Satellite images show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks, despite Russian claims.  —  An analysis of satellite images by The New York Times rebuts claims by Russia that the killing of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, occurred after its soldiers had left the town.

Jackson on course for confirmation, with 2 more GOP senators in favor … The Senate put Ketanji Brown Jackson on a clear track to be confirmed later this week as the Supreme Court's 116th justice — and its first Black woman — after three Republicans joined Democrats to advance her nomination in a Monday vote.

Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up  —  Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform's biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry.  —  Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading …

EXCLUSIVE Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch  —  The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically conservative worldview aligned with the former president …

Bidens to host White House wedding reception for granddaughter in November  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a wedding reception at the White House this November for their eldest granddaughter, Naomi Biden, the first lady's communications director Elizabeth Alexander confirmed to CNN.

The Bucha Atrocities and the Kremlin Apologists  —  Commentators suffering from Ukraine Derangement Syndrome are distorting and distracting from the horrible facts.  —  BUCHA, UKRAINE - APRIL 4: CIVILIANS' BODIES, WHICH WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE UKRAINIAN TOWN OF BUCHA, WERE GATHERED TO BE BURIED ON MONDAY …

DeSantis staff delayed release of Gaetz associate Halsey Beshears' spending records  —  Legal experts dispute governor's claim he can delay records to ‘review’ them  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a move criticized by advocates of Florida's open government laws, Gov. Ron DeSantis' staff intervened …

Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House  —  Allies and critics alike have questioned where the organization's money has gone.  —  On a sunny day late last spring, three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah …

Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and “Plantation”  —  Amazon will block and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app that contain keywords pertaining to labor unions, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Intercept.

This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings  —  Sign up for Derek's newsletter here.  —  After two years of working from home, I don't have one unified period of getting things done.  I have several mini periods.  Work isn't a contiguous landmass of focus; it's more like an archipelago …

What I Learned When Trump Tried to Correct the Record  —  As an academic historian, I never expected to find myself in a videoconference with Donald Trump.  But one afternoon last summer—a day after C-SPAN released a poll of historians who ranked him just above Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson …

Ron DeSantis's repulsive war on Disney will soon face a reckoning  —  The stench of presidential ambition around Ron DeSantis has grown so thick that it resembles Charlie Brown pal Pigpen's visible cloud of filth, and key to the Florida governor's hopes is finding a way to capture the political energies unleashed by Donald Trump.

How Everyone Got So Lonely  —  The recent decline in rates of sexual activity has been attributed variously to sexism, neoliberalism, and women's increased economic independence.  How fair are those claims—and will we be saved by the advent of the sex robot?

US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin  —  PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforcement initiative to …

Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden  —  The luxury rental property has “gorgeous ocean views,” according to its listing.  —  Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father's presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail.

‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it's fossil fuels or our future  —  Nations have moved too slowly to curb climate change, and now must take swift and aggressive steps if they hope to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, the world's top scientists warned on Monday.

Fox News Anchor Forced to Remind GOP Senator That Nord Stream 2 Isn't Operational  —  “Are you saying Nord Stream or Nord Stream 2?”  Smith asked.  “Because that was not money in Putin's pocket to begin with.”  —  Fox News anchor Sandra Smith had to step in and remind Sen. Marsha Blackburn …

Gov. Larry Hogan Approves New Maryland Congressional Map  —  Drawn by Democrats and approved by a Republican governor, the new map will most likely result in a similar delegation to the state's current one.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland …

North Korea warns of nuclear response if South provokes it  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the second time in three days, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting its supposed preemptive strike capabilities against the North …

Two-thirds of Russian troops near Kyiv are retreating, likely to be redeployed  —  Roughly two-thirds of the Russian troops that had been amassed around Ukraine's capital of Kyiv have since left, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Monday, adding that the troops will likely be redeployed to another part of the country.

CDC, under fire for covid response, announces plans to revamp agency … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky announced plans Monday to revamp the agency that has come under blistering criticism for its performance leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic …

Trump asks judge to recuse from racketeering suit against Hillary Clinton  —  Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge appointed by President Bill Clinton to step aside from a suit Trump filed last month claiming that Hillary Clinton and her political allies engaged …

Michigan GOP roils as Trump injects 2020 grievances into midterms … WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Conspiracy theories and grievance permeated the crowd assembled for Donald Trump's first rally in Michigan since his 2020 election loss, as an adoring throng of 5,000 cheered his familiar claims that the election was “rigged” and “stolen.”