CNN reports: The Trump rally shooter searched online for information on the arrest of a Michigan mass shooter and his parents, who were prosecuted in a 2021 high school shooting. He visited websites for how to build explosives. And in the minutes before he fired shots in an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, he screenshotted a picture from a livestream …

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan and three other congressional Democrats on Friday called for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, saying concerns about his viability “are jeopardizing what should be a winning campaign.” Fellow Democratic U.S. Reps. Jared Huffman of California, Marc Veasey of Texas and Chuy Garcia of Illinois joined Pocan …

Politico reports: A 21st House Democrat has joined the public call for President Joe Biden to step down. Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois on Friday published a Chicago Tribune op-ed titled “It’s time for Joe Biden to pass the torch,” adding himself to a growing list of Democratic defectors as Biden world finds itself in crisis. “Politics, like life, isn’t …

First, a report from the New York Times: A little over two months ago, Elon Musk found himself at Montsorrel, the palatial Palm Beach compound of Nelson Peltz, the famed activist investor. Mr. Musk knew the sprawling grounds well, having stayed in the guesthouse. The topic of conversation was a bit different than usual, though: Mr. Peltz had brought together …

USA Today reports: There were over 1,300 flights canceled and more than 3,200 delays as of 9:40 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Most airlines were able to resume operations as the morning progressed, but many said they expected disruptions to continue throughout the day. Around the world, airports and airlines advised customers to arrive earlier than normal for …

The Associated Press reports: A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement in part of the state. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Memphis-based LGBTQ+ theater company that filed the …

The Christian Post reports: Former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt, who previously admitted to engaging in “kissing and some awkward fondling” with the wife of a younger minister who accused him of sexual assault while on a beach vacation with his family in Panama City, Florida, in 2010, says he was stalked and seduced by the woman. Hunt made …

The Hill reports: Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) has joined the growing list of congressional Democrats calling on President Biden to step aside and allow someone else to run. In a brief statement, Costa became the second Democrat to call on the president to exit the race on Thursday alone. Costa said Biden has been an incredible president who led the …

Florida Politics reports: The anti-recreational pot effort now has a name: Vote No on 3. The new political committee launched this week “with the full support of the Governor,” promising “a vigorous and full-throated campaign” against the ballot measure to legalize marijuana for adults 21 years old and older. Consensus Communications, which has prevailed in 19 ballot amendment campaigns, is …

Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse posts to his X account: Dear Gator Nation and cherished friends, This isn’t an easy note to write but wanted to give you an update on our family. As many of you know, my wife Melissa suffered an aneurysm and series of strokes in 2007. Back then, the docs prepared us for the worst, but …

Bloomberg reports: Mark Zuckerberg said that former President Donald Trump’s immediate reaction after being shot was “badass” and inspiring, and helps explain his appeal to voters. “Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my …

Mediaite reports: Anti-woke musician Kid Rock performed at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on the fourth and final night in a spectacle that received a mixed reaction, to say the least. “What up, America?!” he said to the largely middle-aged and elderly crowd upon being introduced on Thursday night. For the next four minutes, the 54-year-old shout-sang to the …

Axios reports: Hunter Biden’s legal team has requested the dismissal of cases against him in Delaware and California citing the “unconstitutional” appointment of special counsel David Weiss. Judge Aileen Cannon, the heavily scrutinized judge handling former President Trump’s federal classified documents case in Florida, dismissed Trump’s indictment Monday using the same justification as Biden’s attorneys: the unconstitutional appointment of the …

Politico reports: It began with as intensely personal an account as any presidential nominee has ever delivered — a step-by-step retelling of his near-death experience. And as soon as that narrative ended, it became… a Trump rally speech, with the prepared text delivered in a monotone worthy of a bus driver’s announcement, interrupted by lengthy ad lib riffs, jokes, shout-outs …

The Daily Montanan reports: Montana’s senior U.S. senator and only Democratic member of the Congressional delegation is calling on President Joe Biden, also a Democrat, to not seek re-election in November. Only Vermont’s Sen. Peter Welch, a fellow Democrat in the Senate, has publicly called for Biden not to seek re-election. “Montanans have put their trust in me to do …

Yahoo News reports: Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan fired up an excited crowd with his WWF antics and references at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday. The former reality star called on voters to support Donald Trump, another veteran of reality TV, as he led the crowd in chants of “USA! USA!” and hammed it up for the cameras. …

The New York Times reports: Airports across the United States slowly descended into chaos early Friday after a worldwide tech outage disrupted flights and stranded passengers. At least five airlines — Allegiant Air, American, Delta, Spirit and United — issued ground stops, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. “The F.A.A. is closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at …

Variety reports: James Michael Cline, the finance executive who founded the Fandango movie ticketing service in 2000 and remained with the company until 2011, died Tuesday morning of an apparent suicide in Manhattan after jumping from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel. He was 64. The NYPD said in a statement that officers responded to the hotel on 50th …

CNN reports: When former first lady Melania Trump enters the Republican convention Thursday night, she won’t be doing so on stage as she did in 2016 and 2020. Though several people appealed to her to give a speech multiple times lately, she declined to do so, two sources familiar told CNN. That breaks with a modern tradition at political conventions …

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: The American flag that served as a backdrop for the former president was held aloft by two long-boom cranes donated for the event by Mitchel DeLullo, 31, a Butler County small business owner. Since the shooting, Mr. DeLullo has been unable to retrieve the cranes because they are in the middle of one of the most …