Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network  —  It can no longer be denied.  —  Twitter has long been described, even by its most ardent users, as a hellsite.  But under Elon Musk, Twitter has evolved into a platform that is indistinguishable from the wastelands of alternative social-media sites such as Truth Social and Parler.

CNN Poll: 60% say debt ceiling increase should come with spending cuts  —  Sixty percent of Americans say Congress should only raise the nation's debt ceiling if it cuts spending at the same time, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as the government's June 1 “hard deadline” …

Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers  —  Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.

Unhinged NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students holds machete to Post reporter's neck  —  The unhinged Manhattan college professor who went viral for cursing out anti-abortion students shockingly held a machete to a Post reporter's neck Tuesday — and made wild threats that she was going to “chop” him up.

Fearing indictment is imminent in classified docs probe, Trump team requests meeting with DOJ  —  The former president's attorneys requested the meeting with AG Merrick Garland.  —  Former President Donald Trump's legal team has formally requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland …

South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban, sends bill to governor  —  The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted to ban abortion at roughly six-weeks after ending a filibuster by the chamber's five female senators, who had become the bill's most outspoken opponents.

Exclusive: Developer paid Miami's mayor $170K to push his project, company records state  —  A developer quietly paid Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at least $170,000 over the past two years to help cut through red tape and secure critical permits for his stalled real estate project in Coconut Grove …

Amanda Gorman says her inaugural poem has been banned by Miami-Dade school  —  American poet Amanda Gorman said on Tuesday that the poem she recited during President Biden's inauguration has been banned by a school in Miami-Dade County.  —  “I'm gutted.  Because of one's parent's complaint …

Harlan Crow's Lawyers Say Congress Doesn't Have Authority to Investigate Supreme Court  —  Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor with close ties to Clarence Thomas, refused to answer questions from a Senate committee about his years of gifts to the Supreme Court justice.

Nebraska Teen Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Self-Managed Abortion  —  Celeste Burgess, 18, faces up to two years in prison for taking abortion pills and burying a stillborn fetus in 2022.  Her mother faces eight years.  —  A Nebraska teenager took a plea deal Monday in a case involving …

Texas AG Ken Paxton calls on House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign, accusing him of being drunk in the Capitol  —  The attorney general's comment came after a viral video showed Phelan slurring his words while leading the House.  Phelan defenders say he appeared fine before and after the clip.

Ron DeSantis Has a Problem.  It's Florida.  —  There's a reason the state has never sent a politician to the White House.  —  Ron DeSantis is set to join the 2024 campaign amid high Republican hopes that he's precisely the kind of conservative who can knock off President Joe Biden.

We oversaw executions as governor.  We regret it.  —  An earlier version of this column incorrectly described the jury result for Toforest Johnson.  He was convicted by a unanimous jury.  A non-unanimous jury recommended death.  This version has been updated.

Hillary Clinton: Dianne Feinstein Shouldn't Retire  —  Secretary Hillary Clinton defended her friend and former colleague Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose advanced age and failing health have prompted calls for her to resign from the Senate, saying that Feinstein's resignation would not be …

Republicans Are Trying to Seize Control Over Voting in Texas' Largest Democratic County  —  The Texas legislature passed a series of bills on Monday that amounted to a sweeping power grab giving Republicans more control over how elections are run and administered in the state's …

Jimmy Carter, 3 months into hospice, is aware of tributes, enjoying ice cream  —  Andrew Young, who served as Carter's U.N. Ambassador, said he was “very pleased we could laugh and joke about old times.”  —  NORCROSS, Ga. — Three months after entering end-of-life care at home …

Scotland MRP: SNP could fall to just 27 seats if an election were held tomorrow  —  New model suggests that Labour's constituency count in Scotland could return to levels not seen since before 2015  —  According to new YouGov MRP modelling, were a general election held tomorrow the SNP …

IRS commissioner denies intervening to retaliate against whistleblowers connected to Hunter Biden complaint  —  Werfel said the whistleblower's reassignment came at the direction of the DOJ  —  Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel denied intervening to retaliate against whistleblowers …

Lessons From a Renters' Utopia  —  By Francesca MariPhotographs by Luca Locatelli  —  When Eva Schachinger married at 22, she applied for public housing.  Luckily, she lived in Vienna, which has some of the best public housing in the world.  It was 1968.

Second Biden judicial pick in one month withdraws from consideration  —  Jabari Wamble withdrew his nomination on Tuesday.  He follows Michael Delaney, who stepped out of contention for an appellate judgeship last week.  —  One of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees is pulling his name …

Wanda Sykes on Her New Netflix Special, Dave Chappelle and Being a ‘Woke Comic’: 'They Say That Like It's an Insult'  —  Though Wanda Sykes began working on “I'm an Entertainer,” her latest Netflix stand-up special, in 2019, hardly any of the material she wrote prior to March 2020 made it into the show.

Roberts says Supreme Court will address ethics issues  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday night that he was “confident” that the Supreme Court will convince the public that the court “adheres to the highest standards of conduct.”  —  Accepting an award at the American Law Institute …

Driver who crashed near White House told officials he was prepared to kill Biden and ‘seize power’  —  Sai Varshith Kandula, of suburban St. Louis, allegedly told authorities he admires Nazis and had planned the attack for six months.  —  The 19-year-old Missouri man accused of deliberately driving …

Returning CNN to Its No-Nonsense Roots Is Mission Impossible  —  Leaning left and fighting Donald Trump's effort to destroy journalism is a pathway to CNN's return.  Searching for a middle road that no longer exists is failing.  —  Full disclosure, the Chairman and CEO of today's CNN, Chris Licht, is a friend and former colleague.