Texas school police chief hasn't responded for days to state investigators about Uvalde shooting  —  Police response to Uvalde school shooting under review, as funeral services begin  —  A local police chief in Uvalde, Texas, hasn't responded for a follow-up interview in a state investigation …

President Biden: What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine  —  The invasion Vladimir Putin thought would last days is now in its fourth month.  The Ukrainian people surprised Russia and inspired the world with their sacrifice, grit and battlefield success.

D.C. gun seizures are soaring — but charges aren't sticking  —  Police say there are legal hurdles to securing convictions even when they recover a weapon.  Defense attorneys say they are bringing weak cases.  —  A D.C. police officer pulled over the driver of a Pontiac Bonneville …

Scoop: Dems' lead impeachment lawyer to run for Congress in New York  —  Dan Goldman, the former lead counsel for House Democrats in their first attempt to impeach former President Trump, is planning to jump into the crowded Democratic primary in New York's 10th congressional district.

'It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections  —  Video recordings of Republican Party operatives meeting with grassroots activists provide an inside look at a multi-pronged strategy to target and potentially overturn votes in Democratic precincts …

The White House has one problem that rules them all: Gas prices  —  For the past several months, a White House-led team of economic specialists has marked each day in the same way: With a painstaking, state-by-state examination of gasoline prices and the intricate market forces pushing them relentlessly upward.

The Humiliation of John Durham  —  Hired by Bill Barr to investigate the Trump investigators, the prosecutor had little to show for his work even before his defeat in court yesterday.  —  John Durham, the special counsel appointed days before the 2020 election by Donald Trump's attorney general William Barr …

US military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, says head of Cyber Command  —  In an exclusive interview with Sky News, General Paul Nakasone confirmed for the first time that the US had “conducted a series of operations” in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Biden to meet with baby formula makers on easing shortage  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet with infant formula manufacturers as his administration works to ease nationwide shortages by importing foreign supplies and using the Defense Production Act to speed domestic production.

Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Regulating Social Media Platforms  —  The law, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, prohibits big technology companies like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the views they express.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Anatomy of a fake  —  What a viral fake news story about “race-based grading” tells us about our media ecosystem  —  This is the tale of a fake news story, widely shared by a lot of smart people who so badly wanted for it to be true that they didn't care that it wasn't.

Peter Navarro subpoena suggests DoJ may be investigating Trump  —  Justice department seeks former aide's communications with ex-president and his attorneys  —  Peter Navarro, a top White House adviser to Donald Trump, is being commanded by a federal grand jury subpoena to turn …

Dems sweat GOP surge in South Texas special election  —  Democrats already had a South Texas problem — and it's on the verge of getting worse.  —  Republicans are well-positioned to flip former Rep. Filemon Vela's (D-Texas) seat in a special election this summer, a victory …

Here's The DOJ Report Finding That Obama Officials Didn't Improperly Unmask Gen. Flynn  —  A Justice Department probe found that members of the Obama administration did not seek to reveal the identity of General Michael Flynn “for political purposes or other inappropriate reasons,” a newly disclosed report reveals.

A ‘Dynamite’ guest at the White House: BTS meets with Biden on anti-Asian discrimination  —  A horde of eager journalists began to crowd the aisles of the White House briefing room Tuesday long before the daily parrying session with reporters would begin — and they weren't there for Brian Deese.

The RNC's Ground Game of Inches  —  Inside the secretive, dubious, and extremely offline attempt to convert minorities into Republicans … In some sense, it was predictable that my search for any information about one of the Republican National Committee's two dozen community centers would lead me back to Facebook.

Same-Sex Marriage Support Inches Up to New High of 71%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of Americans say they support legal same-sex marriage, which exceeds the previous high of 70% recorded in 2021 by one percentage point.  —  These data are from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May 2-22.

Trial Diary: A Journalist Sits on a Baltimore Jury  —  Could 12 strangers agree on justice in Baltimore, a city riddled with killings and distrust of the police, in a shooting case where the victim was an actor on the legendary drama “The Wire”? … By the end of our first afternoon …

Opinion MBS stands on the verge of getting what he wants  —  The dictionary defines “realpolitik” as “policy based on power rather than ideals or principles.”  We are about to see a version of this in action when President Biden visits Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia.

Sarah Palin Didn't Supply ‘Even A Speck’ Of Proof In New York Times Lawsuit: Judge  —  On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff denied the former Alaska governor's request for a new trial.  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The judge who presided over Sarah Palin's libel case against The New York Times denied …