Scoop: The DNC paid for Biden’s legal bills for the Hur probe, per 2 ppl familiar and FEC records.
The payments are at odds with some of the Biden team’s more recent attacks on Trump for using campaign cash for his legal bills.

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Trump tells reporters “everybody wants”AZ near-total abortion ban to change.

“FL is probably going to change, AZ is going to definitely change, everybody wants that to happen & you’re getting the will of the people.” Trump said Monday reproductive rights should be left to states

This decision elevates the ballot measure in a way that will drive Dem and indie turnout

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Over dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump + David Cameron discussed the upcoming elections, Brexit policy, NATO countries’ defense spending requirements and “ending the killing in Ukraine,” per Trump team.

Also discussed their “mutual admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth II.”

British officials may be shrugging off the Trump-Cameron meeting as business as usual but their words hide the shiver of embarrassment when they remember the 2016 election of Trump and the way they were woefully unprepared... 1/x

President Joe Biden’s “Plan B” student-debt relief plan is expected to be caught in the crosshairs of November’s election, as legal challenges and deadlines loom.

Here’s what he’s proposing and what comes next: tinyurl.com/2jtk6ru6

I am prepared for the eclipse! 😎☀️

Biden campaign says this stark 60-second ad will begin airing as part of its $30 million buy —>

New: In a video this morning announcing his abortion policy, Donald Trump declines to call for a federal ban after any set number of weeks, saying it should be left at the state level.

And says there should be exceptions for rape, incest, woman’s life truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…

Trump says an abortion rights announcement is coming tomorrow:
“we must use common sense in realizing that we have an obligation to the salvation of our Nation, which is currently in serious DECLINE, TO WIN ELECTIONS, without which we will have nothing other than failure”

Update: $50.5 million raised for the re-election of President Trump tonight in Palm Beach, says host John Paulson

Here's my sit down with Paulson in advance of the event

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His comments on Jan 6 are noteworthy -- 'I don’t think January 6th was an insurrection nor an attempt to overthrow the government. It clearly was, though, a demonstration that got out of hand. Like many crowds, this crowd became unruly and certainly overstepped its bounds.'

Scoop: Biden’s advisers have called major employers in Baltimore area to encourage them to retain jobs despite the bridge collapse that shut the city’s port, sources told Josh Wingrove and me. Jeff Zients, Lael Brainard, other aides have phoned companies including Amazon, Home…

NEW: Tonight Trump will appear at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for Tom Homan 's non-profit.

Asked about the event and his 'family sep' policies, Trump's campaign said 'the millions of illegals Biden has resettled across America should not get comfortable.'
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“You don’t strike a deconflicted convoy repeatedly, hitting three vehicles in succession over the course of a kilometer of road, by accident,” Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former Obama official wrote on social media. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

“There’s a lot of things to like about him,” says Liz Uihlein. “But nobody can control the bad part of him, where he just says terrible things about people.”

Some choice quotes from Trump donors here in this Big Read by Alex Rogers

ft.com/content/b1c551… via @ft

If you're in NYC tomorrow night, stop by New-York Historical Society to hear my chat w/ Joshua Green (JoshuaGreen.bsky.social on 🟦) about my book PAPER SOLDIERS @ 6:30pm

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Breaking: Florida Supreme Court upholds the 15 week ban, allowing the 6 week ban to take effect in 30 days. Massive implications for women in Florida and across the South.

At the same time, they court approves the issue for the ballot in November -- so voters will get a say.

Biden is staging splashiest fundraiser yet in Trump’s hometown, on stage in NYC with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at Radio City Music Hall, an iconic entertainment venue, Jordan Fabian Skylar Woodhouse report.

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Congrats to Saleha Mohsin on the publication of your book, “Paper Soldiers.” Excited to read it!