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The New Jersey Advance reports: A New Jersey state trooper who sparked a multi-day search after disappearing from a medical rehabilitation facility in Pennsylvania was fired following an internal investigation into his white supremacist-linked tattoos, state records show. An internal probe taken over by the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability found Trooper Jason Dare violated State Police policies …

Axios reports: House Republican leaders are whipping votes on a bill aimed at showing allegiance to former President Trump after his historic conviction — but it’s unclear if they can secure the needed support, Axios has learned. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is under pressure from GOP hardliners to schedule a vote on the measure as part of a full-court press …

The Daily Mail reports: Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz’s former staffers have made explosive claims she was ‘manic’ and ‘abusive’ and would throw furniture at aides. The hot-tempered Ukrainian-born Indiana lawmaker has been named the ‘worst boss’ on Capitol Hill and her conduct is now at the center of an ethics complaint. Her office has been a revolving door of staffers …

Via press release from the White House: The White House announced today a Juneteenth Concert on Monday, June 10. The South Lawn concert will be a celebration of community, culture and music. In 2021, President Biden signed bipartisan legislation establishing Juneteenth as the nation’s newest Federal holiday, so that all Americans can feel the power of this day, learn from …

From a 2020 PolitiFact report: President Donald Trump exaggerated his contributions to historically Black colleges and universities during the final presidential debate, claiming he “saved” the minority institutions when he signed a bill to permanently extend a stream of federal funding beyond 2019. Trump’s insistence that he “saved” HBCUs goes too far. His debate-night claim also ignored that HBCUs received …

CBS News reports: A key witness in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez is testifying Friday about what he says was an attempt to bribe the New Jersey Democrat by buying his wife, Nadine Menendez, a new Mercedes-Benz convertible. Jose Uribe, a New Jersey insurance broker who was indicted with Menendez, pleaded guilty in March and confessed to buying …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped an ad that hits former President Trump over his rhetoric about veterans on the week of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. The one-minute video, entitled “What Trump Thinks,” includes quotes of Trump making negative comments about military members, some of which he has denied since they were first …

Oklahoma City’s NBC affiliate reports: Governor Stitt signed legislation Wednesday on a framework for public school students to get credits by attending religious instruction during school hours. “What HB 1425 does is that it gives the schools a framework,” said Representative Clay Staires (R-Skiatook), who authored the bill. Starting in November of this year students from all grade levels would …

“Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker is spearheading a 5% push of U.S. GDP at the Pentagon. Well, that’s a big increase in U.S. military spending. “And like clockwork, Mitch McConnell jumped on board today in a New York Times op-ed piece, writing that he was ‘encouraged by the plan laid out last week by my friend Roger Wicker.’ “Wow. More spending …

NBC News reports: The Republican National Committee has hired a prominent supporter of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, who has since fueled conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, to help craft its 2024 party platform. Ed Martin, a former chair of the Missouri Republican Party, was a major proponent of former President Donald Trump’s …