“When you've been here as long as I have, you've had a few big moments,' McConnell said in interview. 'I don't think I've ever had a bigger one'

Schumer: 'when it became clear that Russia could be at Poland's border in a year, if we didn't help, it started changing things'

JUST IN: Rep. Bennie Thompson (former chair of the Jan. 6 committee) has introduced legislation that would terminate Secret Service protection for, uh, anyone sentenced to a year or more in jail. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Rule is posted: 7 amendments of 319 filed on the four bills were made in order for debate; two others will be adopted as part of the rule. rules.house.gov/sites/republic…

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A certain ring to that sentiment twitter.com/SpeakerBoehner…

SCOOP: Former SNL cast member Rob Schneider delivered a comedy set so off-color and off-putting to a group of prominent Republicans late last year that the host, Senate Working Group, cut the performance short and later apologized to attendees. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Trump on Johnson — despite MTG threat: “I stand with the speaker.”

Just remember: You read it first in Playbook yesterday morning

Incredible flex for a president to take the Japanese PM out to eat on (Douglas) MacArthur Boulevard

Ronna McDaniel intends to hire and work with Bryan Freedman in her forthcoming legal battle with NBC after the former RNC chair was ousted from the network earlier this week.

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Inside the WSJ’s effort to Free Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour tells Ryan Lizza about the first call indicating Evan might be in trouble, the past year’s public and private diplomacy, and prospects for a prisoner swap.

#IStandWithEvan

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Special counsel Robert Hur wants you to take away just one thing from this morning’s high-profile House Judiciary Committee hearing about his investigation of Joe Biden: He was just doing his job.

The latest in Playbook: politico.com/newsletters/pl…

The ghost of Cecil Andrus! washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…

Icymi last week. Apropos of nothing in particular. kentucky.com/news/politics-…

There was also no shortage of lawyers, lbh

Reminder: WAMU 88.5 is a ratings juggernaut in the #8 national radio market, with one of the most educated and affluent audiences in the country. Today's news represents just a staggering failure of management and vision over a long period. ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb015

New: The supplemental/border text is OUT. We've got the deets

W/ Daniella Diaz Burgess Everett politico.com/news/2024/02/0…

one of the weirder campaign finance mysteries I've ever seen, from the POLITICO Playbook folks: politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Yaaas Marianna Sotomayor