Musk's Twitter Pitch Featured Job Cuts, Other Ways to Make Money  —  As he negotiated a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc., Elon Musk told bankers that he would be focused on the social-media company's bottom line, and floated the idea of cutting both costs and jobs, according to people familiar with the matter.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I would like to see a naked body beneath my hands.’ GOP Rep Madison Cawthorn is caught on video with male scheduler's hand on his crotch as new ethics complaint claims the congressman gave him thousands of dollars in loans and gifts,  — Footage obtained exclusively …

McConnell miscalculated Republican impeachment count against Trump, book says  —  Mitch McConnell thought the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol would finally vanquish Donald Trump, initially predicting that at least 17 Republican senators would vote to convict him in his impeachment trial …

Georgia governor poll |  Brian Kemp vs. David Perdue & Brian Kemp vs. Stacey Abrams results  —  The poll was commissioned through SurveyUSA and conducted with likely Georgia voters from April 22-27.  —  ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp is on track for reelection as Georgia's governor …

Media coalition condemns LA County sheriff's threat to investigate LA Times reporter  —  In a letter to LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, RCFP called his threats “an affront to the First Amendment.”  —  The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 31 news media organizations sent …

Biden seeks a dramatic increase in aid for Ukraine  —  The White House is calling on Congress to approve $33 billion in additional funding, and is also seeking to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs and send the proceeds to Ukraine.  —  President Biden on Thursday unveiled a sweeping …

Feds seek $3M from Paul Manafort over failing to disclose offshore accounts  —  The Justice Department is suing Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chair, for almost $3 million in penalties related to his alleged failure to file reports disclosing more than 20 bank accounts he controlled …

U.S. says Russian intelligence orchestrated attack on Nobel laureate  —  Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov was assailed with red paint laced with acetone during a Russian train trip on April 7.  —  The U.S. government has assessed that Russian intelligence was behind an attack earlier …

Trump allies breach U.S. voting systems in search of 2020 fraud ‘evidence’  —  Chasing proof of vote-rigging conspiracy theories, Republican officials and activists in eight U.S. locales have plotted to gain illegal access to balloting systems, undermining the security of elections they claim to protect.

G.O.P. Concocts Fake Threat: Voter Fraud by Undocumented Immigrants  —  Far from the U.S.-Mexico border, Ohio's Senate primary shows how the Republican obsession with the fiction of a stolen election has spawned a new cause for fear of illegal immigration.  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio …

Trump goes all in for candidate accused of sexual assault  —  Former President Donald Trump's aides earlier this month told him about explosive allegations: That Charles Herbster, his endorsed candidate in the Nebraska governor's race and a longtime top donor and ally, had sexually assaulted eight women.

Personally, I Prefer Having Fewer Nazis on Twitter  —  Like pretty much any journalist who compulsively wastes too much of their life on Twitter, I've had my fair share of unpleasant experiences with the site.  In part, that's because I'm Jewish, and I occasionally find my mentions flooded …

Deborah Birx's first meeting with Donald Trump lasted just 30 seconds as he flipped on Fox News, book says  — Dr. Deborah Birx is out with a tell-all book about her time in the Trump administration.  — Birx says her first meeting with Trump in March 2020 about COVID-19 lasted only 30 seconds.

Russia's Long Disdain for Ukrainian Nationhood  —  Even Russian liberals and dissidents have traditionally shared Putin's view that Ukraine has no distinct cultural identity.  —  1x  —  As a young poet in the Soviet Union, Joseph Brodsky was persecuted by the authorities before escaping …

Bernie Sanders Wants Democrats to Make Unions Their Biggest Message  —  The moment is finally meeting the man, as national unionization efforts grow.  “To turn your back on the working class, in general, is political suicide,” the senator tells Vanity Fair.

Key Justice Dept. Official Expected to Step Down  —  John Carlin, who occupies one of the most powerful and under-the-radar posts in the department, has dealt with major matters including the Jan. 6 investigation.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — A top official …

Princeton University investigating Sam Wang for research misconduct, toxic workplace issues  —  Head of Princeton Gerrymandering Project faces probe over data manipulation, retaliating against staff  —  Princeton University has launched an internal investigation of Sam Wang …

This Will Not Pass.  And Yet D.C. Republicans Keep Pretending It Will.  —  Hey y'all!  —  It's Tim in for JVL today but do not fret, our Sad King will return tomorrow.  —  Thanks again for all your support for World Central Kitchen.  We are closing in on $100k contributed from Bulwark readers.

Revolt Brews in Michigan G.O.P. After Elevation of Trump Allies  —  The Republican old guard is protesting the direction of the party after it put forward two champions of Donald Trump's election falsehoods for attorney general and secretary of state.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Opinion Are Democrats ‘sleepwalking’ into long-term catastrophe?  —  The frenzied midterm second-guessing among Democrats appears to be intensifying.  —  The stories are everywhere: Democrats fear that they've failed to counter GOP cultural attacks.  That they've fumbled the politics of immigration.

A New Role for Astead Herndon  —  Astead, a national political reporter who has been a valued partner to the Audio team for several years, is joining the Audio team as a host of a new politics show.  Read more in this note from Lisa Tobin and Paula Szuchman.

Report to Congress on The Estimated Net Worth and Known Sources of Income of Syrian President Bashar Assad and His Family Members Section 6507 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (P.L. 117-81)  —  Scope and Methodology  —  In this report, the Department of State examines …

Pregnancy From Rape Is ‘An Opportunity’ For Women, Says Republican Trying To Ban Abortion  —  Ohio state Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) defended her abortion ban recently, arguing that “just because you have emotional scars doesn't give you the right to take a life.”

Biden admin struggles to calm the Democratic storm over immigration  —  Memo to the Biden administration: The written plan to handle a summertime migration surge at the border isn't satisfying purple-state Democrats who were pointedly asking for one.  —  Instead, even after reviewing …