The Asbury Park Press reports: A Navy contractor from Colts Neck charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, whom prosecutors have described as a white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer, is appealing a judge’s decision to keep him jailed before trial, arguing that he would pose no danger to the community if freed. Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, who was also a U.S. …

Portland’s ABC News affiliate reports: The FBI has arrested and charged a second Maine man with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Nicholas Patrick Hendrix, 34, of Gorham, is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, violent …

Just in via White House press release: In the last weeks, our nation has seen a series of anti-Semitic attacks, targeting and terrorizing American Jews. We have seen a brick thrown through window of a Jewish-owned business in Manhattan, a swastika carved into the door of a synagogue in Salt Lake City, families threatened outside a restaurant in Los Angeles, …

Norfolk’s ABC News affiliate reports: The FBI says it has arrested a Norfolk man for his role in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kene Brian Lazo was arrested Friday. According to court documents, the FBI received a tip that a Facebook user who went by “Fam Council” participated in the breach of the Capitol. Investigators found a …

The New York Times reports: For seven years, Juan Williams was the lone liberal voice on “The Five,” the network’s popular afternoon chat show. On Wednesday, he announced that he was leaving the program, after months of harsh on-air blowback from his conservative co-hosts. Many Fox News viewers cheered his exit on social media. Donna Brazile, the former Democratic Party …

The Associated Press reports: Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days on Friday, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. Cases remain high and medical systems in Osaka, the hardest-hit area in western Japan, are still overburdened, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga …

Politico reports: Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance could be considering a criminal charge that former President Donald Trump’s business empire was a corrupt enterprise under a New York law resembling the federal racketeering statute known as RICO, former prosecutors and defense attorneys said. New York’s enterprise corruption statute — which carries the potential for severe penalties — can be applied …

Via email from Tradition, Family, & Property: The pro-homosexual agenda is rearing its ugly head in your children’s cereal, possibly at your local grocery store. Hitting some main chain grocery stores in May, Kellogg’s created a new, “Together with Pride” rainbow-colored, heart-shaped cereal. The cereal will cost $3.99, and for every box purchased, Kellogg’s will be donating $3.00 to a …

The Washington Post reports:  The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on letters, magazines and marketing missives as much as 6.9 percent this summer, sending the cost of a first-class stamp from 55 to 58 cents, as the agency leans into an expansive restructuring plan that codifies slower mail delivery and streamlines agency operations. The rate structure announced Friday represents …

The Texas Tribune reports: A panel of three justices ruled Thursday that the trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s felony fraud charges should be in Collin County — where he lives — instead of Harris County, after a yearslong back-and-forth over where his criminal case should be heard. The suit has loomed over Paxton for nearly his entire time …

First, the backstory from earlier this month: Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is defending a woman who was shot and killed by the Capitol Police as she tried to break into the U.S. House chamber during the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying she was “executed.” At a House hearing on what went wrong that day, Gosar questioned former acting Attorney …

The Carson Now reports: During the Carson City School Board meeting on Tuesday evening, a number of citizens took over the public comment period to voice their opposition to students wearing face masks for the remainder of the school year. Many public commenters discussed popular pieces of misinformation, such as the disproven idea that the COVID-19 vaccine alters DNA, or …

From the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: The federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, subject to the reasonable accommodation provisions of Title VII and the ADA and other EEO considerations. These principles apply if an employee gets the vaccine in the community or from the employer. …

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned on Friday that he could force a second vote on a House-passed bill setting up a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Schumer, in a letter to Senate Democrats, signaled that the measure could come back up after most Senate Republicans voted against it in a …

Boise’s NBC News affiliate reports: Idaho Gov. Brad Little repealed an executive order banning mask mandates across the state Friday morning, 24 hours after Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued the surprise action while the governor was out of town. In a statement, Little slammed McGeachin issuing the executive order as “an irresponsible, self-serving political stunt” that subverted the decisions of …

The New York Daily News reports: If the Knicks advance, the Garden is going fully vaxxed. The club announced it will only sell tickets in the second round of the playoffs to vaccinated individuals, opening up the possibility of something at least close to a capacity crowd. In the first round against the Hawks, roughly 10% of the crowd has …

City Limits reports: Entrepreneur and business advocate Fernando Mateo and Guardian Angels founder and radio host Curtis Sliwa offered voters an hour of personal attacks and bizarre moments that managed to obscure some legitimate policy ideas each had to offer. At one point, Mateo – hoping to demonstrate his love for former President Donald Trump – displayed his Trumpy Bear …

Tampa’s NBC News affiliate reports: Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida has sailed into a new controversy, claiming money wired to close the sale on a St. Petersburg yacht his fiancée had agreed to buy “went missing.” According to a spokesperson for the Republican, he and his fiancée Ginger Luckey were “targeted by malicious actors” during the purchase process of a …

CNN reports: The key procedural vote on the Jan. 6 riot commission is underway on the Senate floor, and it is expected to fail to reach the needed 60 votes to move on to the actual bill. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer explained that the deal they’ve made with Republican senators is a “good solution” because they get to vote …

The Associated Press reports: A judge said Friday that he will appoint a “special master” to oversee a review of electronic files seized from Rudy Giuliani and another lawyer to make sure investigators can’t get access to protected communications with their clients, including former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken directed Manhattan prosecutors and attorneys for Giuliani …