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The Latest Breaking News from Florida

Ron DeSantis vs Disney: the Florida feud explained

Disney has abandoned plans to build a new corporate campus amid the feud with the Florida Governor

Evening Standard

DeSantis' deal with the devil won't help

DeSantis' chances of winning the election once the country learns of his radical record are worse than Trump's

Salon

Walt Disney World to close Star Wars themed hotel just one year after it first opened

Disney World is due to shut the The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Disney's Hollywood Studios close to the Florida park a year after the space inspired hotel opened

Daily Mirror

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Disney cancels $1bn Florida theme park extension amid war with DeSantis

A months-long feud has boiled over into political and legal battles after the company publicly opposed the governor’s anti-LGBT+ agenda

The Independent UK

He voted in Florida for the first time in 2020. Then came the criminal charges

John Boyd Rivers says he was misled by an election official who urged him to vote for the first time in 2020. Now he’s been found guilty of voter fraud

The Guardian - US

DeSantis' 2024 campaign pitch: Make America Florida

The Florida governor will tout a far-right cultural agenda.

Axios

Tiger Woods wins in NDA dispute with ex-girlfriend

A Florida judge described the golfer’s ex-girlfriend’s allegations as “vague and threadbare”

Evening Standard

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Slams Ron DeSantis Over The Fallout With Disney

Disney is using the King Charles III clause in the fight for their self-governing status in the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Zenger

Trump news – live: Damning evidence uncovered in classified documents probe as Trump lashes out at DeSantis

The Florida governor is expected to file his official nomination for 2024 next week

The Independent UK

Penguin Random House, PEN America, authors and parents sue Florida county for removing books on race and LGBTQ themes

A new lawsuit against a Florida school board marks a “first-of-its-kind challenge to unlawful censorship”.

The Conversation

Disney cancels new Florida campus development amid DeSantis feud

The office complex was estimated to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Orlando.

Axios

Trump campaign knocks DeSantis over Disney’s cancelled Florida expansion

‘President Trump is always right’ declares campaign with old post saying Disney would kill Florida investment

The Independent UK

Car breaches Vatican gate at high speed, Albanese gears up for G7, and Disney to shut its Star Wars hotel — as it happened

This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News

Disney cancels plans for $1 billion Florida campus

Disney says it's not moving ahead with a planned office park in Orlando because of "new leadership and changing business conditions." Its dispute with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be a factor.

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Governor Ron DeSantis (R) issues one executive order from May 8-14

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) issued one executive order from May 8-14. As of May 14, DeSantis has issued 103 executive orders in 2023 — seven fewer than he did at this point a year ago. The order is:

The Independent UK

Disney scraps plans for new Florida campus as fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis continues

The Walt Disney Co. says it's scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis mocked over bizarre video of roaring laughter: ‘A faulty robot’

Florida governor howled with apparent amusement at car show in Iowa

WEKU

Penguin Random House and 5 authors are suing a Florida school board over book bans

Officials in Escambia County, Fla., removed 10 books from school libraries and restricted access to more than 150 others. Writers' advocacy group PEN America calls the lawsuit the first of its kind.

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The Independent UK

Disney cancels $1bn Florida theme park extension amid war with DeSantis

A months-long feud has boiled over into political and legal battles after the company publicly opposed the governor’s anti-LGBT+ agenda

Daily Mirror

Disney SCRAPS $1BILLION Florida campus plan amid Ron DeSantis row

Disney has axed plans to build a new corporate campus and send 2,000 employees to The Lake Nona initiative in Orlando, US, after the company came to blows with Florida governor Ron DeSantis in recent weeks

Los Angeles Times

Disney cancels plan to move 2,000 workers to Florida amid DeSantis fight

Last week, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger issued a not-very-subtle challenge to the state of Florida and its Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been openly attacking the company as a "woke corporation" as he prepares for an expected presidential run.

Cinemablend

Disney Just Canceled $1 Billion Project Amidst Brouhaha Between Ron DeSantis And Bob Iger

Disney and Florida's ongoing battle has just resulted in the company pulling the plug on major plans in the state.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Florida 2025 defensive end receives Ohio State offer

Ohio State is early to offer the star Floridian #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

5-star 2024 Florida prospect will no longer officially visit Ohio State

The Buckeyes are out of the running #GoBucks

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis expected to launch presidential campaign next week

TAMPA, Fla. — After months of his presidential ambitions being on full display, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to make it official next week.

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