Richard Grenell, who served as former President Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany and then briefly as his acting Director of National Intelligence, is an infamous right-wing Twitter troll who caused international outrage by trying to interfere on behalf of far-right parties in Europe.

However, Grenell does have one other notable distinction: he was the only openly gay man to have served in a high-ranking position in Trump's administration.

The most reality-denying backers of former President Donald Trump continue to push the "Big Lie" that incited the fatal January 6th insurrection by supporters who sought to overturn Joe Biden's win.

Newsmax personality Chris Salcedo praised Trump's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in which Trump continued to lie about election fraud.

On Monday, The Dallas Morning News reported that the top utility regulator in Texas has resigned amid backlash to the catastrophic collapse of the state power grid in the face of a freak winter storm in February.

"DeAnn Walker, who led the Texas Public Utility Commission and was heavily criticized last week during legislative hearings for failing to prepare utility providers for last month's power failures, notified Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday of her resignation, which is effective immediately," reported Robert Garrett and James Barragán. "Walker, who made $201,000 as chairwoman, said she accepted responsibility for her role in the power outages, but called on other responsible parties to do the same. She said the electric grid's failure was not caused by one individual or group and that many people and companies contributed to the situation the state faced during the winter storm."