First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC  —  The buses are part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to counter the Biden administration's approach to illegal immigration  —  Texas agencies preparing for wave of illegal immigrant crossings in late May

Former NC congressman, chief of staff to Trump removed from state voter rolls  —  Mark Meadows, a close adviser to former President Donald Trump, has been removed from North Carolina's voter rolls, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.  Meanwhile, state investigators …

Pentagon looks to vastly expand weapons for Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is poised to dramatically expand the scope of weapons it's providing Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, with the Pentagon looking to send Mi-17 helicopters that can be equipped to attack Russian vehicles, armored Humvees and a range of other arms.

Herschel Walker Claims to Own Companies That Don't Exist  —  George Senate candidate Herschel Walker's history of exaggerating his business success is even worse than anyone thought.  —  Former NFL star Herschel Walker has made millions in business ventures since he retired in 1997 …

Two men from The Villages admit to casting multiple ballots in 2020 election  —  Two residents from The Villages confessed to voter fraud charges after filing two ballots in the 2020 Presidential election, court records show.  —  Charles F. Barnes and Jay Ketcik pleaded guilty to casting …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Joining Military Is ‘Throwing Your Life Away’  —  Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said joining the military is like “throwing your life away” due to President Joe Biden's foreign policies.  —  Speaking to former Fox News host Lou Dobbs' podcast on April 9 …

Democrats Are Doing Basically Nothing to Counter the GOP's ‘Pedophile’ Attacks  —  Democrats are rolling their eyes at GOP attacks that they're, as Marjorie Taylor Greene put it, the “party of pedophiles.”  Should they be?  —  CJ  —  Republicans are increasingly accusing Democrats …

AP source: CDC to extend travel mask requirement for 2 weeks  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases, according to a person familiar with the matter.

America's Highest Earners And Their Taxes Revealed  —  Secret IRS files reveal the top US income-earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes.  Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn't even make the top 400.

Live Updates: Brooklyn Subway Gunman Is Still at Large  —  The mayor said a 62-year-old man who had previously been identified as a “person of interest” after the mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn was now a suspect.  At least 23 people were injured.  —  Here's what you need to know:

Substack's Growth Spurt Brings Growing Pains  —  The publishing platform's founders want Substack to be an “alternate universe on the internet.”  But it faces copycat rivals, an exodus by writers and a need to move beyond newsletters.  —  There are things that the newsletter writer Kirsten Han misses about Substack.

Did the John Birch Society Win in the End?  —  Modern conservatism was built by purging the right's reckless conspiracy theorists—but now they've taken over.  —  A foundation of the folklore of the American right is the story of how National Review's William F. Buckley, in the early- to mid-1960s …

POLITICO Playbook: Dems split over Biden gas price moves  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Here's something Democrats agree on: High gas prices — and the inflation rate they're driving up — are a huge political liability.  —  Here's something Democrats don't agree on: what to do about it.

What Really Happened in Ukraine in 2014—and Since Then  —  A close look at the lies and distortions from Russia apologists and propagandists about the roots of the Ukraine war.  —  Pundits skeptical of or even hostile to Ukraine's cause in its defensive war against Russia have different reasons …

The Pandemic Has Trapped Millions in Unending Grief  —  Lucy Esparza-Casarez thinks she caught the coronavirus while working the polls during California's 2020 primary election, before bringing it home to her husband, David, her sister-in-law Yolanda, and her mother-in-law Balvina.

China's ‘Zero-Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone  —  The fear in China is that the strict coronavirus policy has become another Mao-style political campaign with devastating effects.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Long before the “zero Covid” policy, China had a “zero sparrow” policy.

Is There a Right Left? … In January 1995, a Republican became speaker of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years—and the GOP found itself in control of the Senate for only the second time since 1955.  Almost immediately, ideas that were incubated within conservative …

DOJ Secretly Spied on Journalists' and Security Detail's Apple and Google Accounts; Project Veritas Files Motion Demanding Return of Property  — Apple and Google have come forward to disclose that between November 2020 and March 2021, the Department of Justice issued nine secret subpoenas …

Trump Fans Found a Way to Be Even Worse at the Airport  —  A new video trend has the right paging fake passengers over airport intercoms.  —  Are you or a loved one feeling serpentine lately?  The QAnon-right thinks your COVID-19 vaccine might have been laced with snake blood to inject you with Satan's DNA.

Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Announces New Endorsement Slate  —  WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) PAC announced a new slate of endorsements for the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  The CPC PAC endorsed four new candidates in open seats:

Democrats are considering big changes to the primary process ahead of 2024  —  The Democratic National Committee is opening the door to significant changes to how the party picks presidential candidates in the future.  —  Members of the Rules and Bylaws Committee, which governs the nominating process …

BLM co-founder: Charity transparency laws are ‘triggering’  —  Laws that require charities to disclose their finances and activities to the public endanger the lives of activists, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said at a recent event.  —  The embattled activist …

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff's chief of staff to depart  —  Now in its second year, the Biden White House is seeing some personnel changes — second gentleman Doug Emhoff's chief of staff announced she'll be leaving the job soon.  —  In a letter to the second gentleman's office …

Biden ATF Nominee Repeatedly Claimed Ohio Elections are ‘Rigged’  —  The new nominee to head the ATF has a history of employing heated rhetoric to question the integrity of elections.  —  Steve Dettelbach, who was recently nominated to run the agency by President Joe Biden (D.) …