How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable  —  Tucker Carlson burst through the doors of Charlie Palmer Steak, enfolded in an entourage of producers and assistants, cellphone pressed to his ear.  On the other end was Lachlan Murdoch, chairman of the Fox empire and his de facto boss.

White House Correspondents' Dinner returns with president in attendance  —  The show goes on despite COVID-19 concerns.  —  The White House Correspondents' Dinner makes its grand return Saturday night, two years after the pandemic shut it down and six years since the last time a commander-in-chief attended the event.

How the ‘jack-in-the-box’ flaw dooms some Russian tanks  —  The sight of Russian tank turrets, blown off and lying in ruin along Ukrainian roads, points to a tank design issue known as the “jack-in-the-box” flaw.  —  The fault is related to the way many Russian tanks hold and load ammunition.

How Twitter's Board Went From Fighting Elon Musk to Accepting Him  —  It's highly unusual to move from a “poison pill” to a $44 billion deal in under two weeks.  But Twitter's board ran out of options.  —  Twitter's board had reached the end of the road.  —  It was April 24.

Days after Robin Vos extended Wisconsin's election review, Michael Gableman stands with the Assembly speaker's critics in the GOP  —  MADISON - Michael Gableman got a reprieve a few days ago, when Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced the former state Supreme Court justice could continue …

The Taxpayer Con of the Century  —  Writing off student loan debt is a wealth transfer to the affluent and academia.  —  1x  —  Remember how Democrats sold their student loan takeover as a money-saver?  Now millions of borrowers can't or don't want to repay their loans, so President Biden says he may cancel their debt.

Biden ticks up, but GOP holds advantage on economy, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Republicans lose ground when it comes to which party voters see themselves casting ballots for in November and the parties are now at rough parity.  —  President Biden's standing with Americans has improved slightly …

Bill Maher rips Twitter for flagging Babylon Bee amid Elon Musk takeover: ‘You do need a new sheriff’  —  Maher says Twitter has ‘failed’ for banning the Hunter Biden laptop story, Wuhan lab-leak theory  —  The left's response to Musk's Twitter buyout says ‘we are power-hungry control-freaks’: Watters

Nebraska Candidate for Governor Accused of Second Groping Incident at 2019 Dinner  —  Charles W. Herbster, who has been endorsed by Donald Trump for Nebraska governor, was accused of groping a second woman at a 2019 Republican fund-raising event.  He denies both allegations.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Dutch dockers refuse to unload ship with Russian diesel cargo  —  Dutch dock workers are refusing to unload a tanker with a consignment of Russian diesel in the port of Amsterdam, a day after a similar action by dockers kept the ship from entering Rotterdam port.

Conn. lawmakers pass bill to be ‘place of refuge’ for abortion patients  —  The governor has vowed to sign legislation approved Friday that was inspired by newly restrictive laws in GOP-led states  —  The Connecticut state Senate gave final approval late Friday to a novel plan to turn …