A Brief, Concerning Conversation With Dianne Feinstein  —  “Oh, you're an eager one,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein said as the elevator door opened and she saw me on Tuesday afternoon.  —  The senior California senator had just voted, after returning to the Senate last week after an extended absence following a case of shingles.

Intrusion at national security adviser's home under investigation  —  Secret Service is investigating how unidentified man entered Jake Sullivan's home undetected by his protective detail  —  The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a man entered the home of President Biden's national security adviser …

Lauren Boebert files for divorce from her husband  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has filed for divorce from her husband, Jayson, the Garfield County Republican announced Tuesday.  —  The couple has been married for roughly two decades.  —  “It is with a heavy weight on my heart that I have filed for divorce from my husband.

No need to shoot The Messenger: Its muddled ideas are doing the job  —  The new site from the former owner of The Hill — backed by $50 million — feels like a remnant of an earlier age.  —  command-f, c, a, r, r, o, l, l.  —  That was the first thing I typed when I saw that new news startup …

McCarthy credits Biden with changing ‘scope’ of debt ceiling talks  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday left a meeting on the debt ceiling with President Biden and other congressional leaders saying the structure of negotiations had improved and that he held out hope a deal would be possible in the coming days.

Sometimes Back Down: Key DeSantis allies viewed anti-Trump tweet as a “massive mistake”  —  The News  —  The leading pro-DeSantis PAC surprised the political world with a single tweet after Donald Trump's CNN town hall last week.  It bluntly called out the former president for his answers on January 6th …

Musk says George Soros ‘hates humanity,’ compares him to Jewish supervillain  —  The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League condemned Elon Musk's comparison of Soros to Magneto — a Marvel villain who opposes humanity  —  Elon Musk made a series of attacks on George Soros overnight …

CNN's CEO stands by Trump town hall but acknowledges production weaknesses, sources say  — After re-watching Donald Trump's town hall from last week, CNN CEO Chris Licht would have liked to do certain things differently from a production standpoint.  — The lessons could be used by CNN …

Donna Deegan beats Daniel Davis for Jacksonville mayor, becoming first woman to win the office in city history  —  Former TV anchor Donna Deegan beat JAX Chamber CEO Daniel Davis in a stunning upset for Jacksonville mayor, becoming the first woman ever and only the second Democrat to win …

House GOP leaders reassure their Santos critics after Dems launch expulsion push  —  During a private meeting held just after Democrats pitched a surprise resolution ejecting Santos from office, Republican leaders briefed his fellow New Yorkers on the options.

Texas passes bill stripping authority from cities  —  A sweeping Texas bill stripping authority from cities passed the state Senate Tuesday and is now headed to the governor's desk.  —  House Bill 2127 takes large domains of municipal governing — from payday lending laws to regulations …

Bipartisan group calls for investigation into Comer's remarks about missing whistleblower  —  A bipartisan organization is calling for an investigation into Rep. James Comer's (R-Ky.) comments about a missing whistleblower connected to the House GOP's ongoing investigation of President Biden and his family.

Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department ethics probe  —  Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential issues, her attorney said Tuesday.

House Dem slammed by conservative writer at hearing on left-wing violence: ‘Coward’  —  After his tirade, one of the witnesses asked if they could respond, to which Goldman shook his head and answered 'there's no question'  —  A House Democrat faced backlash online for dismissing the testimony …

A Bombshell Sexual Abuse Complaint Against Rudy Giuliani Contains Some Big, Buried Ledes  —  We need to talk about Rudy.  —  Honestly, I wish we didn't, at least not under these lurid and frankly gross circumstances.  Rudy Giuliani, the former attorney to ex-president Trump …

Florida teacher under investigation for showing Disney movie with gay character says she didn't know LGBTQ restriction applied to her class  —  A Florida teacher under a state investigation for showing a Disney movie featuring a gay character said she wasn't aware the state's controversial …

Masha Gessen Resigns in Protest From PEN America Board  —  What happens when free-speech absolutists flinch  —  Since the earliest days of the war in Ukraine, much of the Western world has become squeamish about Russian art.  Tchaikovsky would not be played.  Russian literature was kept high on the shelf.

A high-schooler filmed her teacher using the n-word, then got suspended  —  The geometry teacher said the n-word twice in a 55-second video captured by the 15-year-old  —  Mary Walton thought her teacher repeatedly saying a racist slur in class last week was wrong, so the 15-year-old sophomore …

Salman Rushdie warns free expression under threat in rare public address after attack  —  Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech, nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, warning that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat in his lifetime.

5 things to know about the Florida judge who blocked Biden's immigration plan  —  T. Kent Wetherell entered the national debate over immigration after he temporarily stopped the Biden administration from implementing its immigration “parole” policy.  —  A key part of President Joe Biden's …

IRS whistleblower letter accuses DOJ of retaliation in Hunter Biden probe  —  Attorneys for IRS whistleblower say DOJ kicked whistleblower's investigative team off Hunter Biden probe  —  Attorneys for an IRS whistleblower say the whistleblower's entire team has been removed from the Hunter Biden probe …

Civil rights leader to deliver keynote at New College alternative graduation  —  Organizers of the New College of Florida graduating Class of 2023 student-led “Commencement On Our Terms” have announced civil rights leader and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Maya Wiley …

Inside Tucker Carlson's Battle to Trade His $20 Million Fox News Salary for a Twitter Show (EXCLUSIVE) … On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.'s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching was a condition of Fox News' settlement with Dominion Voting Systems …

White House not planning to ask for extra Ukraine funding before September despite lawmaker concerns money could run out by summer  —  The White House says it is not currently planning to ask Congress for new Ukraine funding before the end of the fiscal year at the end of September …

Conservative pundits are increasingly open about who they think should be killed  —  Right-wing media cheer DeSantis' expansion of the death penalty and try to justify the extrajudicial homicide of Jordan Neely  —  Right-wing media figures are celebrating both Florida's expansion …

Taco Bell is fighting to cancel the ‘Taco Tuesday’ trademark  —  New York CNN —  Taco Bell wants to liberate the “Taco Tuesday” trademark from a smaller, rival chain.  —  The taco chain filed a petition Tuesday (naturally) with the US Patent and Trademark office to cancel the trademark …