Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill that will allow high school coaches to help their players financially, and Tulsi Gabbard resigns her post as director of national intelligence under President Donald Trump.
DeSantis signs law that will allow high school football coaches to help their athletes with basic needs like transportation
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Teddy Bridgewater Act into law on Friday.
It was a bill that was unanimously passed by state legislators. The new law allows high school coaches in Florida to help their student athletes with basic needs like meals and transportation.
They can spend up to $15,000 of their own money on their teams. Officials say this will help to keep more coaches here in Florida.
“We recognize the value of strong coaches and strive to ensure that student athletes have the opportunities they need to thrive,” DeSantis said. “Together, the bills I signed today will strengthen Florida’s K-12 athletic programs and support the students and coaches who help them achieve their potential.”
The bill was named after NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater after he was suspended for providing meals and rides to and from practice for his players while coaching high school football in South Florida.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director, citing husband’s health
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, citing her husband’s health. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term.
Gabbard had served as the eighth director of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence since 2025, and was in the role for a total of 15 months.
During her term, she oversaw the declassification and release of over half a million pages of government records, including files related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy and former Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Gabbard informed Trump in her resignation letter that she intends to step down on June 30.
She said her husband had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and “faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months.”
“At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle,” she wrote in the letter. The news of her resignation was first reported by Fox News.
She previously served as Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district U.S. representative, and was in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004. Raised primarily in Honolulu, she was the first person of Samoan and Hindu American descent to become a member of U.S Congress.
