The man who was caught on livestream allegedly attempting to gun down a pastor in Pennsylvania on Sunday was charged with the fatal shooting of his cousin, which authorities believe took place hours before he pointed his firearm at the pastor of Jesus Dwelling Place Church. Authorities charged 26-year-old Bernard Polite with homicide on Tuesday after the body of 56-year-old Derek Polite, Bernard’s cousin, was found in his home on Sunday night, The New York Post reported. Police said that Derek Polite’s relatives went to his home to check on him after they saw the video of Bernard Polite allegedly attempting to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany. “Through witness interviews, detectives learned Bernard Polite was seen pacing outside the residence the morning of May 5, and later a neighbor reported hearing a noise which could have been a gunshot at approximately 10:00 am,” Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, authorities said. A bullet found inside Derek Polite’s home matched the firearm taken from his cousin after police apprehended him at the church, according to authorities. There were around 25 people in the church when Bernard Polite calmly walked toward Germany and pointed his handgun at him. Germany said Polite’s gun “clicked” as the pastor dove behind the pulpit. “He pulled the gun; it clicked,” Germany said, according to WPXI. “You heard him shoot it. God jammed the gun so the bullet didn’t come out.” Man tries to shoot pastor but gun miraculously jams, God is so great. pic.twitter.com/ZTrgnvjBjU — Keimos (@keimos_) May 7, 2024 After Polite’s gun seemingly failed to fire, Deacon Clarence McCallister was seen on video tackling Polite to the ground before Germany got back up and helped McCallister keep the gunman pinned while wrestling his gun away from him. Germany said that Polite told him, “The spirits were in my mind. They got in my mind and told me to shoot the pastor.” “He actually apologized to me,” Germany added. “I told him that ‘I forgive you and want you to know I love you,’ but yes, I definitely forgave him.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Polite has also been charged with aggravated assault and attempted homicide for his actions at the church, the Post reported. He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.

Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday that it will undergo a rebrand to be more “inclusive.”  The national scouting organization underwent a major change in 2018 when it started allowing girls to join the Cub Scouts, which is for children aged 7 to 10. The following year, the Boy Scouts program for older kids ages 11 to 17 began admitting young women. The new name will reflect these changes as the group, which formerly switched to “Scouts BSA” will now rebrand as “Scouting America,” effective February 8, 2025, the 115th anniversary of the organization. BSA President and CEO Roger A. Krone said the name change was made in part to encourage girls to join the program since it will no longer have the name “boy” in it.  “While this may be a surprise to some of you, for us this is a straightforward evolution and the next natural step in ensuring all American youth feel welcomed and recognized in an organization that is meant to serve all Americans,” Krone said in a press release about the name change, per CNN.  The CEO added that the change will not alter the organization’s mission of preparing “young people over their lives to make ethical and moral choices by instilling the scout oath, and the scout law. America’s values are scouting values.” The change to allow girls into Boy Scouts has been mired in controversy. Besides the backlash from leaders and participants, Girl Scouts filed a federal lawsuit claiming they were entitled to the sole use of the term “scout” when referencing leadership opportunities for girls after BSA started using the word “scout” more generally. The courts ruled in favor of BSA, saying they did not violate the Girls Scouts’ trademark. “The benefit of the single-gender environment has been well-documented by educators, scholars, and other girl- and youth-serving organizations,” Girl Scouts said in a press release at the time, per Forbes. More than 1 million children are enrolled in Boys Scouts of America, with 176,234 girls and young women represented in that number. BSA said in a news release that more than 6,000 young women earned the prestigious Eagle Scout rank, CNN reported. Bob Brady, a scout leader in New Jersey, explained his decision to form an all-girls BSA troop.  “Five and a half years after we started, you see people in town who see us marching a parade, doing a service project saying ‘Girls can be Scouts? It’s called Boy Scouts,’” Brady said during a news conference. “It takes some explaining to do… so I think this is gonna be great to help with recruiting and let everyone know the inclusive program that we’ve become over the last decade.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Young girls, young boys, there’s nothing about the Scout oath or a law that is inherently masculine or inherently feminine and applies across the board. Young girls in 2024 like to go camping, they like to go hiking,” he continued. “You know what, I’ve had more moms and women tell me over the last five or six years, I wish I had the opportunity to be in scouts when I was a kid.”

