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The Virginia Mercury reports: Days after John Reid became the de facto Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has asked him to drop out of the race. Reid vowed he would “not back down” in a fiery video response on his campaign’s Facebook page Friday evening. Youngkin’s request, first reported by The Richmonder, came in response to allegations …

“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 Associated Press reports: Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C. The events at the center had been planned for June 5 to 8. Multiple artists and producers involved in the center’s Tapestry of Pride schedule told The Associated Press that their events …

“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 …

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 …

“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 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 …

The Associated Press reports: George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will be sentencing the disgraced former New York congressman later this week on fraud charges. In a lengthy letter ahead of the Friday court date, Santos, 36, said he remains “profoundly sorry” for his crimes but protests that the seven-year prison sentence …

404 Media reports: Last week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid contracting giant Palantir tens of millions of dollars to make modifications to a powerful ICE database and search tool to allow “complete target analysis of known populations” and to update the tool’s targeting and enforcement priorities, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media. The records show that Palantir …

Axios reports: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday declined to rule out the possibility of delisting Chinese stocks from U.S. exchanges, during an interview on Fox Business Network. The trade war could bleed beyond tariffs. Bessent didn’t raise the delisting prospect, but also didn’t flinch when asked about it by Maria Bartiromo. “I think everything’s on the table,” Bessent said, …

The Hill reports: In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker asked Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent about remarks from last January, when Bessent wrote, “Tariffs are inflationary.” “Have you expressed any concerns to President Trump directly that his tariff policy could be inflationary?” Welker asked. “No, what I have said are tariffs are a one-time price adjustment,” …

The Associated Press reports: Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” …

NOTUS reports: After Rep. Jamie Raskin asked about the Trump administration’s role in bringing to the United States Andrew and Tristan Tate — who were both on house arrest in Romania while awaiting trial on human trafficking charges — Grenell called a Judiciary staffer on Thursday from an unknown number. Grenell, who did not dispute that he called the staffer, …

“I say that what we are doing is we’re setting the stage for long-term economic growth, that we were on our way to a financial crisis. I used to teach a history of financial crises. With gigantic government spending, it was unsustainable. You look back in 1998, you look back in ’07. Right before it looked great, everything collapsed. My …

Politico reports: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday did not rule out allowing Russian banks to rejoin the SWIFT international payment messaging system as negotiations continue on an end to the war in Ukraine. But the White House would need backing from Europe to restart it. “There would be a long discussion about many things in terms of the proper …

Courthouse News reports: The Second Circuit on Monday was dubious to revive a copyright claim brought by George Santos, who sued late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel last year over the use of his Cameo videos. Kimmel used the platform to poke fun at the expelled Republican congressman, creating fake Cameo profiles to request outlandish custom clips from Santos then …

NBC News reports: An LGBTQ club in Sacramento, California, is banning all “MAGA-related attire” after a patron wore a “Make America Great Again” hat to the popular venue. Badlands owner TJ Bruce announced the new policy on the club’s Instagram page this week, saying the hat “led to discomfort among some patrons.” The customer who donned the MAGA hat, Steven …

First, a reminder about the origin of the phrase: In an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance suggested that he and Donald Trump can win the “normal gay guy vote” and that families with transgender children are looking for an edge in Ivy League college admissions. “I wouldn’t be surprised if me and Trump …

Bernardo Sim reports at Out Magazine: Playwright, actor, and live performer Harvey Fierstein revealed that he’s been banned from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. — otherwise known as the Kennedy Center — through a new statement in which the theater legend criticized President Donald Trump’s takeover of the national cultural center and issued …