First Thing: Ron DeSantis prepares for 2024 White House run

Florida governor's moves spur Trump to lash out at him during low-key events over the weekend in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Plus, Sarah Michelle Gellar makes a comeback

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Good morning.

The 2024 presidential race is showing signs of kicking into gear amid reports that Florida's rightwing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is laying the groundwork for a White House run as Donald Trump finally hit the campaign trail.

Why is New College of Florida in the news? The tiny Florida university finds itself in the crosshairs of DeSantis's latest culture wars crusade, in this instance to destroy its unofficial reputation as a haven for approximately 650 generally progressive-leaning students, about half of whom identify themselves as non-heterosexual.

What is happening elsewhere? Two Florida police officers are facing armed kidnapping and battery charges for allegedly assaulting a homeless man after handcuffing him without reason and taking him to an isolated" location where they beat him unconscious.