A House hearing that was set to feature D.C. Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser testifying about the response to an anti-Israel protest encampment at George Washington University has been canceled after police made dozens of arrests at the site on Wednesday. “Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with Mayor Bowser has been canceled,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced just hours before the event had been scheduled to take place on Capitol Hill. “I had a good conversation with Mayor Bowser. I thanked her for finally clearing the trespassers off the GW Campus. It was unfortunate the situation at GW forced the Oversight Committee to act; however it was apparent that the DC police force was not going to do their job,” Comer added. Comer and other House Republicans visited George Washington University last week and called on Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to clear out the encampment of protesters after D.C. police rejected a request from university officials to crack down on the demonstration. The hearing on Wednesday was meant to conduct oversight on the city’s response to “unlawful activity and anti-Semitism,” but plans changed when police moved in on the encampment in the early morning and made at least 33 arrests — with authorities citing a “gradual escalation in the volatility of the protest” on campus. “After meeting with GW leadership and touring the encampment, we decided to hold a public hearing to get answers as to why the Mayor would not uphold the law,” Comer said. “I am pleased that the potential Oversight hearing led to swift action by Mayor Bowser and MPD Chief [Pamela] Smith. We will continue to hold D.C. officials accountable to ensure our nation’s capital is safe for all.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The GOP-led House has engaged in a multi-committee effort to combat anti-Semitism on university campuses after protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war sprung up at colleges across the country. Last week, the chamber passed an anti-Semitism definition bill meant to guide enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws for educational programs. In response to the hearing on the GW protest encampment being cancelled, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) declared on X, “It shouldn’t have taken the threat of a Congressional hearing for DC Mayor Bowser to finally allow DC Police to respond to George Washington University’s call for them to clear the anti-Semitic and unlawful encampments. It should’ve been done on Day 1.”

Pro-Hamas activists at the George Washington University Encampment, who had previously defaced the George Washington statue on the campus with a keffiyeh and a Palestinian flag, projected flames onto the American flag with incendiary messages condemning the United States. Those messages included, “Gaza lights the spark that will set the empire ablaze,” “Long live the Student Intifada,” “Down with the Settler-State,” “Glory to the Martyrs of Palestine,” and one that quoted the notorious Gaza Health Ministry’s claims about the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza: “Stained with the Blood of 44,000 Palestinians.” Other messages included "Long live the Student Intifada" "Down with the Settler-State" "Glory to the Martyrs of Palestine" "Stained with the Blood of 44,000 Palestinians" pic.twitter.com/MMUD2RJTiv — Stu (@thestustustudio) May 8, 2024 “For days, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department had resisted pressure to clear the demonstration and said peaceful protests were allowed,” NBC Washington noted. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser finally ordered the D.C. police to clear the encampment — which had been initiated as far back as April 25 — early Wednesday morning after she had been asked to speak at a congressional hearing. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise noted, “It shouldn’t have taken the threat of a Congressional hearing for DC Mayor Bowser to finally allow DC Police to respond to George Washington University’s call for them to clear the anti-Semitic and unlawful encampments. It should’ve been done on Day 1.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP It shouldn’t have taken the threat of a Congressional hearing for DC Mayor Bowser to finally allow DC Police to respond to George Washington University’s call for them to clear the anti-Semitic and unlawful encampments. It should’ve been done on Day 1. https://t.co/2J5LzR58wr — Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) May 8, 2024 House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) stated, “Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with Mayor Bowser has been canceled. I had a good conversation with Mayor Bowser: I thanked her for finally clearing the trespassers off the GW Campus. It was unfortunate the situation at GW forced the Oversight Committee to act; however it was apparent that the DC police force was not going to do their job. Therefore, after meeting with GW leadership and touring the encampment, we decided to hold a public hearing to get answers as to why the Mayor would not uphold the law. I am pleased that the potential Oversight hearing led to swift action by Mayor Bowser and action by Mayor Bowser and MPD Chief Smith. We will continue to hold D.C. officials accountable to ensure our nation’s capital is safe for all.” ?Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with DC Mayor Bowser has been canceled.@GOPoversight will continue to hold DC officials accountable. Statement below.? pic.twitter.com/IVkgdktwwr — Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) May 8, 2024

