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.

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 …

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 …

‘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.

House Republicans plot to impeach Mayorkas  —  Enthusiasm for impeaching top Biden officials has spread from the fringes of the House Republican conference to its mainstream — foreshadowing the intense pressure Kevin McCarthy will face from his colleagues if he's Speaker next year.

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

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 …

Toyota's second U-turn  —  Shortly after January 6, 2021, Toyota announced that it would reassess “our future PAC criteria” in light of “the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol.”  That review did not last long.  Within weeks, Toyota resumed donating to Republican members of Congress that voted to overturn the election.

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% …

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

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.

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.

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.