
A Wall Street Journal analysis of MAGA podcasts reveals a sharp drop-off in mentions of the President since the Iran war. Filling the void is Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. WSJ’s Sabrina Rodriguez reports that from Trump down, Republicans are flooding cash into Texas to fight a tight race, branding Talarico as their ultimate "boogeyman in the Democratic Party."

A Wall Street Journal analysis of MAGA podcasts reveals a sharp drop-off in mentions of the President since the Iran war. Filling the void is Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. WSJ’s Sabrina Rodriguez reports that from Trump down, Republicans are flooding cash into Texas to fight a tight race, branding Talarico as their ultimate "boogeyman in the Democratic Party."

Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for “good coverage” when CNN Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb asked about the White House removing CNN’s press credentials and restricting the network’s access.

CNN's Gloria Pazmino reports as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez began her tour of upstate New York in Buffalo.

CNN's Dana Bash discusses the extraordinary circumstances of Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico. The three outlets on Thursday afternoon regained access to the White House after the president banned them over the weekend.

Minnesota Republican Senate nominee Michele Tafoya denied she ever said she was embarrassed to be from Minnesota, but three years ago she said just that in a since-deleted tweet uncovered by CNN’s KFile. Andrew Kaczynski reports.

CNN was allowed back into the White House on Thursday at noon after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate its access.

In a striking interview on Erin Burnett OutFront, former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed Donald Trump envied how foreign autocrats control the media, revealing that Trump privately called the press "animals" and told Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un "you have the right idea".

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly, that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believed in diplomacy. His comments came a day after US President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to "annihilate" Iran.

