The future is now, as NY v Trump enters the evidence stage. A terrific trio of Aaron Blake Peter Baker & Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 joins me to consider Trump’s legal/political prospects & whether he can behave at trial. + foreign aid, Mayorkas & Section 702. Link: bit.ly/JuryTF

Fortunately the game is Sunday while the talk was Saturday. But for anyone who missed it, you can get the book here: politics-prose.com/book/978059344… (Go Caps!)

House votes resoundingly to approve $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Johnson puts his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats. ⁦Catie Edmondson⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/…

If you're in DC, don't miss the renowned national security writer David David Sanger talk about his new book 'New Cold Wars' with the eminent historian Michael Michael Beschloss at Politics and Prose at 3 pm tomorrow. Not much at stake except the future of the world.
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CIA's Burns blames failure of ceasefire-hostage talks on Hamas, saying it has rejected the proposal on the table. 'It’s that negative reaction that really is standing in the way of innocent civilians in Gaza getting humanitarian relief that they so desperately need.'

Countries like Russia, China and Iran 'are waging ferocious information warfare aimed at undermining democracies, aimed at undermining the United States, and we need to fight back,” ⁦Mike Abramowitz⁩ tells ⁦Katie Robertson⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/19/bus…

Young voters? How about more student loan forgiveness. Unions? Tariffs on Chinese steel. Environmentalists? New protections in the Alaskan wilderness. As the campaign heats up, Biden rolls out policy announcements aimed at key voting groups ⁦Michael D. Shear⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/…

The fabulous Mike Mike Abramowitz, 'an esteemed journalist and a champion for human rights,' is tapped to head the Voice of America. Was privileged to be Mike's partner on the White House beat at the The Washington Post back in the day and there's no greater advocate for free press -- and no

House takes critical step toward approving a long-stalled package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and other allies, as Democrats supply the crucial votes to push legislation past Republican opposition so it can be considered on the floor. ⁦Annie Karni⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/…

The Israeli military strikes Iran, according to two Israeli defense officials, in what appeared to be Israel’s first military response to Iran’s attack on Israel five days earlier. Farnaz Fassihi Ronen Bergman Patrick Kingsley nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

'Listening to Johnson brought to mind the scene in 'The Lord of the Rings' when the evil spell possessing the good King Théoden is broken and he suddenly returns to himself—an accommodationist no more, revivified, ready to fight,' writes Susan Glasser newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Perfectly fine to make a policy argument. Just correcting this sentence, which is factually incorrect: 'Why can’t Europe equalize or match the money put in by the United States of America in order to help a Country in desperate need.'

Trump assails European allies, saying they should 'match the money put in' by the US to help Ukraine. In fact, Europe has spent more than the US. As of January, EU institutions have committed $93.2 billion to $74.3 billion by the US in total military, financial and humanitarian

And then judging each country's total aid to Ukraine (military, financial and humanitarian) as a share of each country's own economy, the US is the 20th highest contributor behind 17 European countries, the EU and Canada. cfr.org/article/how-mu…

Even just speaking of military aid, aside from the EU, European nations have separately sent more military aid than the US as well. Germany, the UK and a dozen other European nations have, cumulatively, contributed $60.4 billion for military needs in Ukraine compared to $46.3

Join us for 'Covering the Vice Presidency: Lessons Learned on the Road' with Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, Peter Baker ! Register for the free event here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/dn2msrd…

Senate Democrats dismiss House Republican impeachment charges against Mayorkas without a trial, deeming them unconstitutional in a nearly party line vote. ⁦Luke Broadwater☀️⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/17/us/…

Out today: 'The New Cold Wars' by David Sanger, a deep and compelling look at our dangerous confrontations with Russia and China by America's smartest national security writer.

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