Disney agreed Wednesday to end litigation in state court involving a Florida special tourism district that the entertainment giant effectively controlled for more than five decades until last year after Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to revoke that status. The settlement lifts a significant barrier to the continued development of Walt Disney World in the Orlando area and provides for the potential resolution of a related federal case. The state...

Jon Stewart is facing online backlash after the comedian opined on air this week that Donald Trump’s civil real estate case for overvaluing his properties was “not victimless” — when it turns out the price of a previous home sale finds Stewart doing the exact same thing‚ The Post has learned. On Monday night‚ Stewart‚ 61‚ unpacked Trump’s $454 million appeal bond‚ calling out experts framing the former president’s New York civil case as not causing direct harm to any individual. “The...

People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of "religious churning" is very common in America‚ according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). It finds that around one-quarter (26%) of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated‚ a number that has risen over the last decade and is now the largest single religious group in the U.S. That's similar to what other surveys and polls have also found‚ including...

Former President Barack Obama is becoming more prepared to "eke it out" with President Joe Biden as concerns grow that the White House could be lost to former President Donald Trump‚ according to a White House source. Biden has been making regular calls to Obama‚ but the former president has also been discussing strategy and giving advice through calls to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and top Biden campaign officials‚ an aide‚ who was not authorized to speak publicly‚ told The...

The British High Court on Tuesday ruled that the U.S. cannot extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges unless American officials assure that he will not face the death penalty for his alleged crimes and will receive First Amendment protections. "If assurances are not given then we will grant leave to appeal without a further hearing‚" Judge Victoria Sharp said. "If assurances are given then we will give the parties an opportunity to make further submissions before we...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday was granted permission by a U.K. court to appeal his extradition to the U.S.‚ where he is wanted on spying charges. Assange will therefore not be extradited immediately‚ the court said. The ruling from the Royal Courts of Justice in London means Assange will have the opportunity to pursue a new hearing‚ unless the U.S. provides “satisfactory assurances” on certain aspects that would address his grounds of appeal. The court said it would give...

Julian Assange won't be heading to the United States — at least not immediately. In a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder‚ London's High Court on Tuesday delayed his extradition to the U.S.‚ where he faces espionage charges for one of the biggest national security leaks in American history. Assange's lawyers had asked the court to grant him one last appeal against his extradition. The two-judge panel delayed a ruling on that. Instead‚ it gave the U.S. government three weeks to...