NFL star Travis Kelce is working on another entertainment project.  The 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end just signed on for a role in the new Ryan Murphy horror series for FX, Grotesquerie. According to Deadline, not many details are available yet, except that Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, and Lesley Manville will also star in it. Murphy is working on “Grotesquerie” alongside frequent collaborators Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken. The showrunner released an all-text teaser in February which included audio of Nash-Betts’ character speaking.    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Ryan Murphy Productions (@ryanmurphyproductions) “I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now. There’s been a shift, like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole that descends into a nothingness,” she can be heard saying.  “You say, ‘Well, hon, evil has always existed.’ You cite some statistic about how the world is getting better. Less murder. Less global horror. ‘Never been a better time to be alive.’ It’s not getting better! Something’s happening around us, and nobody sees it but me,” the teaser concludes. Murphy is best known for popular projects including “American Horror Story,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Glee,” “American Crime Story,” “Pose,” “9-1-1,” and “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Kelce has been expanding his repertoire beyond football, including participating in his reality dating series “Catching Kelce,” which ran for one season in 2016. The athlete also just signed on to host Amazon’s “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” game show. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Kelce recently worked as an executive producer on the indie film “My Dead Friend Zoe,” which premiered at SXSW this spring. He will also serve as producer of the upcoming documentary “King Pleasure,” which is a documentary about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the outlet noted. Kelce hosted “Saturday Night Live” in March 2023. He also hosts a podcast, “New Heights” with his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles player Jason Kelce. Kelce has been making headlines most frequently thanks to his high-profile relationship with Taylor Swift. The two have been spotted being affectionate in public on multiple occasions, which is a departure from how Swift usually behaves with the men she dates. 

The trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two Delphi, Indiana, teenagers back in 2017, has been pushed back to October. Jury selection was scheduled to begin next week, but on Tuesday, Special Judge Fran Gull accepted a defense attorney’s request to waive Allen’s right to a speedy trial, WTHR reported. Allen’s defense attorneys had asked for 15 days to present the case and said if Gull wouldn’t allow that in May, the trial could be moved to a later date. “If you can’t try this case in one month, there’s something wrong,” Gull told Allen’s attorneys at the hearing, according to WTHR. “You don’t know anything about this case,” Allen’s attorney, Brad Rozzi, responded. The exchange highlighted a contentious relationship between the judge and Allen’s defense attorneys. Gull had previously forced Rozzi and Allen’s other attorney, Andrew Baldwin, to withdraw from the case by threatening to embarrass them in open court. The attorneys took the case to the Indiana Supreme Court and were reinstated, but their request to remove Gull as judge was denied. At the hearing on Tuesday, Baldwin also introduced a motion again requesting that Gull be removed from the case. Rozzi argued that it was not practical for the trial to start so soon, with issues like whether the jury will hear Allen’s jailhouse confessions – which the defense contends came under duress – still pending. He suggested that no end date be set for the trial. “We’re not saying we’re not ready – we’re just saying we don’t want you to bookend this,” Rozzi said multiple times during the hearing. The new trial will run from October 15 to November 15, Fox 59 reported, and three days of pretrial evidence hearings will take place between May 21 and May 23. The hearing came just a week after Gull declined to hold Baldwin and Rozzi in contempt but called them “incompetent.” Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland had accused defense attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi of contempt of court due to an evidence leak and allegations they violated a gag order, Fox 59 reported. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Gull said in her ruling that McLeland “proved by a preponderance of the evidence that defense counsel was sloppy, negligent and incompetent in their handling of discovery material.” However, she added that the prosecutor failed to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that the attorneys were “willful and intentional” in their actions. Gull also agreed with the defense attorneys that they didn’t violate the gag order because it was put in place after they made the remarks McLeland claimed violated it. Allen was charged in October 2022 with two counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit the kidnapping of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German on a hiking trail in 2017. In late January, McLeland filed a request to amend the charges to include two additional counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping, WTHR reported.

