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 …

‘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.

McCarthy warns of impeachment for Biden border official  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) warned that impeachment could be on the table for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a trip to the southern border with other GOP lawmakers.

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 …

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 …

U.S. restarts diplomatic activity inside Ukraine and pledges more aid  —  The nomination of Ambassador Bridget Brink follows a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin  —  President Biden named a new ambassador to Ukraine on Monday after his top diplomat …

Judge threatens to stop Biden's Title 42 plan, right as he rushes to defend it  —  The White House had started preparing a more aggressive defense around its plan for lifting the Trump-era deportation policy known as Title 42, when a federal judge issued a Monday decision that likely changes …

Russia appears to confuse ‘The Sims’ for SIM cards in possible staged assassination attempt  —  Russian security services on Monday have been accused of staging a Ukrainian assassination attempt by releasing photos of confiscated copies of “The Sims” video games that some speculate were mistaken by Kremlin officers for SIM cards.

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

$100 Million to Cut the Time Tax  —  A mother in Louisiana is struggling to pay her bills and decides to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, better known as food stamps.  She starts to fill out the state's 26-page, 8,350-word application.

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.

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.

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.

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.

McCarthy dodges questions about audio, Trump and Jan. 6  —  A report said that McCarthy told fellow Republicans that he would call Trump and ask him to resign following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday continued …

Hunter Biden urged brother's widow to get tested for HIV during their affair  —  Hunter Biden desperately insisted his brother's widow, Hallie Biden, get screened for HIV as their torrid affair cooled off in the summer of 2018, emails show.  —  Biden, 52, implored Hallie to be tested for HIV …