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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.
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
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Disney CEO Wasn't Bluffing: Robert Iger Cancels Plans for $1 Billion Office Complex in Orlando
Discussion: The Mahablog
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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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Feinstein's office details previously unknown complications from shingles illness  —  Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office said Thursday that she is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a complication from the shingles virus that can paralyze part of the face, and that she contracted encephalitis …
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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NBC News:
GOP witnesses undermined Jan. 6 cases with conspiracy theories, FBI says
David Smith / The Guardian:
Conspiracy theorists to address US House subcommittee, watchdog warns
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Key exchanges highlight dicey GOP ‘weaponization’ hearing
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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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
As debt ceiling fight rages, Democrats bring up an old idea: Abolish it
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
NBC News:
Robert Kennedy Jr. names Dennis Kucinich as 2024 campaign manager  —  The move unites two famously idiosyncratic Democrats in their long-shot quest to defeat President Joe Biden in next year's primary.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen former congressman Dennis Kucinich to manage …
Discussion: Breitbart
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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.
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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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 …
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: New York Times
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
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 …
Bloomberg:
Ukraine Leader Zelenskiy to Visit Hiroshima G-7 in Person  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Hiroshima, Japan, to join the Group of Seven leaders in person, according to people familiar with the plans.  —  Japanese officials had previously said Zelenskiy would join …
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.
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 …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Pence's prepared speech lifted words directly from Trump  —  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 …
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”  —  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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Gorsuch slams pandemic emergency power as intrusion on civil liberties  —  Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday slammed the use of emergency power during the pandemic as a mass intrusion on civil liberties.  —  The high court on Thursday dismissed as moot a case seeking …
Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:
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.
Discussion: New York Post and Fox News
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Chip Roy slams Air Force LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration, says GOP should take drastic action against military  —  Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Republicans should pull support from this year's National Defense Authorization Act because the Air Force is recognizing LGBT Pride Month with events and games
 
 
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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
Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
No Labels' Old Allies Agree: The Group Is “Dangerous” and Must Be Stopped
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