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Hunter Biden’s wife Melissa Cohen was spotted leaving a ritzy Los Angeles restaurant on Friday as the president’s son appears to be lying low amid a loud chorus of Republicans demanding answers about his foreign business dealings.

Texas may be poised for a legal showdown with the Biden administration over immigration policy as the state's top attorney said he would urge GOP Gov. Greg Abbott to send migrants to Washington D.C. – flouting federal laws.

Gov. Phil Murphy has remained silent on New Jersey public school system lessons on gender ideology for children.

Emma Roth / The Verge : Twitter reverts a change that left blank spaces in place of deleted embedded tweets and says it is exploring “different options”   —  Twitter says it's exploring ‘different options’  —  Twitter has confirmed it reversed a change that altered the appearance of deleted tweets embedded …

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol : Meta's civil rights team made progress in its first year, including removing sensitive ad targeting categories, but experts say it needs to be empowered to act   —  Like everyone, Roy Austin Jr. saw President Trump's Facebook post that went up in the summer of 2020 — the one where he threatened …

The attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley Jr., has made a major step in his post-release music career.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said on Saturday afternoon that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Russia may look to recruit as many as 60,000 soldiers as its escalates its offensive in eastern Ukraine.

William Gallagher / AppleInsider : The European Parliament backs a right to repair proposal, including a requirement to increase warranty periods, making it a key EU initiative for 2022   —  The European Union has taken a further step toward implementing Right to Repair laws, with the latest vote backing proposals regarding repairability …

Jessica Simpson on Thursday revealed the recipe for getting her body in tip-top shape after embarking on a weight loss journey.

The Academy board of directors held a meeting on Friday in Los Angeles to discuss Will Smith's actions at the Oscars. The "King Richard" star announced his resignation last week.

A group of intergenerational stars from film, TV, sports and music — including Bruce Springsteen, Hugh Jackman, Elton John, Jon Bon Jovi, Jonas Brothers and Billie Eilish — have signed up for a social media campaign to show support for Ukraine.

A new book from reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns says Pelosi decried progressive representatives' efforts to be the "queen bee" of the left.

Dan Seifert / The Verge : Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 and S8 Plus review: excellent displays and useful integrations with other Samsung devices but Android tablet app ecosystem is still rough   —  The tablet for Samsung phone owners  —  If you've been looking for a tablet to complement your Android phone, for many years, your choices have been few and far between.

Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised that Russia would be held accountable for its war crimes in Ukraine following atrocities revealed in Bucha.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he hopes a GOP Senate would serve as a moderating influence on President Biden's nominees.

Jon Fingas / Engadget : Twitter tests Unmentioning, a feature that lets users select “leave this conversation” on a tweet to avoid notifications, with some users on the web   —  Twitter might not have an edit button just yet, but it's still delivering at least one useful feature this week.

Pink Floyd is set to release new music after nearly three decades to raise money for the people in Ukraine.

Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., says she supports the Biden administration’s move to end the Title 42 public health order that has been used to expel a majority of migrants at the border -- in contrast to other moderate Democrats who have warned it will lead to an influx of migrants at the border.

Anushree Dave / The Block : Robinhood expands its crypto wallet to 2M+ users on a waitlist and says it will support transacting on the Bitcoin Lightning Network in the coming months   —  Quick Take  — Eligible Robinhood customers can now send and receive crypto, the company announced Thursday at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.

Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves McConaughey will soon celebrate a decade of marriage.

Letters obtained by the filmmakers of Netflix's "Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story" show that Queen Elizabeth II's son sought advice from the radio and TV personality.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on Tuesday approved a motion suspending official travel to Florida and Texas over the southern states' legislation regarding parental rights and transgender minors.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Pinterest announces a comprehensive policy to ban ads and posts that feature climate misinformation, the first major online platform to do so   —  Pinterest announced today it's becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinformation policy designed to combat false …

President Biden has said that conflict with Russia would be "World War III."

The Academy Board of Governors has rescheduled a meeting to discuss Will Smith's consequences of his slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars from April 18 to this Friday.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had a heated exchange during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, as Gaetz accused the U.S. military of embracing leftist ideas while committing strategic blunders.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett recounted an alleged pursuit by journalists that forced her to hop a church fence during the time of her nomination and hearing for the position.

Ian Allison / CoinDesk : Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Boba Networks raises a $45M Series A at a $1.5B valuation from investors including Crypto.com, Huobi, and BitMart   —  In addition to easing Ethereum's transaction load, Boba injects off-chain machine learning into the contracts powering DeFi.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia on Tuesday of carrying out “a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities” in Ukraine following the emergence of civilian bodies in cities like Bucha.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett talks how judges should make decisions that reflect the Constitution, not those that are "designed to impose the policy preferences of the majority."

Vadim Smyslov / TechCrunch : Tech workers describe interrogations as they flee Russia; recruitment service HeadHunter says the government demand for IT workers in Russia has increased 100%   —  The mass exodus of IT specialists has been met with hostility from Moscow  —  On the evening of February 23 …

Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News : Former ByteDance employees say the company scraped Instagram, Snap, and others to make fake accounts on TikTok predecessor Flipagram, later renamed Vigo Video   —  In 2017, TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, scraped short-form videos, user names, profile pictures, and profile descriptions from Instagram …

Alex Konrad / Forbes : Sequoia names veteran investor and PayPal alum Roelof Botha as Senior Steward effective July 5, replacing Doug Leone, who will remain as a GP of existing funds   —  Sequoia Capital has a new global leader in veteran investor and PayPal alum Roelof Botha.  —  The heavyweight venture capital firm …

Will Smith resigned from the Academy days after a disciplinary process began. The Academy's board of governors will still meet April 18 to discuss and potentially implement further punishment.

Security aid continues to flow into Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, adding that alleged atrocities committed against civilians should be investigated as "war crimes."

Amy Schumer used some of her cut Oscars joke at a recent comedy show, including one about Alec Baldwin and the “Rust” shooting. Schumer hosted the Oscars alongside Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes.

Prince Andrew denied Virginia Giuffre’s allegations after she sued him, accusing the British royal of sexually abusing her while she traveled with financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2001 when she was 17.

Recent reports have surfaced that David Leitch withdrew from an upcoming Netflix film starring Will Smith a week before the Oscars. Netflix reportedly tried to find another director, but after the events that unfolded at the 2022 Oscars, the streaming service put the movie, “Fast and Loose,” on hold.

The best of red carpet fashion at the 2022 Grammy awards.

NBC News : Government record keepers and watchdogs worry that use of Wickr and other auto-deletion apps may help CBP and other agencies sidestep transparency requirements   —  In October, Laurence Brewer, the chief records officer of the National Archives and Records Administration …

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., during a visit to the besieged southern border, is warning that Border Patrol agents are facing a “crisis beyond measure” as the Biden administration moves to roll back Title 42.

President Biden is confident that his son Hunter didn’t break the law or cross any ethical lines as investigations into his overseas dealings continue, White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday.

Donald Trump slams Democrats for “waging war on reality, war on science, war on children, war on women."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday reacted to the disturbing new images coming out of a suburb of the capital Kyiv showing the bodies of executed civilians by calling Russia's attacks “genocide.”

Republican Maryland Gov. calls the Florida education bill "absurd" and slams Gov. Ron DeSantis for criticizing Disney who he says has a right to free speech.