Florida!!!

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President Joe Biden to give speech in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday — a week before the state’s 6-week ban goes into effect.

Confirming NBC News.

Speaker Johnson’s foreign aid bill came days after fresh intel described a make-or-break moment for Ukraine in the war. It was exactly the kind of dire assessment the White House had spent months privately warning Johnson was inevitable.
w/Adam Cancryn
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Two U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that an Israeli missile hit Iran.

This clip is worth the click.

Some Revenge Tour News: A nonprofit aligned with ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy is airing TV ads hitting members on their immigration votes — including 3 Rs who voted to depose him

The list includes:
Nancy Mace in #SC01
Bob Good in #VA05
Eli Crane in #AZ02

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News: The office of Rep. Gallagher Press Office says he has 'flexibility' and would be available to support the foreign aid package on Saturday.

'The congressman has the flexibility to stay and support the aid package on Saturday,' a spox tells me.

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One senior GOP source says they have heard talk that the motion to vacate will come up within the next 24-48 hours.

Pretty heart-wrenching West Wing Playbook tonight from Eli Stokols

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New: Beneath billowing, giant “Trump or Death” and “Trump 2024” flags, a few dozen supporters of Donald Trump gathered in a park across the street from the opening of his hush money trial.
They were there to witness history.

The scene w/ Emily Ngo.

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Rep. Massie tells Speaker Johnson in conference, per source: “you’re the only one who can stop a MTV”

Speaker replies: “No, the person moving the MTV is the only person who can stop it.”

NEW: President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that the U.S will not join an offensive counter-strike on Iran should Israel choose that road after Tehran’s attacked this weekend

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32 percent of Democratic respondents said they’re more sympathetic toward Palestinians in the conflict, while 16 percent said they’re more sympathetic with Israelis

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Beyond the renovated embassy library and new era of closer U.S.-Japan coordination, ⁦ラーム・エマニュエル駐日米国大使⁩’s real legacy may just be his heretofore invisible hand in the Cubs’ signing of Seiya Suzuki. politico.com/newsletters/we…

GOP remade judiciary, now haunting Trump with abortion-related rulings in AL, FL, AZ, 'underscore the difficulty ... in controlling a narrative that at any minute can be redefined by any judge in America.'

Smart read from Megan Messerly:

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The gun show loophole has for years allowed unlicensed gun dealers to sell firearms without background checks.

The new rule will affect “tens and tens of thousands of gun sales” each year.”

⁦Myah Ward⁩ politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Less Biden, more women: Joe Biden's campaign plans to hammer Donald Trump on abortion rights with ad after ad of ordinary women describing the deeply personal — and sometimes life-threatening — consequences of state abortion bans.
w Elena Schneider Jennifer Haberkorn: politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Today the Japanese Prime Minister will be in Raleigh, and Gov. Roy Cooper is holding a jobs announcement at noon.

The project is a secret, but we have the scoop: $1 billion expansion in Wake County for Japanese biotech firm, creating 600 new jobs #ncpol wral.com/story/fujifilm…

NEW - Biden campaign leaning even harder into abortion attacks on Trump, lifting up regular women affected by it.

'This is not abstract for them. That is more compelling than anything Biden can say or do.'

w/ Adam Cancryn, Jennifer Haberkorn:

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In audio I obtained, former WH Chief Ron Klain told a crowd 'the president is out there too much talking about bridges. He does two or three events a week where he’s cutting a ribbon on a bridge.'

Says the focus should be on prices.

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