President Joe Biden’s Small Business Administration (SBA) was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Small Business on Tuesday over alleged efforts to “register Democrat voters” in Michigan, a vital battleground state in the 2024 election. House Republican leaders on the Small Business Committee said they issued two subpoenas for SBA officials after “they failed to comply with an investigation into potential electioneering activities” allegedly carried out by the agency. SBA Special Advisor Tyler Robinson and Chief of Staff Arthur Plews were subpoenaed after they didn’t appear for transcribed interviews with the committee, Fox News reported. The Biden administration officials are also accused of failing to hand over documents related to an alleged effort to divert “resources away from assisting Main Street so it can register Democrat voters.” “The fact that we are having to issue subpoenas to speak with SBA officials is extremely disappointing,” said House Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) said it’s “unfortunate” that the subpoenas had to be issued, but added, “The American people deserve answers and transparency on the electioneering activities of the SBA and how they have or plan to insert themselves in the upcoming federal elections.” “The SBA’s sole mission is to help Main Street thrive and grow, and they have repeatedly strayed from that mission to pursue outside political objectives,” Williams added. “It’s unfortunate that we have arrived at this point, but this Committee is determined to get answers on behalf of the American people.” The House committee said it was the first time in history that it had subpoenaed the SBA, according to Fox News. Republicans on the Small Business Committee believe that a recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Michigan Department of State announced by the SBA could be unconstitutional. The MOU was labeled a “first-of-its-kind collaboration” intended to “promote civic engagement and voter registration in Michigan.” The voter registration collaboration between the SBA and the Michigan state government is supposed to run through the end of 2035. A March press release from the Michigan Department of State announced its agreement with the SBA and said it would “create a unique URL for the SBA to use to drive online visitors to register to vote.” “The SBA’s Michigan field office may also allow MDOS officials to conduct in-person voter registration at the SBA’s small business outreach events. Michigan boasts a thriving small business community, with more than 900,000 small businesses that employ 1.9 million Michiganders,” the press release added. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Michigan’s collaboration with the SBA stems from an executive order issued by President Biden shortly after he took office, requiring federal agencies to “consider ways to expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.” Michigan could play a major role in deciding who wins a second term in the White House in November. Currently, former President Donald Trump leads Biden in the polling in Michigan by just over one point, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. Biden faces on-the-ground problems in the battleground state as Michigan’s large population of Muslim voters, who typically vote Democrat, have opposed the president’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. The president won the state by more than 154,000 votes in 2020, but in this year’s Democratic primary, more than 100,000 people voted “uncommitted,” raising alarms within the party. “The Biden Admin is spending taxpayer dollars to help him win a battleground state,” said Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA), who chairs the Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access Subcommittee. “@SBAgov engaging in voter registration efforts in Dem cities is a complete abuse of taxpayer dollars. @HouseSmallBiz is fighting to end these blatantly political acts.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered blistering remarks on Tuesday against the New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. The Louisiana Republican blasted Judge Juan Merchan during a press conference following a Republican conference meeting. Johnson accused Merchan, who has fined Trump 10 times for gag order violations, of undercutting Trump’s ability to defend himself in the middle of a presidential campaign. “The judge, who is a well-known Democrat, is pursuing an indefensible gag order on President Trump,” Johnson said, according to Just The News. “Think about the magnitude of that. He’s trying to override President Trump’s constitutional right to defend himself against the constant smears of his political opponents, in an election year.” Merchan issued a gag order against the former president in March that barred Trump from making remarks on potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, and attorneys. The judge later extended the gag to cover members of his own family after Trump pointed out Merchan’s daughter’s history working for elected Democrats. The judge fined Trump nine $1,000 fines for violations of the gag order last week. On Monday, the judge fined Trump another $1,000 fine and said the former president could face jail time if he continued to flout the court’s gag order. Merchan told Trump that jailing him could be necessary to “protect the dignity of the justice system.” The judge said he understood “the magnitude of such a decision,” noting: “You are the former president of the United States, and possibly the next president as well.” Johnson ripped the judge over the threat. “You cannot call yourself a serious judge and threaten a presidential candidate with jail time when he defends his reputation in public in the middle of a campaign. And I think everybody of good conscience understands that,” the speaker said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The Republican speaker also accused the Biden justice system of a double standard against Trump in the classified documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. “Biden, of course, willfully retained and disclosed classified material but because he is, quote, an elderly man with a poor memory, un-quote, it was decided that DOJ would not be bringing charges,” Johnson said. “What the American people see, and I mean, this is across the country, this isn’t just red states, it’s blue states as well. They look at this and they see an incredible double standard. It’s just blatantly on display. It’s the weaponization of our justice system. Every single person of good conscience and common sense can see that clearly and it’s disturbing to them.”

