For Trump's G.O.P., Crossing Lines Has Few Consequences  —  A dizzying week featured Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, caught lying and another lawmaker, Marjorie Taylor Greene, grilled under oath about her role in the Jan. 6 attack.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Exclusive: Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment  —  A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters.

GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests  —  Republican members of Congress were heavily involved in calls and meetings with former President Donald Trump and his top aides as they devised a strategy to overturn the election in December 2020 …

Joe Biden met with Hunter Biden business partner at the White House  —  Hunter Biden's closest business partner made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015, including a sitdown with then-Vice President Joe Biden in the West Wing.

The Former Chancellor Who Became Putin's Man in Germany  —  Gerhard Schröder, who is paid almost $1 million a year by Russian-controlled energy companies, has become a pariah.  But he is also a symbol of Germany's Russia policy.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Gov. Greg Abbott truck inspections turned up zero drugs, migrants but cost Texas $4.2 billion  —  The costly policy, which experts estimate cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a single week, did not result in any migrant detentions or illegal substance seizures.

Live Updates: Zelensky Says U.S. Secretary of State Will Visit Kyiv; Missiles Hit Odesa  —  The American secretaries of state and defense will make a trip to the embattled Ukrainian capital, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.  Russian missiles killed at least six people in a residential area of Odesa.

Lloyd Austin presses hard on Ukraine — but quietly  —  The U.S. defense secretary has taken on a major, behind-the-scenes role in countering the Russian invasion, officials say  —  Six days before the invasion of Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a final crack at getting …

New book: V.P. political decline called “slow-rolling Greek tragedy”  —  A senator close to Vice President Harris lamented her political decline as a “slow-rolling Greek tragedy,” New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns write in “This Will Not Pass,” their book out May 3.

Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Zelensky says Blinken, Austin will visit Sunday; strikes in Odessa kill at least 8  —  An adviser to Ukraine's president accused Russia of a surge in airstrikes on Mariupol's Azovstal Iron and Steel Works and alleged that invasion forces are preparing to storm the site …

President Joe Biden Endorses U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader in Reelection Battle  —  “Now we have a lot more to do and to get it done we need to keep a Democratic Congress.”  —  Expand  —  President Joe Biden on Saturday endorsed U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Oregon) in his bid for an eighth term in Congress.

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Commander hints at Russian ambitions beyond Ukraine  —  RIGA, Latvia — A Russian commander said Friday that Moscow wants to take “full control” of eastern and southern Ukraine, in part so it could have a path to neighboring Moldova — raising fears that the nearly two-month war could spill outside of Ukrainian borders.

‘A profound shift’: US boosts supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine  —  Zelensky says he will meet top US officials as Biden administration increases arms shipments to Kyiv  —  Before Russian forces began withdrawing from territory around Kyiv at the start of the month, US war policy appeared aimed …

Madison Cawthorn's Blunders Open Door to Primary Challengers  —  Some voters in rural district say lawmaker is too focused on national profile  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R., N.C.) speaking before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at an April rally in Selma, N.C. Chris Seward/Associated Press

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change  —  BERLIN (AP) — Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google.  —  “Ads shouldn't detract from important conversations …