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The Daily Beast reports: In order to get on the ballot in President Joe Biden’s home state, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has turned to a group whose leaders include Trump supporters and election deniers, one of whom claims he was in D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. Despite Delaware’s measly three electoral votes, the third-party candidate desperately needs to get on …

The New York Times reports: There will be no opening statements. President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals. Red lights visible to the candidates will flash when they have five seconds left, and turn solid red when time has expired. And …

The Washington Post reports: Less than six years ago, then-President Donald Trump took on the influential gun lobby after the deadliest massacre in modern U.S. history. He announced that he had told the National Rifle Association that “bump stocks are gone,” arguing they “turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.” On Friday, Trump’s campaign to return to the White House …

“It’s credible, isn’t it, that our founders were that young and they gave us this gift of this country. They were taking on the strongest military in the world and those colonists went and picked up their personal hunting rifles and their muskets and decided to go fight for freedom. If they can do that, we can do what have …

The New Republic reports: There are endless possibilities for the creative uses of artificial intelligence—but recreating the voice of a civil rights icon for your own political benefit is definitely not one of them. Republican congressional candidate Anthony Hudson did just that, releasing possibly the most distasteful, cringe-worthy political ad of 2024 to date by using A.I. to resurrect Martin …

Mediaite reports: Nick Fuentes, who is known for denying the Holocaust, has been a longtime critic of the young conservative organization due to its pro-Israel stance. On Friday, he crashed the Turning Point’s People Convention in Detroit, Michigan, with an entourage of supporters and cameras. Footage posted on social media shows security informing Fuentes that he is not allowed to …

The Associated Press reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge. “It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s Justice Department will not …

Billboard Magazine reports: Broadway’s biggest night, the Tony Awards, is almost here. It all gets underway Sunday, June 16, at 6:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. PT with The Tony Awards: Act One, co-hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar. That 90-minute pre-show, where many of the technical awards are presented, streams on Pluto TV (click on the “ET” channel). Immediately following, …

Gothamist reports: Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is exploring at least a partial ban on masks in the New York City subway system after images and videos of masked anti-Israel protesters on a train ricocheted around social media earlier this week. Hochul said she has started discussions with Mayor Eric Adams and state lawmakers about what a mask crackdown would …

The New York Times reports: A Houston bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered the personal assets of the Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to be liquidated and sold, with the proceeds distributed among the Sandy Hook families. But the judge spared him from having to liquidate his Infowars business empire. The ruling will allow Mr. Jones to continue broadcasting on Infowars, …