A Georgia appellate court agreed on Wednesday to hear a challenge to the ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue leading a 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies despite her romance with a subordinate. The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia released a brief order that said the request from the defense seeking a review of a lower-court decision in March had been granted and noted the appellant may file a notice of appeal within 10 days. At issue is Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s determination that the defendants failed to prove a conflict of interest existed due to a romance between Willis and her special prosecutor in the case, Nathan Wade. However, the judge raised concerns about the “appearance of impropriety” and only allowed Willis to press forward after Wade resigned. Her other option was to step down. Trump and some of his co-defendants argued that Willis should be disqualified and that the case be dismissed, claiming the office romance flush with gifts and trips “created an appearance of impropriety in this case that cast a pall over these entire proceedings.” Willis then filed a motion insisting there was “no basis” to grant a review of the lower-court order. The Washington Post reported that Trump and his co-defendants are expected to ask the appeals to stay the proceedings while the appeal plays out after McAfee said he would not pause the process. A trial date has not yet been set, but CNN reported Willis hoped to have it before the 2024 election. Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty to a bevy of charges in the Georgia election case, but four of them have since taken plea deals. As Trump seeks a second White House term, the former president has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases. One election-related “hush money” case in New York has gone to trial while a judge delayed a federal classified documents case trial indefinitely. The Supreme Court is considering an immunity question in a federal election case. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Willis, who is also seeking re-election, is facing GOP-led investigations in the U.S. House and Georgia state Senate. She recently skipped a debate, leaving her challenger for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the DA race, attorney Christian Wise Smith, to face off against an empty podium. Her office declined the invitation, citing concerns about Willis being limited in what she could say regarding ongoing litigation. The primary is set for May 21.

The New York Times published an article this week recounting the horrors some people have experienced after getting the COVID vaccine, and their inability to get help from doctors or vaccine injury compensation programs. But are these complications and side effects a result of the vaccines? The Times article begins by acknowledging, “…even the best vaccines produce rare but serious side effects,” and that over 270 million Americans have taken the jab. Through the course of multiple interviews, the Times investigation revealed that the harm caused by the vaccines can vary greatly. In one example, a woman with a Ph.D. in neuroscience who took the vaccine was eventually diagnosed with brain damage. She can no longer work or drive, and, at age 40, is back living with her parents. Another woman interviewed by the Times experienced Bell’s Palsy, or partial facial paralysis, and shingles on half her face. In another instance, a nurse practitioner named Sean Barcavage said since taking the first shot, his heart now begins to race every time he stands up. He also now has tinnitus. “I went from being a 100% healthy, fully functioning nurse into a complete downward spiral of health. I had a myriad of symptoms,” said Barcavage. LISTEN: Morning Wire’s report on vaccine injury While each person experienced symptoms they believe were caused by the vaccine, the side effects were not uniform. What is uniform, however, is the way in which their concerns were dismissed by doctors and the federal government. As the Daily Wire previously reported, there had been nearly 13,000 claims filed with the vaccine compensation program alleging harm caused by the pandemic response, with more than 10,000 of those claims citing the vaccine as causing injury or death. The government, which has just 35 people looking into the claims, had only determined that 40 claims were eligible for compensation, and just 11 were actually compensated, with an average compensation of around $3,600. That was in February, and the numbers haven’t moved much since. Now, 47 have been deemed eligible and 12 have been paid out, still with that low compensation average. A very small number of people. As the Times points out, “Some scientists fear that patients with real injuries are being denied help and believe that more needs to be done to clarify the possible risks.” But it’s not just the New York Times talking about this issue.  Others are starting to acknowledge the harm caused by the vaccines — even some who were at the forefront of the COVID response are now acknowledging that many were in fact harmed by the vaccines. Dr. Ashish Jha, the Biden administration’s COVID coordinator in 2022 and 2023, told NewsNation that people who were harmed by the vaccines must be taken seriously. “I worry a little bit that what has happened is we’ve gotten caught in the sort of politics of this,” said Dr. Jha. “…because as you know, there are a lot of people who’ve become very anti-vaccine. And so that means that a lot of doctors see these patients and worry that if they acknowledge that person suffering, that somehow they’re becoming anti-vaccine themselves. I’m very pro-vaccines. I got them. Everyone in my family got them. Still, I think we have to acknowledge this that is not just happening among doctors is happening inside the government. We just have to do better.” And Chris Cuomo, who famously emerged from his basement after quarantining for COVID, also said in an interview with Barcavage that he had long-term issues from the vaccine, and admitted that people weren’t getting help because of politics. “…I think there’s really no incentive to get out in front of this because it’s just bad PR, right?” said Cuomo. “I mean, nobody’s going to get patted on the back for saying, ‘Yeah, Shaun’s right.’ There’s, there are side effects on some of the vaccines or all of the vaccines that we should be talking about and figuring out how to treat. And there is long COVID and there’s lots – nobody wants to say that because it’s all political now.”