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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Florida oversight board votes to sue Disney as part of the company's ongoing fight with Ron DeSantis — The lawsuit is set to come less than a week after Disney sued the Florida governor. — The local governing board that oversees much of Walt Disney World voted on Monday to sue the company …
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis-aligned board votes to sue Disney — The board overseeing Disney's special taxing district - which was appointed by and is aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - voted on Monday to sue the company days after the entertainment giant filed its own lawsuit against the board.
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Florida Politics
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
In emergency meeting, DeSantis-appointed board votes to counter-sue Disney — The DeSantis-appointed board that oversees Disney's district has sued the company. — The move comes after Disney filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tallahassee. — The board lawsuit will be filed in Central Florida, where Disney World is.
CNN:
Supreme Court to hear major case on limiting the power of federal government, a long-term goal of legal conservatives — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider long held precedent and decide whether to significantly scale back on the power of federal agencies in a case that can impact everything …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court to consider overruling Chevron doctrine — The Supreme Court on Monday announced it will hear a case that could significantly scale back federal agencies' authority, with major implications for the future of environmental and other regulations.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court accepts case that challenges authority of federal agencies — Conservatives have long wanted to overturn the precedent known as the Chevron doctrine — The Supreme Court on Monday said it would take up a case that could do away with a decades-old precedent that tells judges …
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo and National Review
FDIC:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Ohio Assumes All the Deposits of First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California — WASHINGTON — First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation …
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New York Times:
‘Zero Leads’: Dragnet Continues for Man Sought in Fatal Shooting of 5 in Texas — As survivors and the community came together at a vigil, hundreds of law enforcement officers were searching for Francisco Oropesa. — CLEVELAND, Texas — As a man who lost his wife and son in a shooting rampage …
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Juan A. Lozano / Associated Press:
Man who lost wife, son in Texas shooting that killed 5 recalls how it unfolded
Man who lost wife, son in Texas shooting that killed 5 recalls how it unfolded
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell insists he's sitting out debt talks — to disbelief — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) insists he will not come up with a rescue plan this time as Republicans and a Democratic president battle over the debt limit. — McConnell has a long history of negotiating …
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times and The Federalist
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Nikki Haley / Fox News:
It's time for a competency test for politicians. Here's why — Voters deserve to know whether their leaders can pass a very basic mental exam — America needs a new generation of leaders to renew our national strength and pride. It's why I support term limits for members of Congress …
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Insider, The Hill, Washington Examiner and IJR
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Gift to the 2024 Race: The Punch-Down Primary — Republicans in the 2024 race seem content to go after their weaker rivals—at least for now. — With Donald Trump holding a commanding lead on the rest of the 2024 GOP field, you'd think everyone else would focus on the frontrunner.
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Raw Story, Florida Politics, Insider and The Mahablog
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Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg:
Tim Scott Teases May 22 Announcement for 2024 Presidential Bid
Tim Scott Teases May 22 Announcement for 2024 Presidential Bid
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Tim Scott sets May 22 announcement for 2024 presidential bid
Tim Scott sets May 22 announcement for 2024 presidential bid
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NBC News, Breitbart, Mock Paper Scissors, The Hill and Political Wire
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Kyrsten Sinema's Party of One — What the Arizona senator's breakup with the Democrats means for American politics. — Kyrsten Sinema was standing a few yards from the border wall with four Republican members of Congress. The men were staring balefully at a row of nearby portable toilets …
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Washington Examiner, New Republic, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill and LGBTQ Nation
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Maybe Becoming President Takes More Than Just Being a Dick — Did Ron DeSantis draw the wrong lesson from Trump? — The success of Donald Trump, an asshole who became president, created a fallacy: Americans want an asshole as their president. This misapprehension greatly appeals …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Student sentenced to 10 days in jail for peaceful protest of anti-trans policies — Alex Barnett, a junior at the University of Central Arkansas, was sentenced to 10 days behind bars for participating in a peaceful protest of anti-trans policies imposed by a local school board.
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ArkansasTimes
CNN:
Exclusive: Never-before-seen Chinese military blimp caught on satellite images of remote desert base — A large blimp developed by the Chinese military has been spotted for the first time at a remote base in the desert of northwestern China, exclusive new satellite imagery obtained by CNN shows.
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The Hill