalike could be a real person

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Elon Musk (left) and his Chinese doppelgänger, Yilong Ma (right).
"Still don't know if real or AI-generated," Elon Musk (left) said in response to a video of his Chinese doppelgänger (right).

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A 2020 hack of the Japanese military was tied to cyberspies from China's People's Liberation Army

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Marching honor guards shout as US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford is welcomed by his Chinese counterpart, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Gen. Fang Fenghui

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Greta Thunberg says she will no longer speak at a climate event, accusing a sponsor of greenwashing by investing in companies tied to the fossil fuel industry

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Greta Thunberg speaks at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, New York on September 23, 2019.

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Elon Musk bragged about lifting '45 lb weights' on Friday. Now he says he has to get an MRI on his neck and back and may need surgery before his cage match with Zuck.

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Elon Musk.

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Ron DeSantis is just a medium-sized version of Trump that China doesn't need to worry about: Chinese state media pundit

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Former President Donald Trump (left) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (right).
Former President Donald Trump (left) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (right).

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Elon Musk says he weighs 300 pounds, and if the Zuckerberg cage match becomes a long fight, Zuck will 'win on endurance'

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Elon Musk has been critical of Mark Zuckerberg before, but this time accused the Meta CEO of seeming
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Polling suggests that defeating 'woke' policies in schools and government is not a priority for most Republican voters

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks before a sign that reads,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks before a sign that reads, "AWAKE NOT WOKE."

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