The Washington Post suspends reporter David Weigel over sexist retweet  —  New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post has suspended reporter David Weigel without pay for retweeting a sexist joke, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.  —  Weigel did not respond to a request for comment …

Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 4 lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy  —  Indictments makes the Proud Boys the second group whose members face the rare charge in the Capitol attack  —  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former longtime chairman of the extremist group Proud Boys …

Fake Trump electors in Ga. told to shroud plans in ‘secrecy,’ email shows  —  The message informed those involved in the plan that they were not allowed to disclose their intentions, even to State Capitol security  —  A staffer for Donald Trump's presidential campaign instructed Republicans planning …

Georgetown Abandons Its Free-Speech Policy Over Ilya Shapiro … Everybody supports freedom of speech for ideas they agree with.  The concept only has meaning if it's applied to ideas you don't agree with.  —  I don't agree with the idea conservative lawyer Ilya Shapiro expressed in January …

AG Paxton Launches Investigation Against Twitter for Potentially Deceiving Texas Consumers, Texas Businesses Over Fake Bot Accounts  —  Today Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation against Twitter for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Elon Musk threatens to pull out of Twitter deal without more information about fake accounts.  —  In a filing, Mr. Musk's lawyers said that Twitter was “actively resisting” his requests for more information.  —  Elon Musk is threatening to pull out of his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter …

Packin' heat: Nude Hunter Biden cavorts with hooker, illegal gun in latest mess for president  —  Hunter Biden shows himself to be a real first son-of-a-gun in the latest embarrassing personal video leak for President Biden's scandal-scarred offspring.  —  A naked Hunter casually waves around …

The Limits of San Francisco Liberalism  —  If Chesa Boudin is recalled, it will be because his city has never been its left-wing caricature.  —  In San Francisco, the signs are everywhere.  Near the famed Lombard Street, one is affixed to a lamppost.  Several of them, picturing menacing men …

GOP ads are pulled from the airwaves for being dishonest (again)  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee has had two television ads pulled over the course of three weeks.  That's both unusual and embarrassing.  —  Every election cycle, American voters see plenty of attack ads.

The GOP's ‘Glenn Youngkin Model’ Stalls Out on the Pennsylvania Turnpike  —  David McCormick loses to Dr. Oz as the donor class's post-Trump pivot fails.  —  Last fall, the members of the old guard GOP consultant class and their friends in the conservative media gushed about a new playbook …

Milo Yiannopoulos is an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is working as an unpaid intern in the congressional office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).  —  Yiannopoulos, 37, announced the job on his Telegram account Monday with a photo of his official intern congressional badge.

AOC Blasts Fellow Democrats for Resisting Term Latinx: ‘Not About Your Reelection Prospects’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted critics of the term Latinx, including fellow Democrats who resist using it and think it's “bad for the party.”  —  After a brief discussion of the term …

Boris Johnson wins vote but suffers large Tory rebellion  —  Watch: BBC News coverage of PM confidence vote  —  Play video Watch: BBC News coverage of PM confidence vote  —  Summary  — Conservative MPs have voted in favour of Boris Johnson remaining as PM by 211 to 148

The Most Shocking New Statistic on Mass Shootings  —  Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter.  Support our nonprofit reporting.  Subscribe to our print magazine.  —  With the recent spate of mass shootings, a wave of public opinion polling has reaffirmed Americans' well-known views on gun violence.

Garcetti allies tried to put the screws to Mark Kelly.  It may have backfired.  —  Democratic powerbrokers close to Eric Garcetti privately pressured Sen. Mark Kelly to support the Los Angeles mayor's ambassadorial nomination, according to five people familiar with the outreach.

EXCLUSIVE Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies  —  State police in Michigan have obtained warrants to seize voting equipment and election-related records in at least three towns and one county in the past six weeks, police records show, widening the largest known investigation …

'Act like you're asleep': Wounded Uvalde teacher recounts chilling moment he 1st saw gunman  —  Arnulfo Reyes spoke exclusively with ABC News while still hospitalized.  —  Video by GMA TeamBy, Miles Cohen, Lucien Bruggeman, and Julia Jacobo  —  An elementary school teacher wounded …

Fourth Trump Golf Course Appears To Be Violating Law By Using Presidential Seal  —  The presidential seal has turned up as a marker at a fourth Trump golf course, a possible violation of federal law.  —  On April 21, an Instagram user posted a photo of the seal at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

It's Been 50 Years.  I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.  —  I grew up in the small village of Trang Bang in South Vietnam.  My mother said I laughed a lot as a young girl.  We led a simple life with an abundance of food, since my family had a farm and my mom ran the best restaurant in town.

Manchin wants to raise age to 21 for gun purchases, doesn't see need for AR-15s  —  (CNN)Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia voiced his support Monday for raising the age to 21 for purchasing semi-automatic weapons and questioned why individuals need to own high-powered AR-15-style weapons …

Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett  —  Examination of People of Praise comes as supreme court seems poised to reverse Roe v Wade  —  The founder of the People of Praise, a secretive charismatic Christian group that counts supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett …

Why Do Democrats Suck at Messaging?  —  It's a question Dan Pfeiffer, the former Obama communications director and Pod Save America cohost, recalls getting many times.  In his new book, Battling the Big Lie, Pfeiffer diagnoses the party's messaging troubles—and calls for building a bigger megaphone.

Opinion Princeton's warning to its campus community: Speak at your own risk  —  If Princeton classics professor Joshua Katz had kept his mouth shut in 2020, would he still have a job?  —  To weigh that question, first we have to back up.  In the mid-2000s, Katz did a very bad thing: He had a sexual relationship with an undergraduate.

The Institutionalist  —  Dianne Feinstein fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century.  Where did it all go wrong?  —  From left, 1971: The first female president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  2022: The oldest sitting U.S. senator.

Cisneros asks for recount in Democratic primary runoff against incumbent Cuellar  —  Attorney Jessica Cisneros will request a recount of the runoff election between her and Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar.  —  “Our community isn't done fighting, we are filing for a recount,” Cisneros said in a statement.

American Rasputin  —  I sometimes look at the long ribbons of texts I've gotten from Steve Bannon and wonder whether they couldn't tell the whole story all on their own.  —  There are certainly enough of them.  He says he has five phones, two encrypted, and he's forever pecking away …

Justine Lindsay Is The NFL's First Openly Trans Cheerleader  —  “I think more people need to see this.  It's not because I want recognition.  It's just to shed light on what's going on in the world.”  —  In a league not known for its progressiveness, Justine Lindsay just made NFL history.