House does Mike Johnson explain the dysfunction in the GOP House? Republicans are 'rugged individualists' &
'deeply principled,' making it hard to 'move in tandem' via Marianna Sotomayor
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GOP House hard-liners won’t compromise. They’re losing key fights because of it. via Marianna Sotomayor washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

“She is not Ukrainian anymore, and I see this,” said Natalia Khmelnytska, 50, a teacher at School Number 15, where Spartz studied. via Siobhán O'Grady Marianna Sotomayor washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Aid to Ukraine seemed dead. Then secretive talks revived it. Via ⁦Liz Goodwin⁩ ⁦Yasmeen Abutaleb⁩ ⁦Tyler Pager⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

BREAKING: Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election. mcusercontent.com/cc1fad182b6d6f…

How Trump turned the 2016 Republican primary into a supermarket tabloid gutter fight. New court testimony details how Trump used the National Enquirer to smear GOP rivals who now support him in his current trial, by Isaac Arnsdorf Josh Dawsey Liz Goodwin washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Rare visit by House speaker to campus escalates tension at Columbia via Hannah Knowles & Marianna Sotomayor
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“Get off our campus!,” one student yelled. “Go back to Louisiana Mike!” someone shouted. via Hannah Knowles and Marianna Sotomayor on the Columbia U protests
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I missed reporting this over the weekend: RFK Jr. will be on the ballot in Hawaii after a judge ruled against Hawaii Dems who sought to block him. He's also confirmed on the ballot in Utah and Michigan. The next states we may hear from are North Carolina, New York and Texas.

MIKE JOHNSON is getting booed here at Columbia.

Breaking: The Arizona House votes to repeal the 1864 abortion ban, despite fierce challenges from Republicans who fought to stop the body from taking this vote. The measure now heads to the state senate.

Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban, advancing issue to state Senate washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: Protest votes in Pa. primary loom over Trump, Biden in Nov. While Trump won his race handily, 150K+ Rs voted for Haley, who ended her campaign weeks ago. Biden also faced opposition. Colby Itkowitz Hannah Knowles Scott Clement on the ramifications: wapo.st/44gINrP

House Speaker Johnson visits Columbia University amid protests via Marianna Sotomayor and Hannah Knowles
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The front page of today’s Wall Street Journal.

Free Evan now

NATIONAL POLL: President Biden Joe Biden’s job approval rating has ticked up 8 points since bottoming out in December.
42% approve
55% disapprove

APPROVE by PARTY:
DEM - 86% (74% in December)
IND - 31% (24%)
REP - 7% (5%)
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Biden announced 7 more judicial nominees this morning. All to district courts.

One of them, Danna Jackson, is a tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Pablo, MT.

If confirmed, she'd be the first Native American lifetime federal judge in MT.

Things I'm learning as a parent of a teen boy:
--Backpacks contain things besides school books
--Parking tickets suddenly arrive en masse
--The smartphone goes everywhere, including into the shower
--Be dressed at all times or you will be caught on FaceTime

Re: Trump and Haley, it has been over a month since she left the race and there has still been no contact between them or their teams, I am told by a person familiar.

New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids