“The Crooked FoxNews Polls got the Election WRONG, I won by much more than they said I would, and have been biased against me for years. They are always wrong and negative. It’s why MAGA HATES FoxNews, even though their anchors are GREAT. This has gone on for years, but they never change the incompetent polling company that does their …

The Washington Post reports: There is no plan to easily replace one or multiple House members should the worst happen. The Constitution requires the states to pull together a special election to fill individual vacancies, something that takes anywhere from three months to sometimes a year. When there’s a clear, large House majority for one party, such a prolonged vacancy …

The Daily Beast reports: Tensions had already been building between Musk and Trump before the SpaceX chief left the White House. Things got ugly, however, after Sergio Gor, the director of the presidential personnel office, encouraged Trump to rescind his nomination for Jared Isaacman—Musk’s personal friend—to lead NASA. The New York Post revealed this week that even though Gor is …

Mediaite reports: The White House deceptively edited a video of U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s March testimony on Wednesday to make it look like she was warning that Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons. While the clip made it look like Gabbard was warning that Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons, it was edited to exclude …

The Independent reports: Hungarian police have controversially banned the Budapest Pride march despite the city’s liberal mayor declaring it a municipal event. The decision follows the passage of new legislation in March by Hungary’s parliament, where Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz Party holds a significant majority. Budapest’s mayor, Gergely Karacsony [photo], announced on Monday that the Budapest Pride march, …

The Washington Post reports: Israeli officials said they would intensify strikes on Tehran after a key hospital in southern Israel was hit in an Iranian missile attack. The strike on the Soroka Medical Center caused “extensive damage” in several areas, the hospital said, but police have reported no casualties so far. Iran said it was targeting military and intelligence headquarters …

The Texas Tribune reports: Senate Bill 1362 aims to prevent extreme risk protection orders in civil cases from being used to confiscate guns from people. The protection orders can be provided by civil judges after due process hearings to temporarily bar certain people from owning or purchasing firearms if they are found to be an immediate danger. Twenty-one states have …

The Guardian reports: One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The Starship 36 underwent “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11pm on Wednesday (0400 GMT Thursday), a Facebook post by the …

CBS News reports: The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem told U.S. citizens in Israel Thursday morning that the State Department was “planning for contingencies to assist with private U.S. citizens’ departure from Israel.” “We will alert the U.S. citizen community if there is additional information to share regarding departure options,” the embassy said in an email message to Americans who had …

ABC News reports: The Senate Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday digging into the cognitive abilities of former President Joe Biden and claims of whether his aides helped what they say was a cover up of his alleged mental decline — claims the former president and many on his staff have denied. The probe didn’t uncover any new information on …

The Associated Press reports: The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security ‘s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to earlier projected depletion dates, according to an annual report released Wednesday. The go-broke date — or the date at which the programs will no longer have enough …

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department plans to slash the number of inspectors who monitor federally licensed gun dealers by two-thirds, sharply limiting the government’s already crimped capacity to identify businesses that sell guns to criminals, according to budget documents. The department plans to eliminate 541 of the estimated 800 investigators responsible for determining whether federal dealers are …

NBC News reports: Five days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, seven Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Nearly five months later, most of them are critical of her, with some going as far as to say they regret their votes. “I’m very disappointed. I’m very disappointed in her,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., …

Variety reports: “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White transforms into music icon Bruce Springsteen in the first official trailer for “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” a music biopic about the Boss. Helmed by Scott Cooper, who directed Jeff Bridges to a best actor Oscar for “Crazy Heart,” his latest project takes a page from Warren Zanes’ book about Springsteen making …

Gothamist reports Early voting turnout in the Democratic primary election for mayor has doubled compared to four years ago — and experts say there’s a possibility the numbers signal a “transformative” shift in New York City’s electorate. A Gothamist analysis of data from the Board of Elections shows that 131,434 people cast ballots at their poll sites in the first …

Law & Crime reports: A civil trial opened on Monday in Washington, D.C., where the widow of a Jan. 6 police officer who died by suicide — after suffering from a “brain injury” and “severe depression” that she says was the result of defending the Capitol — is suing a pair of demonstrators who allegedly caused it. Defendants Taylor Taranto …

ABC News reports: Following a meeting in the Situation Room on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told top advisers that he approved of attack plans for Iran that were presented to him, but said he was waiting to see if Iran would be willing to discuss ending their nuclear program, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The news of …

Bloomberg Law reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) no longer faces felony securities fraud charges after prosecutors say he paid $271,000 in restitution to the victims and completed other requirements of a pretrial diversion program. Three charges were dismissed Wednesday in Harris County district court, prosecutor Brian Wice said in a statement. “Today’s resolution was the fair, right, and …

The Daily Beast reports: Far-right activist Laura Loomer has slammed “fake” MAGA supporters in a series of posts on X claiming her conservative critics are using an antisemitic slur against her. Loomer, who labels herself a “feisty Jewess” on her X account, has been targeting critics of Trump in right-wing circles in previous days surrounding the Israel-Iran conflict. She claimed …

Forbes reports: A federal appeals court Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to throw out writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against him, ruling against the president’s request to have the government step in for him as a party in the case—and putting Trump one step closer to having to pay out $83 million in damages. Trump is appealing …