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Elon Musk to Acquire Twitter — Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for $54.20 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $44 billion.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH Social — Trump said a Musk Twitter takeover would be a positive development, but he will stay with his own platform — Twitter reportedly nearing deal to accept Elon Musk's offer
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Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters:
Twitter set to accept Musk's original $43 bln offer — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has called his “best and final” offer for the social media company, people familiar with the matter said.
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Twitter agrees to be bought by Elon Musk — Twitter on Monday agreed to be acquired for around $44 billion in cash by Elon Musk, just weeks after the tech mogul launched his unsolicited, take-it-or-leave-it offer. … - It's sure to be criticized by those who disagree with Musk's laissez-faire views …
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Variety:
FX and The New York Times Announce Elon Musk Exposé Documentary (TV News Roundup) — Right on the heels of the news that Elon Musk is nearing a deal to buy Twitter, a television documentary about the polarizing businessman has been announced to premiere this May.
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Bloomberg:
Twitter on Track to Reach Deal With Musk as Soon as Monday — Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a sale to Elon Musk, a person with knowledge of the matter said, Bloomberg News reports. The social media company is working to hammer out terms of a transaction and could reach …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Employees Search for Answers as Musk Takeover Becomes Reality — Workers say they have been left largely in the dark about what a sale to the billionaire will mean for them and their shares in the company. — In January 2020, thousands of Twitter employees gathered in Houston for a corporate summit called #OneTeam.
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Human rights groups raise hate speech concerns after Musk's takeover of Twitter — Human rights groups on Monday raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter (TWTR.N) and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire after the self-described “free speech absolutist” …
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Washington Post:
Trump says he won't rejoin Twitter. Some advisers don't believe him.
Trump says he won't rejoin Twitter. Some advisers don't believe him.
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal
Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Biden officials worry Musk will allow Trump to return to Twitter
Biden officials worry Musk will allow Trump to return to Twitter
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Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic:
Running Twitter Is Going to Disappoint Elon Musk
Running Twitter Is Going to Disappoint Elon Musk
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Media Matters for America:
Elon Musk's own Twitter use is the biggest sign he's unfit to steer the ship
Elon Musk's own Twitter use is the biggest sign he's unfit to steer the ship
Jordan Boyd / The Federalist:
The Best Thing Elon Musk Could Do With Twitter Is Annihilate It
The Best Thing Elon Musk Could Do With Twitter Is Annihilate It
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts Elon Musk Will Reinstate Her Twitter Account
Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts Elon Musk Will Reinstate Her Twitter Account
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after January 6 — Washington (CNN)CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Exhilarated’ McConnell said Jan. 6 ‘discredited’ Trump, book says — Hours after a mob ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in a bid to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described himself as “exhilarated” about the potential damage to then-president Donald Trump.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
McCarthy dodges questions about audio, Trump and Jan. 6
McCarthy dodges questions about audio, Trump and Jan. 6
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Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Trump pushed Lindsey Graham to tell reporters about how good he is at golf: book
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Greene, in text to Meadows, raised topic of martial law to keep Trump in power
Greene, in text to Meadows, raised topic of martial law to keep Trump in power
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP handling of Kevin McCarthy's treachery sinks to abysmal lows
GOP handling of Kevin McCarthy's treachery sinks to abysmal lows
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CNN:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments in since-deleted videos contradict testimony on close ties to Capitol rioter — 'I'm not answering that': Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies at hearing challenging her congressional candidacy — (CNN)Since-deleted videos from Georgia …
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New York Times:
Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.'s Inquiry — Former President Donald J. Trump was ordered to turn over materials sought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and will be fined $10,000 per day until he does so. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Fox News:
Biden's White House senior adviser called ‘Squad’ members ‘f—ing idiots’: book — White House counselor Steve Ricchetti said the issue with progressives is 'they don't understand that they lost' — Fox News Flash top headlines for April 25 — A new book being published by a pair …
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Politico:
Judge threatens to stop Biden's Title 42 plan, right as he rushes to defend it
Judge threatens to stop Biden's Title 42 plan, right as he rushes to defend it
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Democrats approach a midterm message but struggle to deliver it
Democrats approach a midterm message but struggle to deliver it
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Harvard University:
Spring 2022 — A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that while 18-to-29-year-olds are on track to match 2018's record-breaking youth turnout in a midterm election this November and prefer Democratic control 55%-34% …
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Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune:
Melissa Lucio's execution halted by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio's guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated. — Copy link
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Joe Manchin's Approach to Biden's Presidency Is Paying Off in West Virginia — Over the past year, Manchin has seen the largest job approval rating improvement of any senator — 57% of West Virginia voters approve of Manchin's job performance, up from 40% during the first quarter of 2021.
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Rose L. Thayer / Stars & Stripes:
Body of missing Texas National Guard soldier recovered — AUSTIN, Texas — The body of Spc. Bishop E. Evans was found Monday, three days after the Texas National Guard soldier jumped into the Rio Grande to rescue two migrants trying to cross from Mexico into the Texas city of Eagle Pass, the state's military department reported.
Washington Post:
Supreme Court lets Thomas Jefferson High School admissions policy stand — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an admissions system for a prestigious Northern Virginia science and technology high school that administrators said opened the magnet program to a wider socioeconomic range …
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Jeremy Turley / InForum:
North Dakota Sen. Holmberg to resign after text exchanges with jailed child porn suspect — An investigation published by The Forum on April 15 revealed that Holmberg exchanged 72 text messages in August with Nicholas Morgan-Derosier, a Grand Forks County Jail inmate suspected of child porn and sex abuse crimes.
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Nobody cares about Jared: How long can Kushner get away with it? — Just as there are no repercussions for Donald Trump running his business out of the White House — There's a lot going on in the world these days, but I have to say that I'm disappointed that there isn't more attention …
Matt Bai / Washington Post:
Why Elizabeth Warren is stirring up an intra-party feud — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) occupies a singular place in the Democratic Party: a former Harvard law professor with unshakable self-certainty, she lends the presumption of intellectual rigor to every argument she makes.
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Vulture:
The 101 Best Movie Sequels of All Time — Whether they come after, before, or between their predecessors, these films have their own indelible legacies. — Presented by — You loved the movie and you want more. The studio loves money, and they want more too.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Political Correctness Is Losing — It's been seven or eight years since a wave of illiberal norms around the discussion of race and gender began to hit an expanding array of progressive institutions. The name for this phenomenon kept changing, from political correctness to call-out culture …