CNN Exclusive: 'We need ammo.  We need fraud examples.  We need it this weekend.' What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.  —  The texts, which have not been previously reported, were sent by Republican Sen. Mike Lee …

Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk's $43 billion bid to buy company  — Twitter adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan, often called a “poison pill,” a day after billionaire Elon Musk offered to buy the company for $43 billion, the company announced Friday.

Liberation Without Victory  —  Kyiv is halfway normal now.  Burnt-out Russian tanks have been removed from the roads leading into the city, traffic lights work, the subway runs, oranges are available for purchase.  A cheerful balalaika orchestra was performing for returning refugees …

Ukraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothers … Ukrainian officials have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow's invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds …

An author was set to read his unicorn book to students.  The school forbade it.  —  Jason Tharp wants to write books for weird kids — because he was one.  —  Growing up in Ohio, the 45-year-old children's author, illustrator and inspirational speaker sometimes felt invisible.

Produce Worth Millions Gets Stuck in Blockade by Mexico Truckers  —  Grocery stores in some parts of the U.S. are expected to start running out of certain perishable goods as soon as this weekend because of a Mexican truckers' blockade that has stranded millions of dollars worth of fresh produce.

Biden picks Barr as Fed bank czar  —  Editor's Note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day's biggest stories.

A High-Ranking Proud Boy Is Now Snitching for the Feds  —  A Proud Boy chapter leader has flipped for the U.S. government, and that's trouble for dozens of members facing charges over the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  TO  —  Federal prosecutors appear to have made their biggest breakthrough yet …

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: You'll Never Believe The Journo Who Just Filed To Run for Congress  —  Intrepid journalist, vegan Zoomer to take on liberal multimillionaire David Trone  —  Former Washington Free Beacon journalist Matthew Foldi filed to run for Congress on Friday morning in western Maryland, the Free Beacon has learned.

‘It is offensive’  —  One of Howard's attorneys, Brad Bannon, contends the facts of the case were available to the city from the beginning.  —  When the city decided to represent Dowdy, Bannon said, it agreed to defend his conduct.  —  “They go through that whole process.  They pay all of that money.

If Feinstein is mentally unfit, Democrats need to tell her openly.  And she should resign  —  Is Dianne Feinstein fit to continue serving as a U.S. senator?  —  A report Thursday from Chronicle reporters Tal Kopan and Joe Garofoli suggests not.  The story counts four U.S. senators …

Wilder Man Charged After Pipe Bombs, ‘White Power’ Rifle Discovered  — A gun found at Hillard's residence  —  A man charged with making pipe bombs in his mother's house in Wilder owned Nazi paraphernalia and spoke about killing Black people and Democrats, federal prosecutors allege.

Scott Pruitt, former Oklahoma AG, files for U.S. Senate seat  —  Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is running for U.S. Senate.  —  Also the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency appointed by Donald Trump, Pruitt has filed to campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe.

JD Vance said in 2016 the Republican Party's three-decade strategy was antagonizing Black voters  —  Campaigning for the Senate in Ohio in recent weeks, J.D. Vance has ridiculed claims that advocates of a border-wall were “racist.”  But in multiple appearances in 2016, he made a similar argument …

U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on primary ballot, Iowa Supreme Court rules … U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on the June Democratic primary ballot, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing a district court decision that found Finkenauer failed to qualify.

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The Long, Scary History of Doctors Reporting Pregnant People to the Cops  —  Lizelle Herrera was jailed for allegedly self-inducing an abortion.  She's not alone. … When news broke last Friday that Lizelle Herrera, a 26-year-old resident of the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas …

McCarthy losing House GOP dealmakers as he eyes speakership  —  When Rep. Fred Upton announced his retirement from Congress, colleagues in both parties lined up to lament.  The one who misses him the most, in the end, may be Kevin McCarthy.  —  The Michigan Republican's departure after 18 terms …