With President Joe Biden flying into Tallahassee to take an aerial tour of the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Anna Maria. The governor had been invited to join the president in North Florida, according to the White House.

Federal law lets the president intervene in labor disputes to impose a "cooling off" period for negotiations, though President Biden doesn't plan to use that if there is a port strike.