Deadline Hollywood reports: Yolanda Saldivar, the woman who was found guilty of murdering singer Selena Quintanilla, has filed for parole in Texas. Saldivar was found guilty in 1995 of killing Quintanilla and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years, which will be in 2025. The parole review process begins six months before becoming eligible, …

CBS News reports: In the four years since the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, federal investigators have amassed troves of evidence leading to the arrests of more than 1,500 defendants. Still, one key aspect of an event tied to that day remains a mystery: the identity of the person who planted two pipe bombs on Capitol Hill the night …

The Hill reports: Vice President-elect JD Vance took to the social platform X on Thursday to share an op-ed by Elon Musk in which the tech mogul expressed support for the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Quoting Musk’s English version of the opinion piece, Vance said it was an “interesting piece.” The paper’s commentary editor resigned …

Ars Technica reports: Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads. In the proposed class-action settlement—which comes after five years of litigation—Apple admitted to no wrongdoing. Instead, the settlement refers to “unintentional” Siri activations that occurred after …

Axios reports: House Republicans’ mainstream wing is warning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) not to repeat his predecessor’s mistake of giving away the store to his right-wing detractors to retain his gavel, Axios has learned. Johnson is facing roughly a dozen right-wing holdouts on the eve of Friday’s speaker election — in which he will only be able to afford a …

The Wall Street Journal reports: President-elect Donald Trump has promised a crackdown on illegal immigration and significant changes to immigration laws. Now his advisers will contend with long-existing headwinds to turn Trump’s campaign rhetoric into policy. Most immigrants in the U.S. illegally can’t be deported without a hearing in immigration court, where they have a chance to ask for asylum …

“Let’s talk a little bit about the mosques in America. They have been on the rise, the building of mosques all across this country. What’s the government’s role here in terms of what they need to do? Not just kind of a blanket crackdown on mosques, but to really investigate what is going on at some of these mega mosques, …

The Independent reports: The active-duty Green Beret who was driving a Tesla Cybertruck that blew up outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day “was a 100 percent patriot,” his bewildered uncle said Thursday. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, was “like a Rambo-type, for lack of a better word,” Dean Livelsberger told The Independent. Dean, whose older brother is …

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, Angel Nunes decided it was time to visit his partner, Chris Dillon, who was alone at his Fort Lauderdale home. Nunes, 50, made it through the door just in time for the two men to enjoy a celebratory embrace on the pool deck behind Dillon’s home in a …

The New York Times reports: A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark net neutrality rules on Thursday, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers like utilities. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, said that the F.C.C. lacked the authority to reinstate rules that prevented broadband providers from slowing …

Roll Call reports: Like others who defended the Capitol that day, Walter Pingoen does want some acknowledgement of what transpired on Jan. 6, 2021. In the lead-up to the fourth anniversary of the mob attack, some are again calling for the dedication of an overdue plaque to honor police, though they aren’t holding their breath. “At this point, I have …

Semafor reports: Meta is revamping its global policy team, with President Nick Clegg stepping down and being replaced by Joel Kaplan, his deputy and the company’s most prominent Republican, people familiar with the matter said. Kaplan, who was White House Deputy Chief of Staff under George W. Bush, has been one of the most forceful voices inside Meta against restrictions …

The Associated Press reports: The person inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel suffered a gunshot to the head before the explosion, officials said Thursday. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that a handgun was found at the feet of the man who’s been identified as Matthew Livelsberger. …

The New Republic reports: Technocrat billionaire Elon Musk finally owned up Wednesday to restricting his critics’ X accounts. But the self-described “free speech absolutist” doesn’t see anything wrong with it. Last week, Musk began stripping the verifications from far-right accounts run by people who challenged his support for H-1B visas, after he and his co–DOGE czar Vivek Ramaswamy went to …

“We know this is orchestrated by within this country itself. We know by what we heard from the dummy at the FBI this morning saying it’s not a terror attack. We know all of it. Trump needs to not only reinstate the travel ban from these Muslim dominated nations, but he must deport all radical imams in this nation before …

Florida Politics reports: Sweetwater Rep. David Borrero is again carrying legislation to limit flag use at public facilities. He just filed a bill (HB 75) that would prohibit local or state government offices, schools and universities from displaying banners that represent a “political viewpoint.” That includes a “politically partisan, racial, sexual orientation and gender, or political ideology viewpoint,” the measure …

“I don’t know if enough attention is being paid to this, but we all know that for the last four years the Biden administration has been completely derelict in its duty. “The congressional Republicans, we here in the House and the Senate have repeatedly asked the DHS under the Biden administration about the correlation, the obvious concern about terrorism and …

The Washington Post reports: The FBI said Thursday that it believes no one else was involved in the New Orleans attack, after previously saying investigators were looking into the possibility that others were involved. “We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack,” FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said during a news conference. …

“I’m so sick of being lied to, ladies and gentlemen. I’m sick of it. Kash Patel does need to fire these people. We do need Kash Patel, like, immediately. And, I mean, there’s, like, legitimately just not enough time. There’s not enough time. “Also, why weren’t the security barriers up? They have these iron barriers there. Was this an inside …

The Associated Press confirms earlier social media posts: The person who authorities believe died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. Two law enforcement officials identified the man inside the …