The Dallas Morning News reports: Rockwall-Heath head football coach John Harrell has been placed on administrative leave after multiple players were hospitalized following an intense workout last week that required athletes to do nearly 400 push-ups. A Heath parent, who didn’t want to be identified because of fear of retaliation, said her son has been hospitalized and diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, …

Axios reports: India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous country sometime this year, the UN projects. The milestone could have major economic and societal implications for both countries — and may eventually influence trade flows and upend the global balance of power. India was home to 1.417 billion people as of last year, compared to China’s …

Congress Minutes reports: Speaker Kevin McCarthy opened the door on Thursday to releasing thousands of hours of security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol — something law enforcement agencies have cautioned poses a significant security risk. McCarthy hedged slightly after being pressed, adding: “We’re looking through that. I want to be very thoughtful about it. But …

The Guardian reports: The advocacy arm of the Heritage Foundation, the powerful conservative thinktank based in Washington, spent more than $5m on lobbying in 2021 as it worked to block federal voting rights legislation and advance an ambitious plan to spread its far-right agenda calling for aggressive voter suppression measures in battleground states. Previously unreported 2021 tax filings from Heritage …

The Hill reports: Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he would consider expunging one or both of former President Trump’s impeachments. “I would understand why members would want to bring that forward,” McCarthy said in response to a question at a press conference on Thursday. In the last Congress, a group of more than 30 House Republicans led by …

“This prosecutor should resign. He’s a terrorist. He is a Trump-hater. His best friends are Weissmann and all of these characters. Lisa Monaco at the Justice Department, one of the top officials. “This is a disgraceful situation. He should resign. His wife hates Trump probably even beyond him. And his wife and his wife has a sister who openly hates …

Playbook reports: A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst poll shows DeSantis and former President Donald Trump locked in a tight battle for the Republican presidential nomination. In a one-on-one matchup, the poll found DeSantis edging Trump 51 percent to 49 percent, which is inside the poll’s margin of error. When other Republican candidates are added, Trump leads the field …

CNN reports: Santos has so far been defiant, pushing back on calls for his resignation – and House GOP leadership has not called on him to do so. Instead, McCarthy, a Republican from California, has indicated he will not join demands from New York GOP leaders, and others, for Santos’ resignation – and has indicated that Santos is on track …

Reuters reports: Shareholders filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co on Thursday, accusing the carrier of fraudulently concealing problems that led last month to an operational meltdown and more than 15,000 flight cancellations. According to the proposed class action filed in federal court in Houston, Southwest publicly downplayed or failed to disclose serious shortcomings in its flight scheduling software technology. …

“It’s hard to remember now, but it wasn’t that long ago that Andrew Cuomo was not only the governor of New York, but also a legitimate hero in the Democratic Party. “What exactly did he do wrong? He outlived his usefulness to the party — that’s what he’s did. He stayed too long. “Cuomo was in his 60s, he was …

“You know, I actually, kind of, hate a lot of museums because they steal our tax dollars. And so, yeah, defund all of the museums and send back all of the artifacts. “The amount of money that was given in the COVID bill, the trillions of dollars – all of it going to, like, the Kennedy Center, the African-American Museum. …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, has been rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital after suffering a possible cardiac arrest. LA County sheriff’s deputies were called to Presley’s residence this morning upon receiving a call that someone in the house was suffering from a cardiac arrest, a law enforcement source tells Deadline. Fire department …

The Hill reports: Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R) called on Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to step down on Thursday, as the embattled first-term lawmaker faces increasing pressure to resign over revelations that he misrepresented parts of his background. “This isn’t an embellished candidacy,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “It’s a fraudulent candidacy. He hoaxed his voters, so of course he …

Politico reports: Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to conservatives did more than win him the speaker’s gavel — they empowered House progressives to wreak havoc. And they’re eager to mess with him. Republicans’ new rules allow just one member, regardless of party, to force a floor vote on deposing the speaker. And liberal Democrats, some of whom are part of the progressive …

The Des Moines Register reports: Federal prosecutors say a Woodbury County woman committed widespread voter fraud to support her husband in two 2020 electoral races. The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges Thursday against Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City. According to a DOJ press release, Phuong Taylor faces more than 50 felony charges, including 26 counts of providing …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Many parents have already found out that Disney Junior is no longer safe for young children. Now, Disney’s animated series Firebuds has added a same-sex couple to the program. One of the main characters, Violet, has two moms in the Vega-Vaughn family. The creator of the show, Craig Gerber, tweeted, “After I …

“Hey everyone, George Santos here, congressional candidate in New York’s 3rd Congressional District. Let’s talk real quick about the Florida bill, Don’t Say Gay. “Although the bill doesn’t mention those words, that’s what the left-leaning Democrats and progressives are labeling it. “I’ll leave you with this – as a gay man I stand proudly behind not teaching our children sex …

From Log Cabin Republicans president Charles Moran: If the Senate plans to investigate what went wrong with the FAA system meltdown, it should start by looking into how much taxpayer-money, time, and resources the FAA, Secretary Buttigieg, and the entire Department of Transportation have spent pushing their woke agenda down the aviation industry’s throat. Crumbling infrastructure in our national air …

The New York Times reports: The request came from a Republican loyalist calling on behalf of RedStone Strategies, which was described in an email to the donor as an “independent expenditure” group that was supporting Mr. Santos’s bid to flip a Democratic House seat in New York. The group had already raised $800,000 and was seeking to raise another $700,000. …

News Channel Nebraska reports: A bill proposed in the unicameral would place limitations on who can watch drag shows in Nebraska. The bill would ban anyone under 19 from watching a drag show, and it would prohibit anyone under 21 from watching drag shows where alcohol is present. LB371 was introduced by Republican State Sen. Dave Murman and is already …