The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election  —  Ex-Judge who played key role in Trump-Pence feud speaks out for first time  —  J. Michael Luttig, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, formerly served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for 15 years.

Twitter workers freaking out over Elon Musk in internal Slack messages  —  Leaked internal communications by Twitter employees reveal woke employees are overtaken by despair and anger about Elon Musk's month-long effort to acquire Twitter.  —  Musk announced he would purchase the company for $44 billion on Monday.

Scalise and Gaetz meet privately after tension over leaked audio  —  Reps. Steve Scalise and Matt Gaetz met Wednesday to discuss leaked audio of the House minority whip suggesting the Florida firebrand may have acted illegally after the Capitol riot.  And Scalise isn't quite offering a full-throated apology.

Trump's Spokeswoman Calls For Arrests Over 2020 Election at QAnon Rally  —  “They're gonna start arresting political opponents.  They're gonna start throwing political dissidents in jail,” Liz Harrington warned the crowd.  —  CJ  —  Former President Trump's chief spokeswoman spoke …

United States is ‘out of the pandemic phase,’ Fauci says  —  The United States is finally “out of the pandemic phase,” the country's top infectious-disease expert said Tuesday, as cases and hospitalizations are notably down and mask mandates are all but gone.

Exclusive: MAGA Candidate Evicted from Home After Wife Asks Court for Emergency Order of Protection  —  His current wife is now the third domestic partner to accuse him of abusive or threatening behavior  —  Teddy Daniels, a far-right Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania …

First on CNN: New York grand jury hearing evidence in DA's investigation into Trump Organization expires this week  —  (CNN)A special grand jury seated to hear evidence in the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into the Trump Organization's finances is set to expire at the end …

Scoop: Former U.S. ambassador accused of illegal foreign lobbying  —  Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, has been criminally charged for his alleged role in an undisclosed lobbying campaign for the Qatari government, records show.

Donald Trump worried ‘dangerous’ fruits could be thrown at him by protesters, a new deposition reveals  — Donald Trump said “pineapples, tomatoes, bananas, stuff like that” could be thrown at him at protests.  — Trump's concerns were revealed Tuesday night, in his sworn deposition for an upcoming Bronx trial.

Just Call Trump a Loser  —  Let's assume Donald Trump runs again for president in 2024.  Yes, I know, caveats, caveats.  Republicans say it's too early to discuss '24.  A lot can change between now and then.  Maybe Trump won't actually run.  Maybe he's just teasing the possibility to milk the attention.

Trump unleashes his temper on GOP allies over Ohio Senate primary split  —  Not since Anthony Scaramucci was fired a mere 10 days into his White House gig has someone fallen out of Donald Trump's favor as quickly as David McIntosh.  —  At an April 9 rally in North Carolina …

Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America …

New York's Top Court Voids Democrat-Drawn House Map  —  The New York Court of Appeals said Democrats violated the State Constitution and ignored the will of the voters.  The judges ordered a court-appointed expert to draw replacements.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

CEO: Boeing Should Have Rejected Trump's Air Force One Deal  —  The company revealed that it has lost $660 million outfitting the next presidential jets—so far.  —  Boeing should have rejected then-President Donald Trump's proposed terms to build two new Air Force One aircraft, the company's CEO said Wednesday.

Top Tory caught watching porn in Commons - sitting next to female minister  —  Three sources said that around a dozen women MPs at the meeting shared accounts of alleged sexism and harassment by their colleagues  —  A top Tory was watching porn on his mobile phone in the House of Commons …

Trump Officials Awarded $700 Million Pandemic Loan Despite Objections  —  A congressional report raises new questions about a pandemic relief loan to a troubled trucking company with close ties to the Trump administration.  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday released …

How deep does the rot in the Russian army go?  —  The fiasco in Ukraine could be a reflection of either a bad strategy or a poor fighting force  —  THE JOB of organising NATO's biggest military exercise since the cold war kept Admiral James Foggo, then the commander of American naval forces …

Gov. Reeves Vetoes Suffrage Bill, Keeping Jim Crow-Era Voting Policy in Place  —  A Jim Crow-era policy meant to prevent Black citizens from voting will remain intact after Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bill to restore voting rights to people who have disenfranchising crimes expunged.

Slight Majority Say Masks Should Not Be Required On Airplanes, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But More Than Half Of Americans Still Plan To Wear Masks On Airplanes Even Without Mandates  — mail_outline  —  A week after a federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate …

‘Someone is taking too many edibles’ — Despair mounts over Biden's domestic agenda  —  The White House began this week with a modest goal for resuscitating its domestic agenda: Get Joe Manchin to the negotiating table.  —  So far, the seats are empty.  —  With the clock ticking on their hopes …

Doug Mastriano campaigned at an event promoting QAnon and conspiracy theories about 9/11  —  When candidates for public office indulge in conspiracy theories like QAnon, it's often with a wink and a nod.But just weeks before Pennsylvania's May 17 primary election, such ideas are being promoted in plain sight.

Disney's self-governing district says Florida cannot dissolve it without paying off its debts  —  (CNN)Disney's self-governing special district, the Reedy Creek Improvement District, says that Florida's move to dissolve the district next year is not legal unless the state pays off Reedy Creek's extensive debts.

The WSJ Is Worried About The Chief Justice “Turn[ing]” Votes In Dobbs  —  I'm having flashbacks to NFIB and Bostock.  Has there been a leak?  —  On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board published a piece titled, “Abortion and the Supreme Court: This is the moment for the Justices to turn the issue over to the voters.”

Opinion The GOP is no longer a party.  It's a movement to impose White Christian nationalism.  —  People might be confused about how a Republican Party that once worried about government overreach now seeks to control medical care for transgender children and retaliate against a corporation …

Henry Winkler Breaks the Curse of Stardom  —  Now in his 70s, the pop culture icon has found his true calling on “Barry,” as the king of character actors.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.