Britain’s The Metro reports: Homophobic Russian MP Vitaly Milonov is presenting a reality show where contestants have to guess which person is gay in order to win a cash prize. I’m Not Gay is a series that sees eight men move into a country house together. At the end of each episode, they vote to eliminate a contestant they suspect …

The New York Times reports: Congressional Democrats are debating whether to bar lawmakers from carrying firearms on the Capitol grounds, with House leaders pressing to make the complex gun-free but top senators in the party resisting the move. House Democrats have been pressing for the ban since the violent storming of the Capitol and the idea has gained momentum in …

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis rages about Cawthorn to Politico: He’s got temperament and judgment issues. He’s made comments at the worst possible time with respect for president Zelenskyy, called him a thug, now he apparently has this insider trading thing which just needs to be handled like everybody else. If there’s no problem there, there won’t be any problem with …

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Joe Biden cannot continue to control this country if you have free access to information. It’s that simple. Biden’s certainly is not improving your life, he’s not even trying to improve your life. So, the best he can do is lie to you and demand that you believe it. But to do …

So this blew up Twitter overnight: Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday suggested that his political stand over the years has shifted towards the right. While the buyout has garnered a lot of interest and predictions on the future of Twitter, Musk tweeted a political cartoon originally created by Colin Wright without any context. Tim Urban, a writer …

Nashville’s CBS News reports: A former Franklin CEO of a health care company filed suit in federal court this week against comedian Kathy Griffin, alleging she doxed him on Twitter and caused him to lose his job. The suit comes as a result of Samuel Johnson losing his job with VisuWell in 2021 hours after Griffin posted a tweet about …

The Miami Herald reports: One of the nation’s leading bond rating agencies warned Thursday that if the state of Florida doesn’t resolve a conflict over its decision to repeal Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District and its obligation to investors, the move could harm the financial standing of other Florida governments. Fitch Ratings posted the alert late Thursday on …

The Texas Tribune reports: The decision to crowdfund the free bus trips for migrants is a new development from when he initially announced on April 6 that it would be paid for by Texas taxpayers. At the time, Abbott proudly presented the trips as a tough-on-immigration act of defiance against the Biden administration. But the shift to ask private donors …

“No offense to anybody, but I wouldn’t want to have lunch with either one of them [Biden and Harris]. “And I think it’s no surprise at all that tensions are high, when every single thing that you are responsible for and working on is falling apart, whether it is record-high crime, whether it’s the crisis at the border, whether it’s …

Chicago’s CBS News affiliate reports: Nearly two dozen gunshots rang out Thursday afternoon within easy earshot of a freshman baseball game in progress at St. Rita of Cascia High School on the Southwest Side. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, Gamechanger app video shows the baseball game between the St. Rita Freshman Mustangs and Marmion Academy in progress when …

Fortune reports: Elon Musk has been busy selling Tesla shares as he prepares to pay for his $44 billion Twitter bid, but he has no further stock sales planned, the billionaire said late Thursday. In five separate Form 4 filings to the SEC published on Thursday, Musk revealed he has already unloaded a combined total of 4.41 million shares on …

ABC News reports: The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. It is seeking $3 million in fines and penalties over Manafort’s alleged failure to file reports disclosing more than 20 offshore bank accounts he controlled in Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the U.K. between 2006 and 2014. The lawsuit, …

CNBC reports: The select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will hold at least eight public hearings starting June 9 and will send requests this week for testimony to several GOP lawmakers, including three House members who previously refused to cooperate, the panel’s chairman said Thursday. The committee also plans to send new interview requests to several other …

Variety reports: “Dashcam,” the divisive horror movie from Rob Savage and Blumhouse, has revealed a trailer ahead of its release in theaters and on demand on June 3. Per the official synopsis, “At the start of the pandemic, an indulgent and self-deluded livestreaming improv musician abandons L.A. for London, steals her ex-band mate’s car, and makes the wrong decision to …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins:  I must share with you an urgent need. The far Left’s push for special privileges for sexual orientation and gender identity has led to a campaign of silencing conservative and biblical viewpoints. Leftists are fast tracking the LGBT agenda through policies and executive orders with no signs of slowing down. On his …

The City reports: Delinquent drivers do everything from bending their license plates to putting plastic covers over them to spraying various chemicals to make it impossible for the cameras to accurately read them, according to city Department of Transportation officials. “Drivers using illegal license plates to evade accountability make our city more dangerous, while taking away revenue from life-saving street …

DeSantis is really starting to feel the heat: The spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron Desantis (R) on Thursday said residents will not be affected by the stripping of Disney’s self-governing special district. The Reedy Creek Improvement District [RCID], where Disney is located, has said ending its special status is illegal unless the state pays off the district’s extensive debt. DeSantis …

The Military Times reports: Three active duty service members appeared in a segment aired Thursday on a podcast hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, accusing the Defense Department of using the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to “intentionally purge” religious service members. Air Force Capt. Jordan Karr, Army Maj. Samuel Sigoloff and Air Force Master Sgt. Nickolas Krupper made their cases from …

Law & Crime reports: A member of the Texas family that traveled to Washington, D.C., ahead of Jan. 6 and apparently ended up storming the Capitol building has pleaded guilty. Joshua Munn, 24, admitted in court what he appears to have acknowledged on social media: that he was one of the Donald Trump supporters, angry over the results of the …

The Washington Post reports: The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday approved a Republican bill that would outlaw abortion, putting the state on track to be the first in the nation to enact a total abortion ban once the GOP governor signs the measure into law. Coming ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court decision on abortion expected this summer, the Oklahoma …