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

Book details tension with McConnell over Trump's bid to reverse Biden's electoral win  —  In the weeks after he lost the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump had a plan to stay in office - and he wanted Mitch McConnell to know about it.  —  If Trump could successfully pressure Republican …

Man arrested in Brooklyn subway attack, charged with terror  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a daylong manhunt and a tipster's call brought police to him on a Manhattan street.

Mark Meadows removed from NC voter roll amid election fraud investigation  —  ASHEVILLE - Mark Meadows has been removed from North Carolina's voter rolls, a move made as the State Bureau of Investigation continues a probe into allegations the former White House Chief of Staff committed election fraud.

US Democrats are facing a world of electoral pain  —  Joe Biden's party should brace itself for a stinging defeat in November  —  A collective groan could be heard on Monday when Philadelphia said it was reinstating the city's mask mandate.  It was a bad omen for Democrats.

Democrats ‘stunned’ as Youngkin vetoes 25 bipartisan bills — including 3 from Hampton Roads lawmakers  —  Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 25 bills this week — all from Democrats — that received bipartisan support in the General Assembly, a move some lawmakers viewed as an act of retaliation.

U.S. Expands Flow of Intelligence to Ukraine as White House Sends More Arms  —  Extra U.S. aid comes as Ukrainian forces try to hold off a major Russian offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is moving to significantly expand the intelligence it is providing …

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 …

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 …

Durham probe: Judge denies Sussmann motion to dismiss case; trial to begin next month  —  The trial for former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman is set to begin on May 16  —  Special counsel John Durham releases evidence against Clinton lawyer: ‘The same lie in writing’

How to Make Sense of the New L.B.G.T.Q. Culture War  —  To understand the contours of the renewed culture wars over sex education, sexual orientation and gender identity, start with a Rorschach test.  —  According to Gallup, the share of younger Americans who identify as lesbian, gay …

74% Of Americans Think Worst Of War In Ukraine Is Yet To Come, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Than 8 In 10 Think Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal  — mail_outline  —  As the world witnesses the atrocities in Ukraine committed by Russian troops, the vast majority of Americans …

Biden White House waives executive privilege for more Trump records  —  President Biden has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over a new tranche of Trump White House documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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.

How to Disarm the Crazies  —  It starts with nonpartisan primaries.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  There is probably no easy cure for the Marjorie Taylor Greene phenomenon.  That a woman with zero political experience, who inherited a business from her dad and spent her days fantasizing for fringe websites like …

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 …

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Before Joe Biden Cracked Down On Natural Gas, Hunter Biden Pushed It On China  —  Hunter Biden briefed Chinese energy investors on American natural gas production and sales shortly after a state-run energy corporation entered into a memorandum of understanding with the state of West Virginia.

Jersey freezes $7bn worth of assets linked to Roman Abramovich  —  Channel Island's order is another major blow to sanctions-hit Russian oligarch  —  A court in the Channel Island of Jersey has imposed an order freezing more than $7bn in assets linked to Roman Abramovich in a significant blow to the Russian oligarch's fortune.

The Final Pandemic Betrayal  —  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.