Collider reports: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy takes place in the 32nd century, and features the first Academy class in over a century following a galaxy-spanning disaster, The Burn. It stars Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and captain of the Athena; faculty members include engineer Jet Reno (Tig Notaro) and Admiral Charles Vance (Oded Fehr), both …

GLENN BECK: “Well, I don’t know about you, I would imagine you’re far more busy than I ever have been, but when South Park did an episode — and Cartman played me the whole time —” KRISTI NOEM: “Oh, really?” GLENN BECK:  “Yeah, oh yeah. It took me about a year before I even — I didn’t even know it …

Politico reports: The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to lift a judge’s order that limits immigration raids in the Los Angeles area based on broad criteria such as speaking Spanish or gathering at locations day laborers often congregate. Last month’s order by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong had effectively blocked what critics called “roving” immigration raids that …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday making it easier for everyday savers to invest their retirement funds in alternative assets, including private-market assets like private equity and real estate as well as cryptocurrencies. The order directs the Labor Department to work with the Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission to see which …

Gothamist reports: Casting himself as the reality-based alternative to Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he would make subways and buses free for the poorest New Yorkers. The policy — which he estimates will cost $140 million annually — amounted to a less ambitious version of Mamdani’s campaign platform of making buses free for all riders. In a twist, Cuomo …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order requiring colleges to submit data to prove they do not consider race in admissions. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in admissions but said colleges may still consider how race has shaped students’ lives if applicants share that information in their …

“The reason that The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is always negative on ‘TRUMP,’ and the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars we’re bringing into our Country through Tariffs, numbers that the U.S.A. has never seen before, is because they are China centric or, at a minimum, Globalists, and they would rather see China and the World, for reasons unknown, ‘WIN, …

The Erie News-Times reports: A Catholic priest from Erie, Pa. who admitted to fixing a church raffle for a Chevy Corvette Stingray 1LT is facing a criminal investigation, and authorities are looking into his gambling habits and spending history. The Rev. Ross R. Miceli, 42, known to his flock as Fr. Ross, is pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Church, …

NBC News reports: Florida judge ruled to temporarily halt operations at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, over a lawsuit alleging the site’s construction skirted environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams made the decision on Thursday after two days of testimony in Miami federal court. Any new construction must be halted for the …

Politico reports: Amazon Web Services is giving the Trump administration a $1 billion coupon to use their services for the federal government’s digital transformation and artificial intelligence capacity. The deal, set to run through 2028, is being framed by administration officials as a cornerstone of both the administration’s AI strategy and its broader effort to modernize government IT systems. Federal …

The Associated Press reports: Florida, the third most U.S. populous state, is preparing to join a widening fight among states grappling for political advantage ahead of the 2026 elections, after Florida’s Republican House Speaker Daniel Perez announced Thursday that his chamber will take up congressional redistricting this fall. “As many of you are aware, there are national conversations ongoing in …

“Katie, I believe we should just gerrymander the bejesus out of these maps and just destroy Democrat representation where we can, and it’s just — we’re in a war now. We’re in a war, they screwed around and now they’re about to find out. Democrats like the migrants because it helps them reapportion the votes.” – Fox host Jesse Watters, …

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. The move means that transgender service members will now be faced with the choice of either taking a lump-sum separation payment offered …

The Daily Mail reports: Steve Bannon is in the early stages of planning an audacious run for president in 2028, well-placed sources have told the Daily Mail. The campaign would divide the Make America Great Again movement Bannon helped build by setting up a herculean battle with Vice President JD Vance, who is all but certain to launch his own …

Wired reports: A string of previously undisclosed break-ins at Tennessee National Guard armories last fall marks the latest in a growing series of security breaches at military facilities across the United States, raising fresh concerns about the vulnerability of US armories to theft and intrusion. In one incident, thieves made off with night vision goggles, laser target locators, and thermal …

404 Media reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is urgently looking for a company to help it “dominate” digital media channels with advertisements in an attempt to recruit 14,050 more personnel, according to U.S. government contracting records reviewed by 404 Media. The move, which ICE wants to touch everything from social media ads to those played on popular streaming services …

The Associated Press reports: As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Americans will see an average tax of 18.6% for imported products, the highest rate since 1933, according to the Budget Lab at Yale, a non-partisan policy research center. The Budget Lab estimated prices will increase 1.8% in the short term as a result of the trade war the U.S. waged this …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump has suggested The New York Times “rigged” its own best-seller list because a book about him isn’t at the top. His attacks on the paper have reached a bizarre new level, evident in one of the president’s most recent Truth Social posts. The president appeared miffed that Butler: The Untold Story of the …

Politico reports: Republican Gov. Mike Braun remained noncommittal about a mid-decade redistricting push following his meeting with Vice President JD Vance in Indiana on Thursday. “We covered a wide array of topics. We listened,” Braun told reporters in response to a question about whether an agreement was reached. The meeting — which took place amid sustained booing by protesters gathered …

The Hill reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Thursday that the FBI is “tracking down” Democratic state lawmakers who fled the Lone Star State as the GOP looks to return them to the state Capitol. “Texas DPS and the FBI are tracking down the derelict Democrats. They will be taken directly to the Texas Capitol,” Abbott wrote on …