VP Kamala Harris to meet with ‘Tennessee Three’ in surprise visit to Nashville after expulsion over gun protests  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Nashville Friday to push for gun control and meet with two Tennessee Democratic lawmakers who were expelled …

Trump Wanted to Hire Laura Loomer, Anti-Muslim Activist  —  The former president's aides feared that hiring Ms. Loomer, who has a long history of bigoted remarks, would set off a backlash.  That proved to be correct.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump recently told aides to hire Laura Loomer …

Justice Thomas: Advisers said no need to report travel with GOP donor  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday said he had been advised “by colleagues and others in the judiciary” that luxury trips financed by a billionaire friend and conservative activist was “personal hospitality” that did not have to be disclosed.

New Batch of Classified Documents Appears on Social Media Sites  —  Secret documents that appear to detail American national security secrets on Ukraine, the Middle East and China have surfaced online.  —  WASHINGTON — A new batch of classified documents that appear to detail American …

Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It  —  So here's the deal.  If you think the Twitter Files are still something legit or telling or powerful, watch this 30 minute interview that Mehdi Hasan did with Matt Taibbi (at Taibbi's own demand):

Kyrsten Sinema Is Preparing for a 2024 Re-Election Campaign  —  Recent presentation at meeting lays out timeline for hiring staff, gathering opposition research  —  PHOENIX— Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat-turned-independent, is preparing for a re-election campaign …

Rebekah Jones' Viral Claims About Her Son's Arrest By ‘Fascist’ DeSantis Don't Match Available Evidence  —  The son of a former Florida employee who claimed she was asked to alter COVID data was arrested for threatening to shoot up his former school.  —  This week, the teenage son of Rebekah Jones …

Twitter now disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links … Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site, a message pops up saying that “Twitter has unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets …

Appeals court ruling puts hundreds of Jan. 6 felony cases in limbo  —  The splintered decision raises questions about DOJ's ability to sustain charges of obstructing an official proceeding.  —  Hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants facing obstruction charges — one of the most commonly charged felonies …

Texas judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone  —  Federal lawsuit by conservative groups followed the Supreme Court's elimination of the constitutional right to abortion last June  —  A federal judge in Texas blocked U.S. government approval of a key abortion medication Friday …

Riley Gaines Assaulted by Trans Activists at San Francisco State University  —  Record-setting swimmer Riley Gaines, an outspoken critic of transgender athletes being permitted to compete in divisions they self-identify with, was violently assaulted at San Francisco State University following a speech on Thursday.

'The Elite's Destruction of Civic Customs Is Complete'  —  On Tuesday afternoon, against the blue-sky backdrop of one of the first spring-like days in New York, Donald Trump's eight-car motorcade arrived at the Manhattan district attorney's office.  He was there to turn himself in ahead …

Twitter lawyer quits as Musk's legal woes expand, report says  —  Twitter is now facing probes from the FTC and German authorities.  —  After the Federal Trade Commission launched a probe into Twitter over privacy concerns, Twitter's negotiations with the FTC do not seem to be going very well.

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Moose feasts on lobby plants in Alaska hospital building  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — So this moose walks into a medical building...  While that could be a setup to a bad joke, it actually happened in Anchorage on Thursday.  —  A young moose trudging through the snow looking …

Masters Live Updates |  Play suspended at Masters, trees down  —  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from the second round Friday of the Masters (all times local):  —  Play has been suspended for a second time due to weather at Augusta National, where two large pine tress have fallen on the course apparently due to high winds.

The GOP's epic losing streak  — First, the 2018 House elections were a disaster for Republicans: Democrats had a net gain of 40 seats to take over the House — their largest gain since the post-Watergate election of 1974.  — Then Trump lost the presidency.

White House issues reforms to regulatory process  —  The White House is forming the country's regulatory system, announcing a new executive order and guidance that experts say could be used to justify both more and stronger regulations.  —  On Thursday, the White House released …

Americans divided over criminal charges against Trump - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  The prosecution of former President Donald Trump has evenly divided Americans but appears to have boosted his chances of winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.