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 …

The Worst Part Of The Durham Report Is What's Not In It  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Bill Barr's Trusty Stooge  —  Special Counsel John Durham got spun so many different ways by Bill Barr that by the time he released …

Centrist Dems are plotting a save-McCarthy strategy for the debt fight  —  If the speaker cuts a deal that alienates conservatives, some Democrats are willing to help save his gavel.  —  Kevin McCarthy faces a clear challenge as he tries to strike a debt limit deal: Any compromise he makes …

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 …

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 …

Scoop: Inside the Biden split with NY Mayor Eric Adams  —  New York Mayor Eric Adams, the highest profile Black mayor in the country, has gotten so crossways with the White House that he was dropped from Biden's 2024 campaign advisory board before it was announced last week.

Biden maintains edge over Trump in 2024 US election -Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  President Joe Biden continues to hold an edge over potential Republican challengers Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as the 2024 U.S. presidential election draws closer, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.

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 …

12-Year-Old Charged With Murder, Accused of Killing Sonic Employee  —  A 12-year-old and a 20-year-old are both facing a murder charge after a restaurant employee was gunned down during an altercation with a customer Saturday night in Keene.  —  Flowers and a cross now stand outside the Sonic Drive-In on Old Betsy Road in Keene.

OpenAI CEO wows lawmakers at closed dinner: ‘Fantastic...forthcoming’  — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to an engaged crowd of around 60 lawmakers at a dinner Monday about the advanced artificial technology his company produces and the challenges of regulating it.

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.

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 …

Kentucky Republicans to Pick Challenger to Popular Democratic Governor  —  Parties to scrutinize race for voter sentiment ahead of 2024 presidential election  —  Kentucky Republicans are heading to the polls Tuesday to pick the party's nominee to take on incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear …

Eyes on the poor: Cameras, facial recognition watch over public housing  —  Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents, sometimes for minor rule violations, a Washington Post investigation found

Americans' Largely Positive Views of Childhood Vaccines Hold Steady  —  Fewer than half in U.S. rate COVID-19 vaccines as having high health benefits, low risk of side effects  —  Fewer than half in U.S. rate COVID-19 vaccines as having high health benefits, low risk of side effects  —  How we did this

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 …

Billionaire investor George Soros' fund dumped its entire Tesla stake in the first quarter - cashing out on the EV's maker's 2023 rebound  — Billionaire investor George Soros' family office dumped its entire stake in Tesla during the first quarter of 2023.

Here Comes the “Biden Kill List”  —  JAMES COMER, THE REPUBLICAN WHO CHAIRS the House Oversight Committee, has been widely mocked for claiming during a Sunday interview with not-yet-fired Fox anchor Maria Bartiromo that the “informant” in his committee's investigation of the Biden family's …

13-Year-Olds Charged With Taxi Driver's Murder  —  TRAGIC  —  Three teenage boys have been charged with robbing and killing a taxi driver in New Jersey, authorities said Tuesday.  The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said the three juveniles—aged 13, 13, and 14—were arrested Friday …

Mayorkas impeachment pressure builds inside the House GOP  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing fresh pressure from within his ranks - including from key allies and top lieutenants - to launch impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …

Three GOP-led states are set to vote on new abortion bans today  —  If passed, the new bans — 12-week prohibitions in North Carolina and Nebraska, and a six-week ban in South Carolina — could further erode access to care. … Three states, all with Republican supermajorities …

House GOP pushes Senate to cancel recess over debt ceiling  —  A group of more than a dozen House Republicans is urging the Senate to cancel its upcoming recess in the absence of a debt ceiling bill, Axios has learned. … - Key senators told Axios cancelling the recess is not out of the question.

Schwarzenegger: Newsom White House bid ‘a no-brainer’  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger says it's a “no-brainer” for California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to eventually make a White House bid.  —  “Every governor from a big state wants to take that shot,” the “Terminator” actor and California's former Republican governor …

Sarah Hughes, Olympic gold medalist, now running for Congress  —  Sarah Hughes, who won an Olympic gold medal for figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympics, is now leaping into the political world as she starts a bid for Congress.  —  Hughes, who was a high school student in Long Island …

Cable News Ratings Friday May 12: CNN Prime Time Viewership Drops Below Newsmax  —  CNN prime time dropped on Friday to 335,000 average total viewers from 8 to 11 p.m, coming below right-wing channel Newsmax, which scored 357,000 average prime time viewers.  —  The ratings-beleaguered network landed …

How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care  —  In the campaign to ban gender therapies for minors, Republicans have amplified a group of activists who no longer identify as transgender, overriding objections from transgender people and medical experts.