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 …

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 …

Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court has collapsed since conservatives took control  —  A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans' confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has collapsed over the last 20 months — a period that began with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans installing …

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.

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 …

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.

Dems edge closer to giving GOP a border vote as a price for Covid aid  —  Two Senate Democratic leaders say they are willing to give Republicans a vote on reversing President Joe Biden's move to end pandemic-era border restrictions, provided that the GOP then agrees to move a stalled $10 billion coronavirus aid deal.

Senate Republicans decry ‘unsavory’ attacks on Oz's dual citizenship  —  Senate Republicans are dismissing attacks on Mehmet Oz's Turkish citizenship by his GOP rivals, boosting the campaign of the Donald Trump-endorsed TV star ahead of next week's primary.  —  Several of Oz's competitors …

Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Disney of Special Copyright Protections  —  Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Copyright Clause Restoration Act, a new bill to strip woke corporations like Disney of special copyright protections.  Senator Hawley's bill would limit …

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.

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

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 J. D. Vance I Knew  —  His abilities I never underestimated.  What he was willing to do for political advancement, I did.  —  Last week, Politico reported on a strange leak from the J. D. Vance campaign.  A super PAC supporting the Ohio Republican—who won the party's nomination for Senate on May 3 …

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:

For Financial Help and Counsel, Hunter Biden Turns to Hollywood Lawyer  —  Kevin Morris, known for brokering big entertainment deals, has helped President Biden's son navigate his legal troubles and scrutiny from the right.  Some of the White House's allies are concerned.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

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 …

Multiple fake electors cooperating in Georgia criminal probe of Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  (CNN)Prosecutors in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have interviewed several individuals who served as fake GOP electors from the state …

Still in Contempt, Trump Now Owes New York $150,000  —  The ex-president's fines are growing by $10,000 each day.  He's fighting to have the decision reversed. … Former President Donald Trump now owes at least $150,000 in fines for contempt of court stemming from his failure to cooperate …

Seminole County high school to cover yearbook photos of 'don't say gay' student protests  —  A Seminole County high school is covering up yearbook photos of students protesting Florida's so-called “don't say gay” bill, a move that the publication's staffers call censorship.

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 …

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 …