The Orlando Sentinel reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ annual statement on the Pulse shooting anniversary released Wednesday makes no mention of the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities — the two groups most devastated by the massacre that left 49 dead. That’s a turnabout for the governor, who had mentioned those communities last year and in other previous statements recognizing the shooting on …

The Times Of Israel reported yesterday: Caitlyn Jenner, visiting Israel for the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, tells reporters at a press conference that she is doing her part to change people’s perceptions of the Jewish state. “I was in Israel years ago and I had such a wonderful time and I met the nicest, friendliest people in any country I’ve …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: A pregnant mother of four in California was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked ICE agents outside her home Thursday morning and even more concerned when she spotted Kristi Noem along for the raid. Sabrina Medina said she was in the shower at around 6 a.m. when her brother-in-law first …

Reuters reports: Iranian air defences shot down an Israeli drone in the vicinity of the country’s Fordow nuclear facility, Iranian media reported on Friday. Separately, Iran’s Press TV reported Iranian air defenses intercepted Israeli missiles south of Tehran. The Fordow site, which is dug into a mountain, is one of two nuclear sites where Iran was enriching uranium to near-bomb …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that “changes are coming” to protect farmers from losing workers to his aggressive deportation campaign, but no such policy changes are underway, according to three people with knowledge of the administration’s immigration policies. Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, said that he has not discussed with the president any such changes to …

Hate group leader Tony Perkins writes: As preparations were underway for a military parade through our nation’s capital, I went for an early morning run on the National Mall. I had to navigate around tanks, personnel carriers, and helicopters staged for the celebration. It reminded me of similar scenes after 9/11, when military vehicles were stationed around the Pentagon and …

The Washington Post reports:  Authorities in Miami-Dade County are seeking to arrest former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown on a charge of attempted murder stemming from a shooting at a celebrity boxing event in May, according to a warrant reviewed by The Washington Post. The warrant, which was signed by a judge Wednesday, lists a charge of attempted murder with …

The Associated Press reports: Trump’s administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier to locate people as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown. An internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block …

Denver’s ABC affiliate reports: The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold turn over “all records” related to the 2024 federal elections, a request many election experts call unprecedented. Election leaders across the state say they are still trying to make sense of the request. “Well, it’s certainly an unusual request,” said Matt Crane, …

CBS News reports: President Trump on Friday lost his latest effort to get a retrial in the case in which a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation of the writer E. Jean Carroll. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied Mr. Trump’s appeal of the case in December, his lawyers — now top …

Axios reports: It might rain on President Trump’s military parade Saturday in D.C., so the Army is considering precautions in case there’s lightning. “Rain won’t stop us, the tanks don’t melt, but if there’s lightning then that puts the crowd at risk,” Army spokesperson Steve Warren told the English newspaper The Times. “If there’s lightning they will disperse the crowd …

MSNBC’S JACOB SOBOROFF: “Secretary Noem said that you, quote, ‘lunged’ towards her at this press conference. The Department of Homeland Security said the Secret Service believed that you were an attacker. And the Department of Homeland Security called this political theater. What’s your response and what’s your version of what happened?” SEN. ALEX PADILLA: “Well, first of all, that’s ridiculous. …

CBS News reports: A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked President Trump’s administration from implementing portions of his executive order that imposed new requirements involving proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper agreed to grant a preliminary injunction sought by attorneys general from 19 states, who brought their legal challenge to Mr. Trump’s …

NPR reports: A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change U.S. policy on COVID vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others. One health expert called the document “willful medical disinformation” about the safety of COVID vaccines for children and pregnant …

The Associated Press reports: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Thursday she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used customers’ personal information to send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state law. Murrill also said she plans to issue a cease-and-desist letter to the company to stop the messages. As lawmakers debated a now-failed bill on Wednesday they …

Politico reports: Senate Judiciary chair Chuck Grassley late Thursday released his committee’s proposals for the massive tax and spending package central to achieving President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, which would include a host of new fees for immigration applicants and tens of billions in funding for ICE. Among the new immigration fees, the Senate Judiciary bill would include a minimum …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey issued a harsh warning Thursday to protesters who use violence in his county: “We will kill you graveyard dead.” Speaking at a news conference with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Ivey said peaceful protests “are part of our democracy” and allowed, but anyone who uses violence or interferes with law enforcement …

The Miami Herald reports: Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader from Miami who President Donald Trump pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack, wants citizens to take deporting undocumented immigrants into their own hands. Literally, he has an app for that. Tarrio has announced he will be the “czar” of an independent organization that pays people cryptocurrency …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security presser. Padilla verbally identified himself as a senator but was not wearing the pin that identifies lawmakers from civilians. “I think he should be charged. He should be prosecuted,” Greene said …

“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. “I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United …