The Biden administration is set to ship a fresh round of aid off to Ukraine as it meanwhile pulls troops out of Niger in a major military move.

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Fresh from fending off a hard-right coup attempt, Speaker Mike Johnson opens up about his strategy and his future plans. Plus, his views on Joe Biden, Hakeem Jeffries, Donald Trump and much more.

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As Democrats plan their convention, they’ll have to address the elephant in the room: How to mitigate the threat of disruptions and work with a rookie mayor who unabashedly sympathizes with the protesters.

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We spent over an hour with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday night after the failed motion-to-vacate vote, and while he made a lot of news, we were most struck by how Johnson seems to be wrestling with a split personality.

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Mike Johnson called Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to target Jack Smith essentially unworkable.

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A year ago, few Americans outside his Upper Midwest state had heard of Doug Burgum, a mild-mannered, self-made businessman. He is now seen as one of the top contenders to be the Republican running mate.

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President Joe Biden said if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. would stop supplying the country with munitions. But Pentagon reporter Lara Seligman tells Eugene Daniels that Biden’s conditions may come too late.

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In an exclusive interview with Playbook yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he felt betrayed by President Joe Biden after learning that he is willing to withhold offensive weapons to Israel.

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Donald Trump’s legal strategy to delay his criminal trials is continuing to pay off handsomely.

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Republican lawmakers incensed over antisemitism on college campuses are now directing their wrath at elementary and high school administrators.

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A POLITICO analysis shows that hundreds of billions of dollars that Congress approved at President Joe Biden’s urging remain unspent. Energy reporter Zack Colman joins Eugene Daniels to discuss.

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President Joe Biden is in a race against time to secure a New Deal-sized legacy before Donald Trump potentially returns to power — and brings a wrecking ball to Biden’s achievements.

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The Donald Trump hush money trial heard from Stormy Daniels this morning in perhaps the most explosive testimony in the case thus far.

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As politics becomes more nationalized, Indiana issues are hardly a factor at all in the Indiana GOP gubernatorial primary.

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Biden finds himself in a bind on how to navigate the increasingly complicated situation in the Middle East.

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Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Joe Biden this morning on his plan to invade the Gazan city of Rafah.

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Either Republican candidate is essentially guaranteed to win the seat in November given Rep. Joe Manchin’s retirement, making West Virginia a perfect test case for the party’s red-state mood.

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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife have been indicted on bribery charges, and Republicans are looking to squeeze the scandal for all its worth. Plus, more on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) motion to vacate.

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The indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Friday not only sidelined an outspoken moderate lawmaker and put a potentially flippable seat on the 2024 map, it picked at a scab that’s festered inside the House GOP for months.

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We are officially six months out from Election Day 2024. And many Americans do not like the options before them.

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