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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida — A new office complex, and relocation of a division from California, would have created more than 2,000 jobs but was scuttled as the company and Gov. Ron DeSantis continue to feud. — In March, Disney called Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney scraps plans for new Florida campus, mass employee relocation amid DeSantis feud — Disney will no longer be moving forward with the construction of its Lake Nona, Florida, employee campus. — The company will also no longer be requiring California-based employees to relocate.
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Ends Plans to Relocate Thousands of Employees to New Florida Campus — Move comes as company is cutting costs, reversing moves by previous CEO and fighting with Florida — Walt Disney Co. has ended two major investments in Florida amid a high-profile dispute with state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Disney cancels plan to move 2,000 workers to Florida amid DeSantis fight — Walt Disney Co. has canceled its plan to open a new Florida campus that would've relocated some 2,000 employees to the state, a change that comes as the company is engaged in a long brawl with the state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Disney CEO Wasn't Bluffing: Robert Iger Cancels Plans for $1 Billion Office Complex in Orlando
Disney CEO Wasn't Bluffing: Robert Iger Cancels Plans for $1 Billion Office Complex in Orlando
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New York Times:
Feinstein Suffered More Complications From Illness Than Were Publicly Disclosed — Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, whose recent bout with shingles included contracting encephalitis, is frailer than ever. But she remains unwilling to entertain discussions about leaving the Senate. — Reporting from Capitol Hill
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Washington Post:
House Freedom Caucus calls on McCarthy to suspend debt ceiling negotiations — The House Freedom Caucus said it's calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend his negotiation on raising the debt limit with the White House and instead focus on getting the House-passed “Limit, Save, Grow Act” through the Senate.
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Access Journalism-House Republican Mind Meld
The Access Journalism-House Republican Mind Meld
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
As debt ceiling fight rages, Democrats bring up an old idea: Abolish it
As debt ceiling fight rages, Democrats bring up an old idea: Abolish it
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Joseph Fishkin / Talking Points Memo:
Biden Must Consider All The Laws—Not Just The Debt-Ceiling—As ‘X Date’ Approaches
Biden Must Consider All The Laws—Not Just The Debt-Ceiling—As ‘X Date’ Approaches
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CNN:
Jim Jordan's FBI whistleblowers testify publicly before Congress as questions about their legitimacy remain — Three self-described FBI whistleblowers, who are key to the Republican narrative that the FBI is weaponized against conservatives, testified at a House hearing Thursday …
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Los Angeles Times:
Why border crossings fell after Trump-era rules expired — Fewer migrants are crossing the southern border of the U.S., and the doomsday scenarios that many politicians feared would follow the expiration of the pandemic-era restrictions known as Title 42 have not yet materialized.
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Ex-Biden Nuclear Official Sam Brinton Arrested As ‘Fugitive From Justice’ — Sam Brinton, the “nonbinary” activist tapped by Joe Biden for a key nuclear role before he was fired for repeatedly stealing women's clothes, was arrested Wednesday night as a “fugitive from justice,” The Daily Wire has learned.
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Non-binary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton arrested for yet another baggage theft
Non-binary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton arrested for yet another baggage theft
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Kennedy24:
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Names Dennis Kucinich as Campaign Manager — The Presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that former U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich will serve as its campaign manager. — Mr. Kucinich has long been known as one of the foremost progressive voices in American politics.
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Cornyn says Trump can't win in 2024, GOP needs someone else as presidential nominee — Texas senator joins growing anyone-but-Trump caucus among Republicans in Congress. — Update: 2:15 p.m. with details on other endorsements. — WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn has joined the anyone-but-Trump caucus …
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New York Times:
DeSantis Is Set to Enter 2024 Presidential Race Next Week
DeSantis Is Set to Enter 2024 Presidential Race Next Week
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New York Post:
NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer — The lawyer for a Manhattan hospital worker accused of taking a Citi Bike from a young black man — who claimed that he paid for the two-wheeler — provided receipts he says shows she was the one who purchased …
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Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive | ESPN Plans to Stream Flagship Channel, Eyeing Cable TV's Demise — ESPN is laying the groundwork to sell its channel directly to cord-cutters and has begun talks with sports leagues and cable partners.
