Nikki Haley to Exit Republican Presidential Race  —  Former South Carolina governor expected to urge Trump to try to earn the support of those who backed her  —  Nikki Haley plans to suspend her Republican presidential primary bid in a speech Wednesday morning, people familiar with her plans told The Wall Street Journal.

Texas GOP leaders begin purge of Republicans who defied them  —  An attempt by Texas's top Republican officials to purge the party of the incumbents who defied them made significant ground in Tuesday's primary.  —  Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton …

Scoop: House GOP tries to shut down State of the Union heckling … - Johnson told members, “we should be professional, we should maintain a high standard of decorum,” said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.).  — “He's reminding us to be respectful of the institution ... and to the president …

Schiff and Garvey are headed to November showdown for coveted California Senate seat  —  Election 2024,California Politics  —  Concluding California's most competitive U.S. Senate primary in a generation, Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank and retired Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey will square off …

Why U.S. companies are watching and fearing a climate disclosure rule  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to force companies to disclose their role in warming the planet  —  Corporations will have to share key details about their role in driving climate change and the threat …

Russian missile strike hits near Zelensky motorcade in Odessa  —  KYIV — A Russian missile strike appeared to target Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, landing near his motorcade in the Black Sea port city of Odessa, where the president was meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“Playbook of Fear” Fails to Sway Voters in Austin and Houston DA Races  —  A despondent teddy bear sits below a grainy picture of Travis County District Attorney José Garza, flanked with a warning that says “Garza is filling Austin's streets with pedophiles and killers.”

The Next Governor of North Carolina Could Be a Holocaust Denier Who Hates Pretty Much Everybody  —  Mark Robinson, who easily won North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, has the misfortune of having spent years on Facebook without thinking about his future political career.

Voters make it clear: San Francisco can no longer be called a progressive city  —  For now, at least, San Francisco can no longer be called a progressive city.  —  Not after voters approved ballot measures Tuesday to loosen restrictions on the police and screen welfare recipients for drugs …

MTG Rages at U.K. Journo's Jewish Space Laser Question: ‘F*ck Off’  —  The MAGA congresswoman had just finished saying that Trump supporters like “the truth.”  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at a British reporter on Tuesday night who asked her about Jewish space lasers, telling the broadcaster to “fuck off.”

Did Biden commit treason?  Dissecting Elon Musk's public meltdown  —  On Tuesday, billionaire Elon Musk told his 175 million followers on X that President Biden had committed “treason” by “secretly” flying “320,000 illegal immigrants” from Latin America to US airports.  —  It is quite a dramatic claim.