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CBS News reports: The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday 68 bridges across 19 states be evaluated with a “vulnerability assessment” to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a vessel collision in the wake of last year’s deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Over the last year, the NTSB identified 68 bridges built before …

Axios reports: Elon Musk’s political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to “activist judges,” a cause that President Trump is pressing as judges block or delay several parts of his agenda. The move reflects how Musk is throwing his considerable wealth behind Trump’s priorities — including an upcoming election in Wisconsin for …

Reuters reports: The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists. The moves, sources said, are an indication that domestic terrorism investigations, which in recent years have largely involved violence fueled …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s top adviser Elon Musk has openly threatened Pentagon employees who may have leaked information that the tech billionaire was due to get a briefing on a potential American war with China. The story, published by the New York Times on Thursday evening U.S. time, said that — according to anonymous American officials — the Pentagon planned …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has sidelined a senior Defense Department spokesman, defense officials said Thursday, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with colleagues and journalists who cover the Pentagon, and aggressively defended the agency’s purge of government-produced content recognizing the contributions of minorities in the military. John Ullyot’s removal followed an uproar Wednesday …

The Associated Press reports: Social media users roasted tech billionaire Elon Musk after he appeared to make a spelling error in his latest tweet praising President Donald Trump. Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to dismantle the Education Department, fulfilling a key campaign promise from last year. Musk celebrated Trump’s order in a post to social media platform X …

ABC News reports: The former co-offensive coordinator for the University of Michigan’s football team has been charged with hacking into thousands of athlete and alumni accounts and downloading private data, including “intimate” photos, over an eight-year span, according to federal investigators. Matthew Weiss, 42, who was also the team’s quarterbacks coach, allegedly gained unauthorized access to a student-athlete database of …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Thursday slammed a New York Social Security office closure plan. “The decision to close the only Social Security Hearing Office in the Hudson Valley is a slap in the face to thousands of my constituents who rely on these services,” Lawler said. Social Security Administration offices around the U.S. are expected to …

NBC News reports: A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a Florida taxiway on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the potentially dangerous departure, officials said. The incident involving Flight 3278 unfolded at Orlando International Airport at 9:30 a.m. as the plane attempted to depart for Albany, officials said. Southwest Airlines said its crew “mistook the surface for …

The New York Times reports: The Pentagon was scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two U.S. officials said on Thursday. Another official said the briefing would be China focused, without providing additional details. A fourth official confirmed Mr. Musk was to be at the Pentagon …