Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump  —  Musk spoke virtually at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter's ban on former president Donald Trump.  —  Musk, the Tesla CEO who is soon to own Twitter …

Senate passes bill to expand protection for Supreme Court justices to their families  —  A bipartisan bill passed in the Senate last night that will provide additional security for Supreme Court justices and their families.  The bill passed on a voice vote and was unanimous.

The great GOP divide on abortion  —  Republicans are deeply split on their abortion strategy, with top officials pushing restraint, even silence, while activist GOP candidates demand an all-out campaign for a national ban and harsher penalties.  —  Why it matters: Republicans' confidence …

Biden to blast Republicans as having no plan on inflation  —  U.S. President Joe Biden will use a speech on inflation on Tuesday as an attempt to turn his Democratic Party's top political liability ahead of congressional elections later this year into an attack on his Republican opposition.

Inside the Republican campaign to take down Madison Cawthorn  —  The freshman congressman picked a fight with top GOP leaders in his state.  They gave it to him.  —  Last November, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) texted his state's junior senator, Thom Tillis, about a tweet from the senator's wife.

Trump Kept Asking if China Was Shooting Us With a ‘Hurricane Gun’  —  The then-leader of the free world also inquired whether the U.S. could bomb China in retaliation for the alleged hurricane attack  —  Near the beginning of Donald Trump's time in office, the then-president had a pressing question …

Delaware State University ‘incensed’ after lacrosse team's bus stopped, searched in Georgia  —  A college women's lacrosse team feels traumatized after its charter bus was stopped by police while traveling through Georgia, an incident that has left the school's president “incensed.”

Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell glues himself to Starbucks counter, video shows  —  (NEXSTAR) - Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell superglued himself to the counter of a Starbucks café in New York City on Tuesday to protest of the chain's policy of charging extra for plant-based milk.

Mark Esper was asked if Trump was a threat to democracy.  Here's what he said.  —  Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was asked a very simple question by Fox's Bret Baier on Monday: “Do you think Donald Trump was a threat to democracy?”  —  Here's what Esper said in response:

The QAnon Queen Told Followers They Didn't Need to Pay Bills.  It Didn't End Well.  —  The QAnon Queen of Canada told her followers to stop paying their electricity and water bills because she declared them free.  But now the utility companies are calling.  —  Mack Lamoureux  —  TORONTO, CA

Pro-Trump OAN network admits there was no widespread fraud in Georgia in the 2020 election after extensively pushing the claim  — One America News Network said in a statement that there was “no widespread voter fraud” in the 2020 election.  — It was responding to a defamation lawsuit …

Hawley introduces bill to strip ‘woke’ Disney of special copyright protections  —  Hawley aims to revoke Disney's ‘special privileges’ with new legislation  —  Nikki Fried: Revoking Disney's special privileges will have a ‘lasting impact’ on people of Florida

Gun deaths surged during the pandemic's first year, the C.D.C. reports.  —  Soaring rates were driven largely by gun-related homicides, which rose 35 percent from 2019 to 2020.  —  Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020, the first year of the pandemic …

How Politics Poisoned the Evangelical Church  —  The movement spent 40 years at war with secular America.  Now it's at war with itself.  —  “Before i turn to the Word,” the preacher announces, “I'm gonna do another diatribe.”  —  “Go on!” one man yells.  “Amen!” shouts a woman several pews in front of me.

The ACLU Has Lost Its Way  —  The lurid spectacle that is Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard hasn't just tarnished his star and hers with allegations that he beat her and violated her with a bottle or that she severed part of his finger and emptied her bowels in the marital bed.

Woman finds box of mail-in ballots on East Hollywood sidewalk; LA County Registrar investigating  —  Woman finds box of mail-in ballots on East Hollywood sidewalk  —  LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Registrar's Office and the United States Postal Service are investigating after 104 ballots …

The Pop Song That's Uniting India and Pakistan  —  The writer and musician Ali Sethi has created an unconventional hit with “Pasoori.”  —  A few years ago, the musician Ali Sethi was driving through Punjab, behind a jingle truck—the long-haul trucks known in his native Pakistan …

Ex-Wife Accuses Warnock of Harassment After He Subpoenas Her College Transcripts  —  Sen. Raphael Warnock's (D., Ga.) ex-wife is fighting his attempt to subpoena her decade-old college records as part of a child custody dispute, saying his request is irrelevant to the case and intended …

Racist ‘Replacement Theory’ Is Bleeding Into GOP Senate Campaigns  —  Multiple Republican Senate candidates have pushed claims that sound awfully like the white supremacist Great Replacement theory.  —  When Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was recently asked on Fox News about immigration reform …

‘Ultra-MAGA’ longshot roars into contention in key Senate race  —  PHILADELPHIA — Kathy Barnette has been outspent 358-to-1 on TV in Pennsylvania's GOP primary for the Senate.  She hasn't run for statewide office before.  She doesn't have former President Donald Trump's endorsement.

Campaign Donors Bought MTG a $92,000 Vehicle  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used donors' campaign contributions to buy herself a luxury vehicle worth over $92,000, FEC records show.  —  The expenditure will prove controversial as the May 24 primary approaches, not just because of the expensive …

In the Democratic primary, Fetterman for U.S. Senate  —  The contest to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who is not seeking reelection, is one of the most closely watched races in the nation, as the seat could tilt control of the U.S. Senate.  —  The race is among the most crucial in the country.