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 …

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.

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 …

In a Kyiv Suburb,'They Shot Everyone They Saw'  —  With Russian forces retreating, Ukrainians in Bucha are finding scores of bodies in yards and on the roads amid mounting evidence of intentional and indiscriminate killings of civilians.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

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 …

Jan. 6 panel wonders: Is Trump criminal referral necessary?  —  Should the Jan. 6 committee ask the Justice Department to pursue a criminal case against Donald Trump?  It's a question with political heft but no practical effect — and some panel members are increasingly skeptical.

POLITICO Playbook: Democrats' two-do: Confirm Jackson, land Manchin  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  LOOK WHO'S BACK — Former President BARACK OBAMA will join President JOE BIDEN at a White House event Tuesday celebrating the Affordable Care Act, the first time Obama's going back to 1600 Penn since leaving office, NBC's Mike Memoli scooped.

Border politics worsen for Biden: The Note  —  Over two year old border restrictions, known as Title 42, end next month.  —  A deteriorating political environment means no shortage of small things that can become big things as well as big things that become all-encompassing and devastating.

David Perdue, Trump's Sacrificial Lamb  —  He's killing his career in honor of Trump's election grievances.  —  The thing about sacrificial lambs is that they can only be sacrificed once.  What makes David Perdue's political career unique is that, in honor of Donald Trump's 2020 election grievances, Perdue is killing it twice.

California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — Six people were killed and 12 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California's state capital were searching for at least one suspect.

Inside Tucker Carlson's Brain  —  On February 22, as tensions that would soon spill into war mounted on the Ukrainian border, Fox News' Tucker Carlson opened his show—the most popular cable news program in the country—with a searing monologue ripping into the U.S. foreign policy establishment.

FDA Shuts Out Its Own Experts in Authorizing Another Vaccine Booster  —  Decisions like this only reinforce the perception that Covid policy is driven by groupthink and politics.  —  The Food and Drug Administration last week authorized Americans 50 and over to get a fourth Covid vaccine dose.

Biden's budget would bankrupt America, put national security at risk  —  Fiscal sanity and economic strength are foundational to national security  —  US should be making sure the world knows we will stand for freedom anytime it's threatened: Nikki Haley  —  Is America serious about survival in this increasingly dangerous world?

Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges  —  New York (CNN Business)In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters and CNN political analysts report that President Joe Biden “assessed” Fox News “as one of the most destructive forces in the United States.”

Ted Cruz endorses Josh Mandel in Ohio Senate race  —  Texas GOP Sen. , Ted Cruz endorsed Josh Mandel in the highly competitive Ohio Senate Republican primary on Monday.  —  Cruz hailed Mandel as a “proven fighter” against the Democrats and champion of conservative causes …

Senate eyes historic week with a vote to put Jackson on Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to vote this week on whether to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and she is in good shape to win a lifetime appointment and become the first Black woman on the court.