Cedar Rapids’ Fox affiliate reports: A SkyWest Airlines flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Detroit was diverted to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, due to a disturbance involving a passenger. Cedar Rapids police arrested 23-year-old Mario Nikprelaj, of Nebraska, at the Eastern Iowa Airport after 6 p.m. on Thursday following the “in-air disturbance.” According to CNN, witnesses said Nikprelaj was fighting with a …

The Hill reports: President Trump penned a new executive order on Thursday to form a new classification of noncareer federal employees who will be hired to “help faithfully implement the President’s policy agenda.” The employees will be listed under the classification “Schedule G” and will engage in “policy-making or policy-advocating work,” according to the White House. Schedule G jobs will …

The Daily Beast reports: The Harry Potter reboot series has yet to announce who will play Voldemort, but Gavin Newsom has a casting suggestion. On Thursday, the California governor seized an opportunity to drag White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, likening him to Harry Potter antagonist Lord Voldemort. On June 10, the governor’s press office reposted two TikToks …

Newsweek reports: Stephen Colbert announced during the taping of Thursday night’s show that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Colbert said, in part, “Before we start the show, I want to let you know something I found out just last night. Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending ‘The Late …

NBC News reports: Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of the Republican Party’s top inquisitors in Congress, is expected to be deposed Friday about allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator, four plaintiffs in lawsuits against the university told NBC News. Jordan, who was the assistant wrestling coach …

“Don’t you love how suddenly the Democrats are caring about the Epstein files? Hakeem Jeffries is worried about that because they really pushed for release of files, if they exist, during the four years of Joe Biden. Look, they don’t care about transparency. We know that. They think somehow this will hurt Trump, even though if it was going to …

Axios reports: President’s Trump’s audacious plan to convert Alcatraz back to a maximum- security prison could come with a hefty price tag: $2 billion, administration sources tell Axios. Trump’s plan has been derided by Democrats, but the president is so intent on building a new prison on Alcatraz Island that administration officials have figured preliminary estimates of the costs and …

The Washington Post reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused the Trump administration of illegal conduct after it pulled about $4 billion in federal funds from a high-speed rail project to link Los Angeles and San Francisco — the latest public clash between the president and the outspoken Democratic governor, who described the years-long project as soon entering its final stages. …

NBC News reports: Trump said on social media tonight that he had directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce “pertinent” testimony tied to the Epstein case. “Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval,” Trump wrote on …

CBS News reports: House Republicans approved a package after midnight Friday to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, sending it to President Trump’s desk. Congress beat a Friday end-of-day deadline to pass the bill, which is known as a rescissions request, after which the money would have had to be spent as originally intended. Efforts …

CNN reports: President Trump is vowing to sue the Wall Street Journal and owner Rupert Murdoch over the outlet’s bombshell story detailing a 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name and a drawing of a naked woman. “I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I’m …

Variety reports: The calamitous weather of recent years has taken many lives, caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage and is changing the climate and economies of countries all over the globe. But the Steve Miller Band’s 2025 North American tour may be the first to be canceled due to the ongoing trend of climate change-inducted weather disasters, rather than …

Deadline Hollywood reports: In a shocking move, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season. We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire The Late Show franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump responded to a Wall Street Journal story published Thursday that revealed an alleged birthday letter sent by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. The letter bearing Donald Trump’s name, reviewed by the Journal, reportedly features several lines of typewritten text surrounded by the outline of a naked woman, sketched in marker. The illustration …

Politico reports: The new head of the United States Postal Service told employees he wants to “preserve” the agency’s independence during his first week in office, amid musings from President Donald Trump to privatize the nation’s mail service. “I am convinced that a strength of the Postal Service resides in our structure as a self-financing independent entity of the executive branch, …

The Associated Press reports: More than 20 Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a new federal health insurance rule that tightens restrictions for enrolling in marketplace plans through the Affordable Care Act and bans coverage requirements for gender-affirming care. The lawsuit led by New Jersey, California, and Massachusetts, also involves 18 other states. They argue that the new rule …

The Guardian reports: Initially, the drinks giant responded with a neutral statement of appreciation for “President Trump’s enthusiasm” for Coke, and a vague message about “new innovative offerings within our Coca-Cola product range” to come. On Thursday, however, the soft drinks company released an additional statement making positive claims about high-fructose corn syrup, a product that some blame for soaring …

Reuters reports: Among the scores of offices the U.S. State Department eliminated last week in its dramatic revamp, the shuttering of one little-known office has raised particular alarm among U.S. diplomats. The small team at the Department’s Office of Casualty Assistance, which supports U.S. diplomats and their families abroad in the event of death or serious injury, received termination notices …

“They have seemed so solid, so wholesome for so long and then this.This really is a satanic Trojan horse where the enemy has commandeered Magnolia as a Trojan horse.  “That’s what this is. Lull to sleep, lull to sleep, wholesome, get it in every single corner of your house, consume it all day long, trust them completely, and then have …

The Washington Post reports: The Interior Department said Thursday that it would add additional layers of review for wind and solar energy projects, following President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending any “preferential treatment” for renewable energy. The new requirement threatens to trip up the approval process as wind and solar projects race to begin construction by a deadline …