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Florida is set to dissolve Walt Disney World's special district next summer — but many questions are unanswered about what will happen to the resort's nearly $1 billion in debt.

Disney says Florida would have to pay nearly $1 billion to dissolve special district

12:17pm April 28, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The Walt Disney World complex's governing board says that when Florida created its special district, the state pledged not to alter that status unless all its debts are paid off.

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President Joe Biden speaks about the war in Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Thursday.

Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in aid for Ukraine as war drags on

12:17pm April 28, 2022

by NPR Washington Desk

The amount is more than double the $14 billion in support authorized so far to respond to the Russian invasion, a senior administration officials told reporters Thursday.

(L) Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; (R) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.

Two Democratic progressives plot new ways to fight back against Republican gains

11:34am April 28, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Reps. Khanna and Raskin say Democrats should reclaim issues of patriotism, stay out of the political correctness business and improve their dialogue on racial divisions to reach out to all Americans.

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Plans by Florida Republicans to end Disney World's special status may not be legal

6:28am April 28, 2022

by Greg Allen

A pledge by Florida's governor to end Disney World's status as an independent district may not be easy to carry out. A law may prevent the governor from dissolving the independent district.

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News brief: Russia cuts gas exports, Title 42 hearing, GDP preview

6:14am April 28, 2022

Moscow cut off all energy supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. A federal judge blocks Title 42, a pandemic immigration policy, from being rolled back. New economic data is released Thursday morning.

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Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy ( left) and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch teamed up on a series of landmark legislative health care achievements, such as the Ryan White program on AIDS treatment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the first major federal

Sen. Orrin Hatch's legacy tracks the GOP's evolution on health

5:49am April 28, 2022

by Julie Rovner

The man who forged successful alliances with Democratic health giants, such as Sen. Kennedy and Rep. Waxman, fell back on his deep conservative roots as opposition grew to the Affordable Care Act.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on April 23 in Delaware, Ohio.

Grand jury investigating Trump is expected to expire by Friday, sources say

8:00pm April 27, 2022

A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment, pointing to Bragg's statement from this month that "There is no magic at all to any previously reported dates."

The New York state Capitol building (left) is shown next to the state appellate court building in foreground (right) on April 4 in Albany, N.Y.

New York's top court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats

5:32pm April 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

The state's highest court rejected new maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The court largely agreed with Republican voters who argued the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

The future of Title 42

5:09pm April 27, 2022

The future of the pandemic order Title 42 that gave the government power to quickly expel migrants remains in limbo in the courts. DHS Secretary Mayorkas is testifying on Capitol Hill this week.

President Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Steve Dettelbach, speaks during an event about gun violence on April 11 at the White House.

Politics & Government

A pediatric surgical group endorses Biden's nominee for gun enforcement agency chief

4:09pm April 27, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The American Pediatric Surgical Association's endorsement stands out because it comes from surgeons who treat some of the youngest victims of gun violence in the United States.