Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime chief financial officer as it weighs what to do with the subscription streaming service moving forward, five sources tell Axios. … Discovery executives disagree.

US prepping another $800 million weapons package for Ukraine, multiple sources say  —  Washington (CNN)The US is prepping another $800 million military assistance package for Ukraine, according to three senior administration officials and two sources familiar with the planning.

Biden says Americans should decide for themselves if they want to wear masks on public transportation.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Tuesday that Americans should decide for themselves whether to wear masks, undercutting efforts by his administration to urge Americans …

Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine  —  A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse  —  On March 8, a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok posted a video …

Elon Musk Races to Secure Financing for Twitter Bid  —  The world's richest man is trying to shore up debt financing, including potentially taking out a loan against his shares of Tesla, so he can buy Twitter for $43 billion.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

The Inside Man  —  Joe Kahn is the new, old-school editor of the Times.  But who is he?  —  Abe Rosenthal, the totemic New York Times editor who published the Pentagon Papers, used to say that there was one path to the executive editor's office — over the dead, burned, and maimed bodies of the ten other people who wanted the job.

Democratic Party weighs banning its consultants from anti-union activity  —  The Democratic Party is considering banning its army of consultants from engaging in anti-union activity following a report that one of its pollsters had helped Amazon combat organizing efforts, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.

Oath Keepers and Proud Boys were in touch before US Capitol attack, texts reveal  —  The messages could strengthen a theory being explored by the House committee that January 6 included a coordinated assault  —  Top leaders in the Oath Keepers militia group indicted on seditious conspiracy charges …

Utah senator has betrayed the Constitution and should no longer serve in public office.  —  At an Arizona campaign stop on Oct. 30, 2020, just days before the general election that would send Donald Trump into retirement, Utah Sen. Mike Lee extolled the former president's virtues of …

The Peter Thiel D.C. Gateway Drug  —  With two weeks until the Ohio G.O.P. primary, Thiel is on a hot streak and doubling down on J.D. Vance.  A win could invigorate the billionaire's national ambitions.  A loss could relegate him to Miami—and send thirsty Republicans reeling.

Scoop: Biden considers delaying Title 42 repeal  —  President Biden's inner circle has been discussing delaying the repeal of Title 42 border restrictions, now set to end May 23, according to a source with direct knowledge of the internal discussion. … That already endangers Democratic incumbents …

Netflix Explores a Version With Ads as Subscriber Base Shrinks  —  Company ends first quarter with 200,000 fewer subscribers and says it expects to lose two million more in current quarter  —  Netflix Inc. said it is exploring offering a lower priced ad-supported version of the platform …

How U.S.-Saudi Relations Reached the Breaking Point  —  The decadeslong alliance is at risk over disagreements regarding oil production levels, security concerns and the invasion of Ukraine  —  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, wearing shorts at his seaside palace …

How a former US Navy sailor became a Putin propagandist  —  Patrick Lancaster describes himself as an independent journalist.  Critics say he's a foot soldier for Moscow's information war against Ukraine.  —  Navy veteran Patrick Lancaster describes himself on Facebook as …

Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints  —  The U.S. Department of Education says it will retroactively help millions of federal student loan borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment (IDR) plans …

Texas Boutique Owner Hurls Homophobic Slurs at Couple in Viral Video … A Texas business owner has come under fire for a bigoted outburst toward an LGBTQ+ couple in their apartment complex after a video of her drunken attack circulated on social media.  The incident is the latest in a string …

DeSantis plan to redraw districts branded ‘racist’ by critics as special session begins  —  TALLAHASSEE - Florida lawmakers opened a special session Tuesday to redraw congressional district boundaries to eliminate two of the four seats now served by Black Democrats, while outside the Capitol, opponents condemned the move as racist.

Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta registers as a foreign agent lobbying for Libya's government  —  High-powered Democratic lobbyist and political operative Tony Podesta has returned to currying influence under President Joe Biden's administration and is growing his slate of lobbying clients …

Trump-backed House candidate removed from ballot by Tenn. Republicans  —  The Tennessee Republican Party voted on Tuesday to remove former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus and two others from the August primary ballot in the state's 5th Congressional District.

'Michael's Is the Place Where the Deal Is Happening'  —  Inside the Brooklyn red-sauce joint where dinner has the power to reshape the city.  —  On a frigid Friday evening in early March, Mayor Eric Adams trekked to southern Brooklyn to join a birthday celebration that was already well underway.

Democratic Dollars Flow Once Again to Likely Lost Causes  —  New fund-raising figures show emerging Democratic stars like Marcus Flowers in Georgia and Gary Chambers Jr. in Louisiana, with no clear path to victory.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Gary Chambers Jr. burst onto …

Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow calls out GOP bullshit, demonstrating for her party what true liberal fury looks like  —  A model for the Democrats.  —  Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow dressed down a Republican colleague who accused her of “grooming and sexualizing children …

Lateness, Cursing, a Broken Sink: Starbucks Keeps Firing Pro-Union Employees  —  At least 18 pro-union employees have been fired since February, in what workers say is an attempt to stop an increasingly popular union campaign.  —  PB  —  More than a dozen current and former Starbucks …

Three people speak on the record to confirm allegations of groping by Charles Herbster  —  OMAHA — Two men and a woman on Monday put their names behind what they said they either saw directly or were told immediately afterward about Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster groping young women at political events.