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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

House Democrat introduces resolution to expel Santos  —  A House Democrat introduced a resolution Tuesday afternoon to expel GOP Rep. George Santos.  —  The motion offered by freshman Democratic congressman Robert Garcia is privileged, so House GOP can have until Thursday to schedule the vote.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Governor Ron DeSantis: “Florida is Sending Help to Texas to Secure the Southern Border”  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida stands ready to help defend the southern border and is deploying assets to aid Texas' border security crisis.

Biden to cut Asia trip short to return and negotiate debt ceiling  —  The U.S. will hit the debt limit as soon as June 1, Treasury Secretary Yellen has warned.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will cut short a visit to Asia as the push to strike a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit grows …

Oversight Committee Can't Find Key Witnesses in Biden Investigation  —  Plus: Tuberville's block on military promotions starts to crack  —  Good afternoon and welcome to Press Pass, The Bulwark's twice-weekly guide to Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works.

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 …

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 …

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 …

New research documents 1.6 million excess deaths among Black Americans in past 20 years  —  New research documents 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans, compared with their white counterparts, over the last two decades.  —  Excess deaths for Black Americans persisted throughout …

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.

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

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 …

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 …

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

Document: Josh Harris sees Commanders windfall without Dan Snyder  —  Josh Harris, the Philadelphia 76ers co-owner who announced an exclusive deal to purchase the Washington Commanders for $6.05 billion, is betting that a change in ownership will solve the financial woes plaguing the franchise.

Twitter Users Can't Stop Cracking Jokes About Ron DeSantis' Unhinged Laugh  —  “He acts like the bug alien from ‘Men in Black’ when it was in the body of the farmer,” one Twitter user noted.  —  The continuing struggle of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to seem, well, human was the subject …

Russia launches ‘exceptional’ air attack on Kyiv as Europe, China look to exert influence  —  Ukrainian air defenses thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital, officials said.  Loud explosions boomed over Kyiv …