The legal battle between Florida and Disney over how the company’s properties are developed in the future appears to have been resolved‚ with both parties agreeing to a settlement over control of the special district that includes Orlando’s Walt Disney Resort. Members of the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District voted unanimously Wednesday to accept a deal proposed by the House of Mouse to end the lengthy and often bitter dispute sparked by the company’s opposition to the “...

Russia has intensified its online efforts to derail military funding for Ukraine in the United States and Europe‚ largely by using harder-to-trace technologies to amplify arguments for isolationism ahead of the U.S. elections‚ according to disinformation experts and intelligence assessments. In recent days‚ intelligence agencies have warned that Russia has found better ways to hide its influence operations‚ and the Treasury Department issued sanctions last week against two Russian companies...

Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut‚ who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later‚ has died‚ according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall‚ the statement said. He was 82. The Democrat-turned-independent was never shy about veering from the party line. Lieberman’s...

Just a few months ago‚ it was hard to see the ingredients of a Joe Biden comeback—even while squinting at the recipe. The president began the election year with his approval rating at historic lows. He was trailing Donald Trump in almost all of the key battleground states‚ as well as in national polling averages. Influential liberals were so concerned that the octogenarian incumbent did not have another campaign in him that some were openly calling for him to be replaced as the nominee....

The head of an Iraqi militia participating in a coalition of groups that have waged attacks against U.S. troops and Israel has told Newsweek that his forces are prepared to escalate their campaign significantly if President Joe Biden does not meet their demands. According to Sheikh Mohammed al-Tamimi‚ secretary-general of Faylaq al-Waad al-Sadiq‚ all they are asking for is the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from their country. The group‚ whose name translates to the "True Promise...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law into effect Wednesday‚ eliminating squatters’ rights in the state. The law increases penalties for squatting and also makes it easier and quicker for property owners to have squatters evicted from their homes. DeSantis said “homes are being invaded” in other states and accused the law of siding with squatters. DeSantis referred to squatting as a fad and said the goal was to have “the thumb of the law” on the scales on the side of property owners...

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a series of voting reform laws passed by the state legislature in 2021 violate the fundamental right to vote. The ruling‚ issued Wednesday‚ reaffirms a 2022 lower court ruling that found four voting-related bills from the 2021 legislature session are unconstitutional and cannot be forced. The case combined a challenge against Montana Secretary of State Christie Jacobsen brought by the Montana Democratic Party and various youth...

Facilitated by Left-wing activist groups‚ a network of websites has emerged to ship unregulated foreign abortion pills across the country with no age verification‚ no prescription‚ and no concern about state laws that may ban medication-induced abortions.  There are dozens of sites sending out abortion drugs‚ many of which are not approved by the FDA. In many red states‚ like Tennessee and Texas‚ where abortion is banned‚ all it takes to circumvent the law is access to the internet‚ a...

It’s hard to avoid the impression that Joe Biden’s plan to deploy the U.S. military to construct a humanitarian pier in Gaza wasn’t that well thought out. The pier proposal‚ which the president revealed during this year’s State of the Union Address‚ conflicts with his desire to limit America’s direct involvement in Israel’s defensive war against Hamas. Soon after the announcement‚ independent reports indicated that the project would take two months to complete and involve 1‚100 U.S. service...

South Dakota became the first state in the nation to end the confusion about the ability of doctors to provide emergency care to pregnant women‚ which is allowed under every pro-life bill in the country.   Gov. Kristi Noem signed the nation’s first so-called "Med Ed" bill that proponents say will protect the health and safety of pregnant women and push back against abortion misinformation confusing some doctors about when they can perform an emergency abortion to save a life. ...