A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show.  The company paid $250,000 for her silence.  — A flight attendant for SpaceX said Elon Musk asked her to “do more” during a massage, documents show.  — The billionaire founder exposed …

Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill banning abortions after ‘fertilization’  —  Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that would ban abortions from the moment of “fertilization,” which if signed into law would effectively prohibit almost all abortions in the state.

Congress members led ‘reconnaissance tours’ of Capitol before attack, evidence suggests  —  The revelation resurrects a line of inquiry into the involvement of House Republicans in the insurrection  —  The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed on Thursday …

Trump washes hands of Perdue in Georgia as his campaign limps into final stretch  —  Dark on TV.  Trailing badly in polls.  Written off by Republican political insiders nationally and in Georgia.  —  Former Sen. David Perdue's once-spirited primary challenge to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears …

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she's engaged to her longtime partner, Riley Roberts: 'Yep!  It's true'  — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirmed to Insider that she's engaged.  — AOC met her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, when they were students at Boston University.

A look at the time Tucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden for a favor  —  The Fox News host often ridicules the president's son, but years ago, the two were close  —  Tucker Carlson and his wife were looking to get their son a leg up in his college application to Georgetown University when they turned …

Oz, McCormick unleash army of lawyers in Pa. Senate race  —  PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Mehmet Oz is still ahead by a whisker in Pennsylvania's razor-thin Senate GOP contest.  But David McCormick is slowly chipping away at his lead, and both sides are preparing for a drawn-out vote-counting process marked …

Michigan election chief: Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed  —  Jocelyn Benson said she was told that the former president made the remark in a White House meeting.  A Trump spokesman accused Benson of lying.  —  Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's top election official …

Former Attorney General William Barr tentatively agrees to give sworn testimony to January 6 committee  —  (CNN)Former Attorney General William Barr has “tentatively agreed to give sworn testimony behind closed doors” to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection …

Pentagon spokesman Kirby moving to White House in senior communications role  —  Pentagon spokesman John Kirby will move to the White House in a senior communications role, according to two people familiar with the personnel move.  —  Kirby's move to the White House comes after Karine Jean-Pierre took …

James Baker buries Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann in probe  —  WASHINGTON, DC — A former FBI official delivered devastating testimony Thursday against former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann — saying he's “100% confident” the defendant denied acting …

The symptoms and causes of monkeypox infections, which CDC calls an ‘emerging issue’  —  First case of monkeypox identified in U.S. as outbreak grows in Europe  —  New cases of monkeypox were reported in the U.K., Spain, Portugal, Italy and the U.S. this week, a rare occurrence …

Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC drops $2M against Mo Brooks in U.S. Senate race  —  Alabama's 2022 race for the U.S. Senate has proven that there is no love lost between U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha  —  Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime.  —  THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS IMAGES OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE.

Kellyanne Conway Writes in New Book of Husband's ‘Cheating by Tweeting’ and Ivanka Trump's Supportive Gesture  —  “I was having a hard time competing with his new fling,” Conway writes in an excerpt of her memoir Here's the Deal of her husband's habit of criticizing President Trump on Twitter

Can Democrats Turn Things Around?  —  With just under six months to go until the November elections, the political environment looks as bleak as ever for Democrats.  The President's job approval ratings remain mired in the low 40s, inflation has proven to be stubborn and persistent …

Stefanik's echo of ‘great replacement’ rhetoric offers clues to her national ambitions — and her changing district  —  OGDENSBURG, N.Y. — In the wake of Saturday's mass shooting in Buffalo, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., has drawn national attention for echoing the kind of white nationalist …

Vengeful Madison Cawthorn Vows ‘Dark MAGA’ Takeover  —  “The time for gentile politics as usual has come to an end,” the defeated Republican wrote, presumably not in reference to the politics of non-Jews.  —  Less than 48 hours after his shocking defeat in North Carolina's primary election …

These 14 states had significant miscounts in the 2020 census  —  Loading...  For the 2020 census, all states were not counted equally well for population numbers used to allocate political representation and federal funding over the next decade, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday.

Barnes & Noble Being Sued in Virginia Beach Over GENDER QUEER, COURT OF MIST AND FURY  —  Last week, Virginia Beach (VA) schools voted to remove Gender Queer from shelves.  It came after school board member Victoria Manning complained about it and several other books within the schools.

In a Ukrainian Town, a Collaborator Who Worked With the Russians Now Faces Justice  —  The Russian-appointed mayor of Dymer tried to persuade locals to support Moscow.  He was left behind as the Russians abruptly withdrew.  —  DYMER, Ukraine—Soon after entering this town north of Kyiv in late February …

Birmingham private school assignment compares Barack Obama to monkeys  —  Worksheet lists former President Obama with monkeys at private Birmingham school  —  This month, the curriculum passed out to students instructed students to pick from a gallery of photos labeled apes, monkeys, and lemurs.

Nearly 200 Republicans vote against bill to ease baby formula shortage  —  House GOP leaders were among the 192 Republicans who voted against providing $28 million in aid to the Food and Drug Administration to address the shortage of baby formula — within days of criticizing President Biden for not doing enough on the issue.

Minnesota GOP chair Hann apologizes for antisemitic image  —  The chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota apologized Thursday for an image that was projected at the party's state convention of George Soros manipulating the strings of puppets with the faces of two prominent Jewish Democrats.

Fetus-powered street lamps?  Republicans ramp up outrageous anti-abortion lies ahead of Roe's demise  —  During a House hearing, the GOP demonized patients and doctors with QAnon-style conspiracy theories  —  It was only one half-hour into Wednesday's congressional hearing on abortion access …

Dancing with Putin: Has Europe finally had enough of politicians making big money from Russia?  —  Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western politicians and business leaders have rushed to leave their lucrative boardroom roles at Russian companies in protest and in order to isolate the country as punishment for the war.

Project Veritas says the FBI declared it part of media  —  Project Veritas, a conservative organization known for undercover video stings of mainstream news outlets and liberal activists, contends in a new court filing that the FBI deemed the outlet to be part of the news media …

Soldiers Facing Discrimination from State Laws Could Request Transfers Under Draft Army Policy  —  The Army is circulating a draft policy tweak that would specify that soldiers can request to move if they feel state or local laws discriminate against them based on gender, sex, religion …

GOP senators' private meeting with Google turns tense over email bias claims  —  Republican senators laid into a Google executive at the Capitol Wednesday over allegations that the company's filters target GOP emails as spam.  It quickly turned confrontational.