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 …

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

FBI Whistleblowers Admit Taking Money From Ex-Trump Official  —  GRILLED  —  Two former FBI employees acting as so-called whistleblowers about the federal government's unfair persecution of conservatives on Thursday admitted that they had received money from a former adviser to Donald Trump.

Zelensky Is Expected to Travel to Japan for G7, Seeking Arms and Aid  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was preparing to make the audacious trip halfway around the world as his country moves toward a counteroffensive against Russian forces.  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine …

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 …

Democrats, worried about a Biden-McCarthy deal, push a backup plan to avoid default  —  Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are growing increasingly worried that President Biden will give into too many demands from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in continuing talks over a deal to avoid a historic debt default.

Georgia Prosecutor Signals August Timetable for Charges in Trump Inquiry  —  The Fulton County district attorney said most of her staff would work remotely at times, and asked judges not to schedule trials, in the first half of August.  —  The Georgia prosecutor leading an investigation …

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 …

Tim Scott launching ad campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire for expected presidential bid  —  Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina plans to begin airing TV ads in Iowa and New Hampshire early next week as he prepares for an expected 2024 Republican presidential campaign.

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 …

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.

Chris Sununu Leans Into the White House Race … Chris Sununu is accelerating plans to run for president, with close allies telling The Dispatch the New Hampshire governor wants to seek the Republican nomination and is exploring avenues for mounting a viable 2024 campaign.

The short life of Baby Milo  —  Nobody expected Baby Milo to live for long.  —  He arrived in the world with no kidneys, underdeveloped lungs and a life expectancy of between 20 minutes and a couple of hours.  —  He lived for 99 minutes.  —  Milo Evan Dorbert drew his first and last breath on the evening of March 3.

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.

Playbook: AOC's warning to Joe Biden  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT — “Zelenskyy to attend G7 summit in person,” by FT's Henry Foy, Kana Inagaki and Demetri Sevastopulo in Hiroshima  —  JUST POSTED …

Abbott confirms first bus of migrants has arrived in Colorado  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) confirmed Thursday that the first bus of migrants has arrived in Colorado.  —  “Texas' overwhelmed and overrun border communities should not have to shoulder the flood of illegal immigration due …

UC regents take groundbreaking step toward hiring immigrant students without legal status  —  The University of California regents, saying they support an equitable education for all, unanimously agreed Thursday to find a pathway to enact a bold policy to hire students who lack legal status and work permits.

5/19/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … We have a bunch of news to catch you up on. … Republican negotiators will seek major policy concessions and/or spending cuts in return for a debt hike that runs through the presidential election.

Why border crossings have fallen since Trump-era rules expired last week  —  Immigration and the Border,Mexico & the Americas  —  Fewer migrants are crossing the southern border of the U.S., and the doomsday scenarios that many politicians feared would follow the expiration …

The FBI Didn't Persecute Hillary.  It Protected Her.  —  For the last seven years, conventional wisdom has told us a singular story about the FBI and Hillary Clinton.  That story had a clear headline: the FBI was out to get her.  —  Let's go back to 2016, when the FBI was investigating …

Bill Barr says Trump's classified documents case is his biggest legal risk: “I don't think that argument's gonna fly”  —  Trump-era Attorney General Bill Barr says he believes former President Donald Trump will be “very exposed” legally if he was playing “any games” with the documents marked …