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8:45 AM ET, May 19, 2023

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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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   May 18, 2023  —  Citing “changing business conditions,” Disney leadership today canceled plans …
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Disney cancels plan to move 2,000 workers to Florida amid DeSantis fight
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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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why Dianne Feinstein Shouldn't Quit
Politico:
Feinstein's return leaves her party on edge
Discussion: Daily Kos
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
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.
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CNN:
Jim Jordan's FBI whistleblowers testify publicly before Congress as questions about their legitimacy remain
NBC News:
GOP witnesses undermined Jan. 6 cases with conspiracy theories, FBI says
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Key exchanges highlight dicey GOP ‘weaponization’ hearing
David Smith / The Guardian:
Conspiracy theorists to address US House subcommittee, watchdog warns
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bloomberg:
Ukraine Leader Zelenskiy to Visit Hiroshima in Bid to Rally Aid
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Ukraine's Zelensky expected to attend G-7 summit in Japan in person
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 …
NPR:
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.
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Washington Post:
House Freedom Caucus calls on McCarthy to suspend debt ceiling negotiations
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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 …
Discussion: Compact Magazine
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Fox News, The Hill and ABC News
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New York Times:
Flush With Campaign Cash, Tim Scott Is Set to Join '24 Race
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 …
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.
David M. Drucker / The Dispatch:
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.
Politico:
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 …
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
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 …
Washington Post:
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.
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.
Discussion: Political Wire and Chicago Tribune
Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
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 …
Discussion: USA Today
Punchbowl News:
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
Eli Lake / The Free Press:
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 …
 
 
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
New Filings Show Alleged Leaker Teixiera Discussing Russia-Ukraine War With Someone Outside US
Discussion: Washington Post
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Bill Barr says Trump's classified documents case is his biggest legal risk: “I don't think that argument's gonna fly”
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Foreign Policy:
What Israel Can Teach the U.S. About Confronting a Constitutional Crisis
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Rebecca Rosenberg / Fox News:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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