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“This is the hardest statement I have ever written. I write this humbled, chastened, and fully accountable for choices that shattered the faith so many placed in me. I betrayed the confidence entrusted to me by many. For that, I offer my deepest apology. “When I pled guilty, I did so without reservation. I said then, and I repeat now, …

The Free Press reports: Ed Martin, the firebrand Republican activist whom President Donald Trump picked to be the top prosecutor in D.C., has a new target: Wikipedia. Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington and Trump’s permanent selection to serve in that role, sent a letter on Thursday afternoon to the Wikimedia Foundation that alleged it “is engaging in a …

“It was quite dramatic. I’ve got to tell you, the federal judge was expressing some real disappointment in George Santos before handing down the sentence, essentially saying that he is fully deserving of the sentence that she was about to give him. “And when she did add up the total of 87 months, which is what the prosecution was requesting …

NBC News reports: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is telling senators that he plans to run for governor of Alabama, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. One of the sources told NBC News, “He’s been telling anyone and everyone.” Tuberville has long been rumored to be considering a campaign for governor to succeed Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., who …

The North Dakota Monitor reports: North Dakota is poised to be the first state in the nation to implement a law that provides legal protections for pesticide manufacturers — an issue that has been debated in legislatures across the country in the face of large payouts to cancer victims. Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Wednesday signed House Bill 1318 that specifies …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas lawmakers are considering following President Donald Trump’s lead and renaming the body of water that touches 367 miles of the state’s coast to the Gulf of America. If approved, the bill would require the name to be changed in every official reference made by a state agency, resolution, rule or publication. The Sunset Advisory Committee …

The New York Times reports: George Santos, the former Republican congressman from New York whose outlandish fabrications and criminal schemes fueled an unforeseen rise and spectacular fall, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on Friday. His sentence will bring an end, or at least a pause, to a turbulent period in which Mr. Santos was catapulted from anonymity …

New York Playbook reports: Disgraced former Rep. George Santos is set to learn today just how many years he’ll spend behind bars for the web of deceit that began revealing itself before he took office in January 2023. He’s resigned to his fate, he told Playbook, but he seeks leniency. He’s remorseful, he said, but he has words for anyone …

Politico reports: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s congressionally mandated Health Hazard Evaluation program is one of many health and safety services on which firefighters depend that’s been shrunk or eliminated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “reduction in force” — a purge of more than 10,000 employees. Firefighters are regularly exposed to toxins and …

“What I hope happens tomorrow is that the judge is fair, balanced, and even. And, unlike federal prosecutors who are trying to drop a anchor on my head. She is a lot more matter-of-fact and doesn’t take this in a personal direction.  “I take full responsibility for bad actions I’ve made, and I regret them. But I feel like seven …

The Daily Caller reports: Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is seriously considering a run for Senate in 2026, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Greene, one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, is actively surveying whether to get in the race if Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp were to pass on a run. Though Kemp …

Las Vegas’s CBS affiliate reports: President Donald Trump has pardoned former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore weeks before her sentencing for wire fraud, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. In October 2024, a jury convicted Fiore, suspended in July 2024 from her position as justice court judge in Nye County, after deliberating for two hours. The panel convicted …

Forbes reports: Nearly two-fifths of corporations plan on scaling back engagement for LGBTQ Pride Month this June, while another two-fifths said their support would remain unchanged, according to a survey of corporate executives by Gravity Research. Of the 49 executives surveyed from Fortune 1000 companies, those who said they were pulling back on Pride support cited pressure from conservative activists …

Florida Politics reports: Senators voted 30-7 for the bill (SB 140), which would change the standard by which Florida municipalities can turn over a public school’s facilities and operations to a private education company. SB 140, which still needs to pass in the House, would modify state statutes to remove district School Boards, principals, teachers and school advisory councils from …

The Hill reports: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned states Thursday that they will lose federal funding for roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects if they continue to foster diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs; impede President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts; or defy other directives from the administration. “Federal grants come with a clear obligation to adhere to federal laws,” Duffy …

The New York Times reports: George Santos is facing his sentencing on Friday with little of his former flair. “Right now, my expectation is I’m going to prison for 87 months,” he said flatly when reached by phone on Wednesday. “I’m totally resigned.” Gone was the pugnacious rhetoric and quick wit that became part of his mystique as he lied …

“Pete Buttigieg is the the most presentable, slick representative of the sexual revolution. And yet, the most polished and attractive representative of the sexual revolution is horrifying. This is horrifying to speak of babies this way. “Why does Pete Buttigieg need to either order a baby through IVF or adopt a baby? Because he refuses to get married and make a …

“Wall Street is very much on the side of the elites. They are trying to punish the president for doing what he promised he was going to do, which is to stand up for the forgotten men and women of the heartland of this country. “You know, the elites are out there acting like if an iPhone suddenly costs more …

TMZ reports: Kanye West is firing off more than just disturbing, antisemitic rants online these days. The rapper is also making a racket with his SUPER LOUD casting calls, and offending neighbors with a prominent racist hate symbol, in Los Angeles, TMZ has learned. Kanye plastered L.A.’s Larchmont neighborhood with an “urgent” advertisement seeking “AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES” for his “hooligan …

Salon reports: The former Fox News host turned head of the Department of Defense raged over a CBS News report that he installed a makeup studio just outside of the Pentagon’s press briefing room. The outlet shared that Hegseth had spent “several thousand dollars” to add a new chair and mirror with makeup lighting in the green room. “Totally fake …