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Bloomberg News reports: Blackstone Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman says he will raise money for Donald Trump’s campaign, handing the presumptive Republican nominee a major win as he builds his donor base. The billionaire private equity chief and heavyweight political donor has long been a major source of funding for Republicans, but he has kept mum for months over …

Axios reports: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to undergo a medical procedure Friday and will be temporarily relinquish his duties, the Pentagon said. The announcement comes after criticism to the initial secrecy surrounding Austin’s two-week hospitalization earlier this year following complications from prostate cancer treatment. The non-surgical procedure is elective and a minimally invasive follow-up to a bladder issue …

CNN Travel reports: Singapore Airlines has tweaked its in-flight seatbelt sign policies and altered at least one flight route after a turbulence incident this week killed one person and left dozens more hospitalized, according to the airline and flight data. The airline is adopting a more cautious approach to turbulence, including not serving hot drinks or meals when the seatbelt …

Variety reports: Attorneys for Donald Trump have sent a cease and desist letter to the filmmakers behind “The Apprentice” in an effort to block its U.S. sale and release. It warns the team behind the film not to pursue a distribution deal, according to two people who have read the letter. “The Apprentice,” which looks at Trump’s early years as …

Rolling Stone reports: Trump seems convinced that if he wins another four years in the White House, state prosecutors will still be waiting for him on the other side of his term — ready to put him on trial, or even in prison, just as they are now. To avoid such risks, the former and perhaps future president of the …

“The controversy over Justice Alito flying the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag is absurd and anti-historical. The flag was commissioned by George Washington in 1775 for use on six cruiser ships intercepting British vessels at sea and became the maritime flag of Massachusetts. The flag draws its meaning from John Locke: “And where the Body of the People, or any single …

NBC News reports: American mixed martial artist Bryce Mitchell said he will be home-schooling his infant son because he doesn’t “want him to be gay.” “We’re going to have to home-school all our kids or they’re all going to end up turning gay,” Mitchell, 29, said in an Instagram video Wednesday while holding his son, Tucker, who he said was …

NBC News reports: Florida wants local elections officials to use data collected by far-right activists, some of whom falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen, to potentially remove people from the state’s voter rolls, according to emails obtained by NBC News. The network of activists has been collecting voter data in 24 states, and on May 3, one of them …

Fox News reports: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appeared to call Trump supporters “clowns” on Thursday during a media appearance ahead of the former president’s New York City rally in the Bronx. “Well, I’ll tell you what won’t make a difference at all, Jake, and that’s for Donald Trump to be a ringleader and invite all his clowns to a …

“He can. Oh, absolutely. When I left my hotel this morning, there’s a lady from the Bronx. She says every one of her neighbors is for Trump. Everyone. She said this, all these cases, lawsuits, it’s lawfare against Trump. She says it is unfair and un-American.” – Sen. Rick Scott, when asked by Fox News host Cheryl Casone if he …