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Virginia Heffernan / Wired:
Pete Buttigieg Loves God, Beer, and His Electric Mustang — Sure, the US secretary of transportation has thoughts on building bridges. But infrastructure occupies just a sliver of his voluminous mind. — The curious mind of Pete Buttigieg holds much of its functionality in reserve.
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Rebecca Onion / Slate:
America's Leading Republican Pipsqueak Has a New Book on How to Fix Men. It's a Hoot. — Josh Hawley's long-threatened tome about American masculinity is here. Savor it with me. — Josh Hawley calls influencer Andrew Tate onto the carpet in his new book, Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs …
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Washington Post:
U.S. officials walk back claim drone strike killed senior al-Qaeda leader — The acknowledgement comes as terrorism experts and the dead man's family have cast doubt on a Pentagon statement indicating the operation targeted a high-ranking militant in Syria — QORQANYA, Syria …
Ben Wilson / Washington Free Beacon:
Liberal Celebrity Chef Exempt From Gas Stove Ban, California City Says — A California city will make an exception to its natural gas ban for world-famous chef José Andrés, after the landlords for the chef's planned restaurant warned Andrés may pull out over the regulation.
CNN:
US signals to allies it won't block their export of F-16 jets to Ukraine — The Biden administration has signaled to European allies in recent weeks that the US would allow them to export F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, sources familiar with the discussions said, as the White House comes under …
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Rebecca Rosenberg / Fox News:
Witness to Jordan Neely chokehold death calls Daniel Penny a ‘hero’ — NYC passenger says Marine vet ‘cared for people’ and ‘that is his crime’ — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — A retiree who witnessed Marine veteran Daniel Penny fatally choke an erratic homeless man on a train earlier this month called …
Nick Pinto / Hell Gate:
The NYPD Took This Dog Into Custody Because His Owner Filmed the Police — Harvey's owner is just one of 2,746 humans who have been arrested for filming the NYPD in the last two years alone. — On May 3, 2020, Molly Griffard stepped out of her Bed-Stuy apartment to take her dog Harvey, a nine-year-old Yorkie, for a walk.
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Accounting Error Leaves Pentagon With $3 Billion More in Arms for Ukraine, U.S. Says — Defense Department wrongly used valuation for new equipment, rather than for used equipment drawn from U.S. stocks — WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has overcounted the value of the weaponry it has sent …
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Stephanie Slade / Reason:
The Post-Liberal Authoritarians Want You To Forget That Private Companies Have Rights — On Wednesday night, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) took the stage at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and declared—to the astonishment of many who subsequently read the quote online—that …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Greene says she feels ‘threatened’ by Bowman after Capitol steps encounter — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday she feels “threatened” by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) following an encounter they had the day before on the steps of the Capitol.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Pence lifts words directly from old Trump speech — Mike Pence's prepared remarks include a two-sentence passage almost identical to words used by Donald Trump in 2019. — Former Vice President Mike Pence's prepared remarks for a speech in New Hampshire this week lifted words directly …
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ProPublica:
The Newest College Admissions Ploy: Paying to Make Your Teen a “Peer-Reviewed” Author — Co-published with The Chronicle of Higher Education … On a family trip to the Jersey Shore in the summer of 2021, Sophia's go-to meal was the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich.
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis' Secret Invitations for a Wednesday Campaign Announcement — The campaign is intentionally giving false dates to some people to test who would leak details to the press. … The invitation for Ron DeSantis' de facto presidential campaign kickoff Wednesday in Miami isn't fancy.
Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene is introducing articles of impeachment against Joe Biden. — News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.
Catalist:
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED … NATIONAL RESULTS — Recent midterms have typically involved national waves that favor one party over the other, particularly when there's backlash against a party that controls the presidency and both chambers of Congress. — Figure 1. Two-Way Democratic Support in General Elections (1976 to 2022)
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Jonathan H. Adler / National Review:
The ‘Real’ RFK Jr. Is No Tribune of Truth — I must register a strong dissent to Matthew Scully's paean to the virtues of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Scully's suggestion that RFK Jr. is some sort of daring truth-teller to be admired evinces a startling degree of amnesia about RFK Jr's actual record.
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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
No Labels' Old Allies Agree: The Group Is “Dangerous” and Must Be Stopped — There was a time when a certain set of moderate Democrats was the most tight-knit tribe of strategists within the party. They were more than just ideological acquaintances. They were even more than political allies.