Judy Woodruff:

Abbott had imposed the truck inspections to retaliate for the Biden administration's ending pandemic limits on migrants seeking asylum.

The U.S. Interior Department announced today that it is resuming sales of oil and gas leases on federal lands in nine states, but it will sharply limit the available acreage and will charge higher royalties. President Biden campaigned on ending drilling on federal land to fight climate change. Now he's under pressure to ease soaring energy prices.

Twitter's board of directors moved today to block billionaire Elon Musk from buying the company and taking it private. The company's so-called poison pill defense will let shareholders buy stock at a discounted price, diluting Musk's stake. That could make it harder for him to win over a majority of shareholders. Musk is offering $54 a share, $9 over Twitter's closing price on Thursday.

President and Mrs. Biden have released tax returns for their first year in the White House. They report earning $610,000 and paying $150,000 in federal income taxes. That is a rate of just under 25 percent, compared with the U.S. average of 14 percent. The Bidens also paid a little over $33,000 in state income taxes.

And Christians around the world marked this Good Friday with centuries old traditions. In Paris, worshipers held prayers outside Notre Dame Cathedral exactly three years after a fire destroyed the medieval church's roof. And, in the Czech Republic, marchers in masks rolled wooden rattles along cobbled streets in a revival of an old Easter custom.

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