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The Today Show reports: Pat Sajak wants everyone to know how lucky he feels to have hosted “Wheel of Fortune.” Sajak’s final episode will air June 7, and he shared some words for all the fans and viewers who have tuned in over the years in a farewell message. “Well, the time has come to say goodbye. I have a …

The New York Post reports:  An NYPD public-information officer shot a driver with his service pistol and then fled in an apparent road-road incident in south Jersey last month, authorities said. New York City cop Hieu Tran, 27 — whose job includes snapping photos of events for the Police Department’s social media accounts — appeared grim-faced in Manhattan court Friday, …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump is vowing to wrest key spending powers from Congress if elected this November, promising to assert more control over the federal budget than any president in U.S. history. The Constitution gives control over spending to Congress, but Trump and his aides maintain that the president should have much more discretion — including the authority …

NBC News reports: Alex Jones told his Infowars listeners on Friday that he has no assets other than money he can make from selling nutritional supplements and continuing to broadcast allows him to pay plaintiffs. The products “are worthless if I don’t promote them. Our listeners will never buy them from you if I’m gone no matter how much they …

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 …