• Democratic leader angry at honour for deeply divisive figure
  • Flags to fly at half-staff for late hard-right talk radio host

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has said flags in the state will fly at half-staff for Rush Limbaugh, the hard-right talk radio host who died this week aged 70.

Related: Florida’s Republican governor accused of ‘playing politics’ with Covid vaccine

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