CBS News reports: Some of the Texas Democrats who left the state in protest of a redistricting bill were temporarily evacuated Wednesday from their Chicago-area hotel after a bomb threat, according to one of the representatives. “Early this morning, a bomb threat forced us to evacuate our hotel. Thankfully, no one was harmed,” said state Rep. Ann Johnson in a …

Indianapolis’s NBC affiliate reports: DHS confirmed on Tuesday a new partnership with Indiana government to expand detention space for people arrested by ICE. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the initiative nicknamed “Speedway Slammer” will use 1,000 beds at the Miami Correctional Center near the Miami County town of Bunker Hill, Indiana. That’s about a 75-minute drive north of Indianapolis …

Axios reports: Disney announced Tuesday that ESPN will acquire the National Football League’s NFL Network, and would get broad rights to its other media platforms such as RedZone, in exchange for a 10% equity stake in the sports network. The landmark deal brings the country’s biggest sports league even closer to the preeminent sports network as streaming upends live TV. …

Bloomberg News reports: Missouri Republicans are mulling a redistricting plan similar to one taking shape in Texas that President Donald Trump has pushed to bolster the chances for the GOP to maintain control of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is considering a redistricting plan, said State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin, the Republican president pro tem. A …

CNBC reports: The White House announced Wednesday that it is imposing an additional 25% tariff on India, bringing the total levies against the major United States trading partner to 50%. “I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil,” President Donald Trump said in an executive order. “Accordingly, and as consistent with applicable …

The Florida Phoenix reports: Attorneys for the Pulitzer Prize Board are before the Florida Supreme Court trying for a delay of a defamation lawsuit Donald Trump filed after it recognized reporting about alleged collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia. Trump filed the defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer board, the group that decides who wins Pulitzer prizes, after it bestowed …

The New York Post reports: An attorney for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirmed Tuesday that his legal team has approached the Trump administration about a pardon — even as the president has signaled he’s leaning against letting the rapper off the hook. Nicole Westmoreland, a member of Combs’ defense team, said his legal posse has reached out to the Trump administration …

CNN reports: Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The administration’s handling of the Epstein case, as well as the need to craft a unified response, is …

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn announced on Wednesday that she will run for governor of Tennessee. “It’s official! I’m running for Governor to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next,” Blackburn posted to social media. Blackburn joins Tennessee Congressman John Rose (TN-06), who announced his plan to run for the open …

PIERS MORGAN: “Last time we discussed this on Uncensored, I bet you $150,000 that you were wrong and that she’s a woman. On X, when we discussed this further, I doubled it, this is for charity, to $300,000. You haven’t accepted that yet. So right now, $300,000 to charity, I say she’s a woman. Are you prepared to take that …

The New Republic reports: Last week, Representative Delia Ramirez, a Guatemalan American representing Illinois’s 3rd district, spoke at the second Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. A snippet of her remarks has infuriated MAGA commentators, lawmakers, and even the Department of Homeland Security. But the outrage stems from an apparent mistranslation by right-wing news site The Blaze, which reported that Ramirez …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said what Texas Republicans are doing is “wrong” after they forwarded a gerrymandered congressional map, which would result in five new GOP seats in the House ahead of next year’s midterm elections, as he seeks reelection in his New York swing district. “I think it’s wrong, what Texas is doing,” he said of …

“We’re gonna move it forward and, working with the speaker, whether it’s this month, our special session is 30 days and ends in two weeks and we’re halfway through. We’re either gonna do it now, we’re gonna do it in later August, we’re gonna do it in September, we’re gonna do it in October. “Whatever it takes, Sean, whatever it …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said he would consider using the military at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics to keep the Games “safe,” though he did not specify a plan for doing so. Trump made the remark while announcing an executive order forming a White House task force to oversee preparation for the Games. The task force — …

Politico reports: A 19-year-old man known as “Big Balls” who played a key role in the DOGE initiative to shrink the size of government was assaulted over the weekend in Washington, according to city police. Edward Coristine, who still works for the government, was assaulted by approximately 10 juveniles near Dupont Circle about 3 a.m. Sunday, according to a police …

Orlando’s Fox affiliate reports: Florida is renewing efforts to enforce a 2023 law aimed at restricting children from attending drag shows, even as the measure continues to face legal challenges in federal court. Florida is seeking to enforce a law that restricts minors from attending “adult live performances,” including drag shows, despite a statewide injunction currently in place. The state …

Fox News reports: Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is under criminal investigation for mortgage fraud, a Trump administration source told Fox News. Fox News host Laura Ingraham broke the news on Tuesday night on “The Ingraham Angle,” saying the source said a criminal investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland on possible charges involving mortgage fraud. The …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump is establishing a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. “The L.A. Olympics is shaping up to be a wonderful moment for America. It’s going to be incredible. It’s so exciting,” Trump said Tuesday as he signed an executive order at the White House establishing the task force. Trump praised …

“There’s such vitriol and hate. I think it’s almost cancerous, some of the back and forth that goes on online. And I, you know, for me, this goes back to the Free Republic days. This goes back to me supporting Trump in 2015 ahead of so many other people, and the heat and the never-ending attacks that I took from, …

“Anybody who goes to another country or even says that on our soil, that they are putting another country, Guatemala first, that is in my book disqualifying to serve in Congress. And by the way, Jesse, Article Two says the president must be born here in America, natural-born here in America and I’m thinking that maybe it’s time we extend …