Are the Anti-Trump GOP Forces Starting to Implode?  —  A mission-control breakdown for DeSantis and smooth launch for Scott bode ill for those hoping to thwart the former president.  —  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Will this go down as the week that the grand plan to deny Donald Trump the nomination fell apart?

Conservatives revolt as negotiators try to finish debt ceiling deal  —  Although not yet made public, the emerging agreement between McCarthy and Biden is already coming under fire from the right  —  Conservative lawmakers have begun mounting a campaign against the emerging deal …

Twitter engineering boss Foad Dabiri quits day after DeSantis launch glitches  —  An engineering chief at Twitter says he is leaving the company a day after the launch of Ron DeSantis' US presidential campaign on the platform was hit with technical glitches.

My Nephew's Bathroom Habits Are a Little Unsettling  —  Have a question for Care and Feeding?  Submit it here.  —  Dear Care and Feeding,  —  Last week, I took a road trip with my sister “Lasey” and my nephew “Bill.”  Bill is 8, and his father isn't in the picture.

Jessica Watkins: Oath Keepers member and Army veteran sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for January 6  —  Jessica Watkins, an Army veteran and member of the far-right Oath Keepers, was sentenced Friday to 8.5 years in prison for participating in a plot to disrupt the certification …

Tucker Carlson, Fox News hacks tied to FBI search of Tampa council member's home  —  The search at City Council member Lynn Hurtak and Tim Burke's home was part of a probe into computer hacks at Fox News.  —  TAMPA — An FBI search earlier this month at the home of media consultant Tim Burke and his wife …

'They have unlimited money - they love it!':  Donald Trump attempts to ramp up the excitement for LIV Golf as he turns up for first day of play at his own course in Washington DC... and says Saudis have been ‘fantastic’ for golf  — Donald Trump's DC course is hosting the latest round of LIV Golf's 2023 season

Boebert dismisses antisemitism push as effort to target conservatives  —  Aftter White House announces effort to combat hatred of Jews, GOP congresswoman says it's a way to ‘go after conservatives’  —  President Biden on Thursday released the country's first national strategy for combating antisemitism …

CNN Can Never Wash Away the Trump Disaster Stench  —  Try as it might to move on from the Trump town hall debacle by inviting Haley and Pence to do similar events, CNN can never undo the damage. … Some people decide to climb out after falling into a hole, and then there's CNN.

Evidence grows that Trump hoarded documents — and showed them to people  —  We have reached one of those points in reporting on Donald Trump's post-presidency retention of documents when it's useful to take a step back.  —  On Thursday, The Washington Post teased out another aspect of this complicated situation.

Meet the ex-food writer advising Tommy Tuberville on national security  —  As a former college football coach, Tuberville (R-Ala.) is an improbable power player in Washington.  But the story of how his top military adviser got here is even stranger.  —  When Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) …

NYC Council's Italian-American caucus lodges ethics complaint against Councilman Chi Ossé, cites ethnic slights  —  The New York City Council's Italian-American caucus has filed a formal complaint with the lawmaking body's Standards and Ethics Committee over remarks made by Councilman Chi Ossé …

What Does It Mean to be a “Supporter” of a Candidate?  —  No Triad on Monday—have a great Memorial Day weekend.  And please read Will Selber's magnificent, heartrending piece in which he remembers some of his comrades.  —  Warning: Today's edition is fairly self-indulgent.  I hope you'll forgive me.

Tech layoffs ravage the teams that fight online misinformation and hate speech  — Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on internet trust and safety as well as ethics as the companies focus on cost cuts.

Members of a No Labels-allied caucus erupt at No Labels  —  The group is under fire for its unity presidential bid and for an attack on a Problem Solvers Caucus member.  —  A group of House Democrats with ties to No Labels is turning on the centrist group after it attacked one of their founding members.

DeSantis's shameless defense of the Amanda Gorman fiasco is revealing  —  At this point, it should be obvious that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's culture-war directives are designed to encourage parents to indulge in book purges for sport.  Precisely because removals have become so easy …

Minnesota Governor Vetoes Gig Worker Pay Bill  —  Gov. Tim Walz said the legislation would have raised costs for ordering an Uber or Lyft too high, potentially pricing out Minnesota customers.  —  Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed a minimum wage …

The Man Who Kept the Secrets  —  Eighty years ago, a U.S. Navy captain chose to go down with the ship.  —  The son of a Medal of Honor recipient always suspected that something was wrong with the official story about his father's service in World War II.  And the son was right to be suspicious.

Unprecedented ruling about releasing evidence in Nashville school shooting could lead to ‘slippery slope’: Experts  —  “There's no roadmap on this,” one expert said.  —  A Tennessee judge's unprecedented ruling granting parents the legal right to object to the release of police evidence …

Ukraine war: Russia destroys hospital in latest missile attack  —  At least two people have been killed and 23 injured in a missile strike on a medical clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor says.  —  Of the 23 injured, 21 are in hospital and three are in a serious condition.

How I Won $5 Million From the MyPillow Guy and Saved Democracy  —  A software forensics expert investigated Mike Lindell's claims that China hacked the 2020 election.  He was stunned by what he found.  —  If you watch TV, especially conservative TV, you know Mike Lindell.

Israeli agents conducted targeted killings in civilian area, killing a child  —  Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers  —  The traffic was barely moving on March 16 in central Jenin, an unusually busy Thursday afternoon in the West Bank.

The U.S. now has until June 5 to act on the debt ceiling, Yellen says  —  The Treasury secretary gets more specific about the deadline, saying in a letter Friday the country has until June 5 to act or trigger a potential default.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States has a few more days …