Ron DeSantis returns $878 million of federal funds after Elon Musk meeting

Governor DeSantis Rejects Federal Funds, Revealing Secret Conditions Attached to Money

For decades, the federal government has mastered the art of dangling dollars before cash-strapped states, each grant and funding package carefully wrapped with invisible strings... The post Governor DeSantis Rejects Federal Funds, Revealing Secret Conditions Attached to Money appeared first on Patriot Journal.

DeSantis said he returned $500M in 'strings attached' funds

(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he returned nearly $500 million to the U.S. Treasury because the money had "too many strings attached."

DeSantis Returns $900M in Biden Funds After Meeting with Elon Musk and DOGE Team

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just sent a loud and clear message to Washington: ideological strings don’t belong in state budgets. On Friday, DeSantis returned nearly $900 million in federal funds to the Biden administration—funds Florida had been trying to give back for years. The breakthrough came after a meeting with Elon Musk and his Department […] The post DeSantis Returns $900M in Biden Funds After Meeting with Elon Musk and DOGE Team appe…

DeSantis says Florida is ‘returning’ unspent federal money to show DOGE support

Gov. Ron DeSantis returns nearly $900 million in federal funds intended to help refugees in Florida and cut carbon emissions.

DeSantis says Florida is ‘returning’ $900 million to the feds. Not really.

DeSantis did not immediately release details about what was being returned.

This Governor Just Returned Nearly $1 Billion in Taxpayer Dollars to U.S. Treasury to Boost DOGE Efforts.

Nearly $1 billion in American taxpayer dollars is being returned to the United States Treasury by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), due to the ideological policy requirements imposed by the former Biden government on using the federal funds. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Gov. DeSantis revealed that Florida’s state government had struggled to find a method to return the funds until DeSantis consulted with Elon Musk, who serves as an administrati…