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.

Democrat Donna Deegan becomes first female mayor of Jacksonville  —  Democrat Donna Deegan will serve as the first female mayor of Jacksonville..  —  After months of hard campaigning and millions of dollars spent between both sides, Degan won the highly contested election against Republican Daniel Davis.

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.

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 …

North Carolina bans abortion past 12 weeks, overriding governor veto  —  The North Carolina legislature banned most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy Tuesday evening, voting to override the veto of Gov. Roy Cooper (D), as legislators in Nebraska prepared to weigh in on a similar measure.

Senators dismiss happy talk after Biden-McCarthy debt sitdown  —  Congressional leaders left their White House meeting praising a new format for debt talks they hoped would be more productive.  Senate Democrats aren't reassured.  —  Congressional leaders engaged in a lot of happy talk …

Elon Musk Among the Anti-Semites  —  Criticizing George Soros is not inherently anti-Semitic.  But presenting him as a literal comic book villain certainly is.  —  Last night, Elon Musk made two rookie social-media mistakes: He tweeted after 10 p.m., and he echoed paranoid anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists.

George Santos Called On To Resign Tonight Before Expulsion Vote  —  Rep. Daniel Garcia (D-CA) called on George Santos to resign tonight before the House votes on Wednesday to expel him.  —  Video of Rep. Garcia:  —  Rep. Garcia said on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes:

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 …

Disney Argues New Florida Law Nullifies DeSantis-Backed Suit  —  The company wants a state court case involving development at Disney World dismissed, saying actions by the Florida governor and his allies made it moot.  —  Florida legislation that was designed to hamstring Disney could end …

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 …

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 …

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 …

How a grocery store mega-merger could cost workers millions  —  In October 2022, Kroger, the nation's largest supermarket chain, reached an agreement to purchase Albertsons, the nation's second-largest supermarket chain, in a deal valued at $25 billion.  Albertsons itself acquired another …

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.

White House faces pressure from the left to buck mainstream antisemitism definition  —  The Biden administration is close to completing a national antisemitism strategy, but the question of how it will define antisemitism remains in flux  —  As the White House prepares to release …

Parents hit out at Waldorf school's explicit sex ed curriculum featuring graphic pictures: ‘Nauseous’  —  Parents at the progressive Waldorf School of Garden City, Long Island, are angry and some are threatening to pull their kids out school because of new mandatory sex education for fifth graders …

Senate GOP Covid origins probe finds circumstantial evidence but no ‘smoking gun’ to support lab leak theory  —  A Republican-led investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has unearthed additional, though circumstantial, evidence supporting the theory that the virus likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan …

Republicans Question Officials Who Cast Doubt on Hunter Biden Laptop Contents  —  House G.O.P. lawmakers who claim the federal government has tried to damage conservatives have seized on a 2020 letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials as a prime piece of evidence.  —  Reporting from Washington

Cherelle Parker beats back progressive challenge in Philadelphia mayoral primary  —  Cherelle Parker was projected to win the Philadelphia Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, a victory that propels her to the general election while at the same …

Haley says NY governor should pardon Daniel Penny in subway case  —  GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) should pardon Daniel Penny, who was arrested in relation to the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway earlier this month.

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.

Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl.  Experts say the risk is ‘extremely low’  —  Last December, Officer Courtney Bannick was on the job for the Tavares, Fla., police department when she came into contact with a powder she believed was street fentanyl.

Why the Durham Report Matters to Democracy  —  It is a damning account of the corruption of the FBI and its accomplices.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Two special counsels, several inspector general reports and six years later, the country finally has a more complete account …