Licht's Dispassion Punch  —  Inside CNN, the reverberations from Wednesday's town hall are still being profoundly felt, further testing the long-strained relationship between the network's anchors and journalists on one side and their newly dispassionate boss on the other.

A 22-Year-Old Texas Man Fatally Shot His Partner for Traveling to Get an Abortion  —  Harold Thompson choked and then murdered his partner, Gabriella Gonzalez, in a parking lot in Dallas the day she returned from having an abortion in Colorado.  —  A Texas man, 22, was arrested on Wednesday evening …

GOP senators disavow Trump on debt ceiling, signaling growing rift  —  Senate Republicans are disavowing former President Trump's call to let the federal government default on its debts unless President Biden agrees to “massive” spending cuts, dismissing Trump's suggestion as something far too risky to seriously consider.

Ron DeSantis is on the verge of announcing his presidential bid  —  The Florida governor's political staff is set to move into a campaign office on Monday, which means he will soon have to file paperwork to run for president.  —  The clock is about to begin ticking down on Ron DeSantis' presidential announcement.

Flush With Federal Money, Strings Attached, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize  —  Friday's victory by the United Steelworkers at a factory building electric school buses was a test for Democratic hopes that clean-energy funding from Washington could bolster organized labor.

How Ukrainian forces denied Russia victory in Bakhmut by Victory Day  —  KYIV, Ukraine — They started shelling at sunrise.  —  In the dawn haze, under the cover of their own artillery, small groups of Ukrainian soldiers advanced toward a Russian position on the outskirts of the embattled city of Bakhmut.

Ron DeSantis Bans Credit Card Companies From Helping Track Gun Criminals  —  Just weeks ago, Ron DeSantis made it legal in Florida to conceal carry a gun without a permit, training, or even a background check.  —  And on Friday, he signed a bill to prevent credit card companies from tracking the sale of firearms and ammunition.

Tucker Carlson Wanted to ‘Start Threatening’ Fox News Staffers After 2020 Election  —  We've got more previously unreported texts from Tucker.  This time, he and his producer scheme ways to threaten Fox staffers into submission and extract a “big, fat contract.”

Fake Nevada Trump electors won't face state charges  —  A group of Nevada Republican electors who submitted paperwork that falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the Silver State's 2020 election will not face state charges, KLAS-TV Las Vegas reports.  —  Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford …

CNN told ‘disgusted’ audience members to stay silent during Trump's town hall: report  —  The audience at CNN's town hall Wednesday appeared to be lapping up Donald Trump's every word, but there were many dissenters in the crowd - and they were told to stay quiet, a new report claims.

Ben Shapiro Slammed For Denying Bernie Sanders' Jewishness  —  The right-wing podcaster claimed the Vermont senator, whose uncle was killed by Nazis, was “as Jewish as a ham sandwich topped with shrimp on lard bread.”  —  Ben Shapiro may be feeling “the Bern” from Twitter users after he quipped …

‘Tool’ of the Proud Boys convicted of Jan. 6 police assault, rioting  —  Christopher Worrell's treatment at the D.C. jail led a judge to order his pretrial release and jail authorities to be found in contempt  —  A Florida Proud Boys member whose medical mistreatment at the D.C. jail led …

George Santos Staffer Faces Discipline for Menacing Sexual Comments to Reporter  —  UM, SIR...  MAGA provocateur and Santos ops director Vish Burra is in hot water for his behavior toward a Long Island reporter who has given tough coverage to his boss.

Former Trump prosecutor slams GOP ‘political theater,’ takes the Fifth at deposition  —  Former Trump prosecutor Mark Pomerantz invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during his deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, slamming the GOP-led panel's investigation as “political theater” in his opening statement.

CUNY Law School Graduates Turn Their Backs to Mayor Adams  —  As Mayor Eric Adams began speaking at the law school's commencement service, many of the graduates, in their caps and gowns, turned away from him in a show of protest.  —  If Mayor Eric Adams needed a sign that his commencement speech …

American Oversight Receives Indication That Durham Investigation Has Closed  —  On Friday, the Department of Justice dropped a key objection to the release of more than 4,500 pages of documents related to the Durham investigation, the Trump-era inquiry into the origins of the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

Cat and dog torture videos litter Twitter, adding to concerns about moderation  —  Twitter's search function suggested searches for animal abuse, leading some viewers to the video.  As of Friday afternoon, Twitter appeared to have turned off all suggestions.

Punishing PBS  —  America's most-watched PBS station is on the verge of going dark.  —  The Republican governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, recently vetoed a bill that would have renewed the license and provided millions in funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority …

Russian lawyer claims Putin is building settlements for conservatives looking to leave the US for ‘ideological reasons’  —  A Moscow-based immigration lawyer claims that a settlement for conservative American and Canadian immigrants seeking to leave the West “for ideological reasons” is being built in Russia, Vice News reported.

Judge agrees to postpone Trump deposition in FBI lawsuit  —  Washington — In the same Washington, D.C., courthouse where the Justice Department has been convening grand juries to investigate former President Donald Trump's actions around the 2020 presidential election and his handling …

Russia tried to destroy US-made Patriot system in Ukraine, officials say  —  Russia tried to destroy a US-made Patriot air defense system in Ukraine last week with a hypersonic missile, two US officials told CNN.  —  The attack failed, and the Ukrainian military instead intercepted …

Military promotions impasse drags on as Sen. Tuberville defends blockade  —  The Alabama senator says he won't agree to quick approval of promotions until the Defense Department changes its policy on service members and dependents seeking abortions.  —  WASHINGTON — Dozens …

Ex-ByteDance Executive Accuses Company of ‘Lawlessness’  —  The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content from rivals and “supreme access” by the Chinese Communist Party.  —  A former executive at ByteDance …

Serbia Offers Amnesty for Illegal Firearms, and Thousands Are Collected  —  The unregistered weapons were handed over to the authorities as the government vows to disarm the country after two mass shootings.  —  The Serbian authorities have collected thousands of weapons in a sweeping campaign …

Homeless vets are being booted from NY hotels to make room for migrants: advocates  —  Nearly two dozen struggling homeless veterans have been booted from upstate hotels to make room for migrants, says a nonprofit group that works with the vets.  —  The ex-military — including a 24-year-old man …

Virginia joins list of GOP states leaving bipartisan effort to combat voter fraud amid conspiracies  —  The state was one of the founding members when the Electronic Registration Information Center was formed in 2012, an effort promoted by then-Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell.

‘Mommunes’: Mothers Are Living Single Together  —  Women are joining forces under one roof, using the age-old power of sisterhood to split the household bills and raise their children.  —  First, Kristin Batykefer lost her marketing job when there was a management change.