Variety reports: “The Apprentice,” a scathing portrait of a young Donald Trump, dominated the Cannes Film Festival, scoring with critics, sparking an eight-minute standing ovation and prompting a fiery response from the 45th president’s legal team. But nearly two weeks after its “bigly” premiere, the film still doesn’t have a U.S. distributor. Despite strong reviews, feverish media attention, a red-hot …

“They’ve never loved this country. They have bitterness for it. And they see Donald Trump as a true threat, because he is a threat. He is an existential threat to their regime. He brings you, the American people, into the fight. Yes, it is a tipping point. “Yesterday is a day like any other. It will go down in the …

The Associated Press reports: The publisher of “2000 Mules” issued a statement Friday apologizing to a Georgia man who was shown in the film and falsely accused of ballot fraud during the 2020 election. The widely debunked film includes surveillance video showing Mark Andrews, his face blurred, putting five ballots in a drop box in Lawrenceville, an Atlanta suburb, as …

CNN reports: Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, according to a statement from the Obama and Robinson families. She was 86. “As a sister, aunt, cousin, neighbor, and friend to so many, she was beloved beyond words by countless others whose lives were improved by her presence,” the statement from Barack and Michelle Obama, …

From the Justice Department: Christopher Arthur, 40, was sentenced today to a total of 300 months’ imprisonment for teaching another individual how to make and use an explosive knowing that the individual intended to use that instruction in the murder or attempted murder of federal law enforcement. In July 2023, he was convicted by a jury on that crime and …

The Daily Beast reports: Eric Bolling, who parted ways with Fox News in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations, is now leaving the wannabe Fox News competitor he joined in 2021. Pro-Trump cable news channel Newsmax confirmed on Friday that Bolling had departed the network, noting that they had “mutually agreed” to end his primetime program The Balance. “Newsmax wishes Eric …

The Washington Post reports: The D.C. board that oversees attorney discipline recommended Friday that Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal attorney to former president Donald Trump, not be allowed to practice law in the nation’s capital. In announcing its recommendation, which will now head to the D.C. Court of Appeals, the board referenced arguments during the hearings …

NBC News reports: Advance Democracy, a non-profit that conducts public interest research, said there has been a high volume of social media posts containing violent rhetoric targeting New York Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, including a post with Bragg’s purported home address. The group also found posts of the purported addresses of jurors on a fringe …

Reuters reports: Jerusalem on Thursday held its annual gay pride parade under heavy security and with a subdued vibe, given the solemn mood in Israel after months of war. LGBTQ+ supporters marched the streets of Jerusalem carrying rainbow flags, Israeli flags and yellow ribbons, a symbol for hostages still held in Gaza. Absent were the vibrant cheers and music that …

“Donald Trump should immediately create and publish a list of 10 high-ranking Democrat criminals who he will have arrested when he takes office. First on the list should be Joe Biden. Second should be Joe Biden’s crackhead son. “And in the meantime, Republican AGs all over the country should pursue their own indictments. Border states should charge government officials for …

Axios reports: X and cable news network NewsNation are planning to host live town halls with former President Trump and independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., two sources familiar with the plans told Axios. The pair have agreed in principle to separate live interviews as part of a new video series, titled “The People’s Town Hall,” per the sources, …

From the Catholic men’s group La Nouvelle Vendée: The PRIDE Movement has selected Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, Louisiana as the site of a PRIDE Parade on June 1, 2024. This seems to be an offensive maneuver on a location known for its family-friendly environment, its plentiful Church parishes, and its selection of schools. While a display such as this would …

The Christian Post reports: An Evangelical Christian lifeguard is suing the Los Angeles County Fire Department, claiming religious discrimination after he was allegedly punished for refusing to fly an LGBT pride flag at his beachside lifeguard facility last summer. Jeffrey Little, who has served Los Angeles County for 22 years, declined to hoist the Progress Pride flag at his lifeguard …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: It wasn’t that long ago that the mainstream media mocked conservatives for trying to flex their consumer muscle. Not anymore. LGBT Pride, at least as a wholesale business concept, is dead. For companies brave (or foolish) enough to test Americans’ outrage in 2024, one thing is for certain: there’s no pot of gold …

“The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case, and it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens, 12 Americans, 12 people like you. “Like millions of Americans who served on juries, this jury was chosen the same …

“Donald Trump’s supporters are not violent people. You live in a country of 330 million people, of course, some people are gonna do some bad things. But, if we want to get back at the New York sham prosecution, my message to every Trump supporter is go to DonaldJTrump.com, volunteer, support him, and vote in November. The only language that …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: The news of Trump being found guilty in court was met with outrage among his supporters with some even threatening a “civil war”. The howls of violence were amplified by far-right figures in the MAGA movement. Far-right podcaster Stew Peters told his hundreds of thousands of followers on Telegram: “Our judicial system has been weaponised… …

The New York Post reports: Melania Trump and son Barron were at Trump Tower, sources tell Page Six, in the wake of the guilty verdict against former president Donald Trump. But the former first lady was keeping a low profile, after having not appeared at court in his case. It’s unclear exactly when Melania, 54, and Barron, 18, arrived at …

Florida Politics reports: During a Fox News interview, Florida’s senior Senator argued that he lacks the resources to do what the former President did in New York and fight the 34-count indictment related to so-called hush money payouts to adult entertainer Stormy Daniels. “Trump has the means and the resources to pay for lawyers and fight this thing. Most people …

“Democrats will rue the day they decided to use lawfare to stop a presidential candidate. I’m not talking about violence, I’m talking about tit-for-tat. You just wait. And it won’t be Hunter Biden the next time, it’s going to be Joe Biden. It could potentially still be Barack Obama. It could still potentially be Hillary Clinton. “We’re going to have …