CNN reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appears set to send members home after votes on Thursday, signaling that debt negotiations with the White House will continue as the risk of a first-ever default grows. While the speaker urged lawmakers to stay close to the nation’s capital over Memorial Day weekend, his top deputy, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, announced that …

Courthouse News reports: Alan Dershowitz says he was mistakenly listed as the lead attorney in Kari Lake’s suit against the Arizona secretary of state and supervisors of both Maricopa and Pima Counties. Rather than leading the legal effort to disrupt trust in Arizona’s elections, Dershowitz says he spent “merely three or four hours” on the case as an advisor to …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis stands behind his war with the The Walt Disney Company, but doesn’t expect he would have to take similar action if elected President. During a Wednesday night interview on Fox News Tonight, the Florida Governor explained to host Trey Gowdy why the issue with Disney’s self-governing status likely wouldn’t recur federally. “Well, if there …

The Huffington Post reports: Former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich suggested Wednesday that Donald Trump communicates better than Ron DeSantis ― but it didn’t come off as complimentary to many. “One of Trump’s great advantages is he talks at a level where third, fourth and fifth grade educations can say, ‘Oh yeah, I get that. I understand it.’” …

ABC News reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to forgo a traditional presidential campaign launch and will instead hold his “campaign kickoff” event next week in the key state of Iowa, according to campaign plans exclusively obtained by ABC News. The May 30 kickoff event will begin a four-day swing through 12 cities and towns in the early nominating states …

Popular Information reports: Last week, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton [photo] announced that he had appointed Laurie Cardoza-Moore to serve on the Tennessee Standards Recommendation Committee to oversee “Social Studies materials being reviewed for use in classrooms statewide.” Cardoza-Moore, known for holding extremist views and promoting conspiracy theories, has called “U.S. history textbooks” currently used in classrooms the “greatest national …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk spent Wednesday evening defending his glitch-filled chat with 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, taking to Twitter to reply to some of the criticism hurled at the Twitter CEO after technical problems caused a more than 20-minute delay. “I call it ‘massive attention,’” Musk replied to MSNBC executive producer Kyle Griffin, who posted a list …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump posted a bizarre fake audio call between Twitter owner Elon Musk, Republican primary rival Ron DeSantis, billionaire George Soros, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, World Economic Forum (WEF) chairman Klaus Schwab, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and the Devil on Wednesday. In the video, Soros, Musk, DeSantis, Schwab, Hitler, and the Devil can be heard …

Variety reports: Music makers and entertainers were quick to react to the news of Tina Turner’s death on Wednesday evening, penning touching tributes to the soulful diva across social media. Turner was said to have died peacefully in her home in Switzerland at age 83. In a statement shared with Variety, Angela Bassett, who earned an Oscar nomination for her …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): You see, this is where the country is going to get very, very, very divided. Because we now know the FBI put their cinderblocks on two presidential elections in a row. I don’t think you disagree with that, do you? BILL O’REILLY (GUEST): Absolutely. Corrupt FBI has besmirched the reputation of that …

The Hill reports: President Biden on Wednesday mocked the issue-laden presidential campaign launch of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), whose attempt to talk about his candidacy on Twitter Spaces was marred by tech problems. “This link works,” Biden posted on his personal Twitter account, linking to a donation page for his campaign. The tweet came as the conversation that was …

The Washington Post reports: The Jan. 6 rioter who was photographed with his foot propped on a desk inside then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and then tried to raise money off the images was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison Wednesday. The photograph of Richard “Bigo” Barnett in the California Democrat’s suite of offices became one of the defining …

Fox News reports: Saying that he’s “running for president to lead our great American comeback,” Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida formally launched his White House campaign in a video released by his political team. “Our border is a disaster. Crime infests our cities. The federal government makes it harder for families to make ends meet. And the president flounders,” …

Posted minutes ago to Trump’s Truth Social account: I’d like to personally congratulate “Rob” DeSanctimonious on finally announcing that he will be entering the race for President of the United States. Hopefully he will get the full experience of being attacked by the Marxists, Communists, and Radical Left Lunatics of our Country, without which he will never know the kind …

Florida Politics reports: The same day Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his campaign for President, he signed legislation exempting himself from the state’s resign-to-run rule. DeSantis signed an elections package (SB 7050) that includes language allowing Florida elected officials to run for President or Vice President without submitting an irrevocable resignation letter. This isn’t the first time Florida has changed its …

“The vast majority of Americans feel like we’re not heading in the right track. And then you look at this debt ceiling crisis. You look at us about to default, and you see that president took 90 days out from negotiating. “He refused to come to the table with Republicans. Republicans have put a plan on the table and this …

“Matt [Walsh] made this point, he articulated it directly, but this has been the point that has been building for months now, which is we need to make that symbol toxic, the pride flag symbol, we need to make that toxic. “We need to have companies think twice about it. Everyone was talking about the Dylan Mulvaney incident as being …

The Associated Press reports: Texas lawmakers revealed Tuesday a monthslong corruption investigation into Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, going public with the probe shortly after Paxton accused the GOP House speaker of being drunk on the job. Hours after Paxton’s claim, House Speaker Dade Phelan announced the House General Investigating Committee has been looking into “alleged illegal conduct” by Paxton. …

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) holds a 5-point lead over the Democrat running for his seat, according to a new poll. The University of Texas at Tyler poll found that 42 percent of registered voters would support Cruz in the 2024 Senate race, while 37 percent said they would back Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas). Among Texans surveyed, 41 …

Talking Points Memo reports: Alejandro Velasquez, an activist associated with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes’ far-right “Groyper” movement pleaded guilty on May 16 to a charge of making a “threatening communication” directed at a conference held by the group Turning Point USA. Velasquez, a 19-year-old Texas man who was known by the online alias “LatinoZoomer,” had written a post on …