No one does it like Eli Saslow: nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/…

New: How the GOP small-dollar money machine slowed down as their voters were inundated with all kinds of requests for money. W/⁦Michael Scherer⁩ & ⁦Ence Morse⁩: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The ideologically fractured House GOP conference has spent the past year debating what it takes to govern. Now that fight is spilling onto the campaign trail as Republicans challenge colleagues to shape the 'governing majority' to their liking. My latest: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Joe Biden’s obsessive search for the right words. GREAT ⁦Tyler Pager⁩ story: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: Inside a series of meetings that some House Republicans say helped influence Speaker Johnson grow more defiant and confident in his decision to fund the government without incorporating more demands from the far-right flank. My latest: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

.Charlie Savage is right. Prelogar is not a general. nytimes.com/live/2024/02/2…

Bob Moore, who founded Bob's Red Mill, started the business after retiring early to fulfill his dream: to learn to read the Bible in its original languages. But one day he spotted an old mill for sale: 'I bought the thing and it changed my entire life.” nytimes.com/2024/02/13/bus…

Lindsey Graham's recent reversals on the border deal and Ukraine were abrupt — even for Graham. Read Liz Goodwin and @lacaldwelldc on the 'chaos monster,' as Kyrsten Sinema took to calling Graham during border negotiations. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

I was 23. I thought it made no sense to stay behind the velvet rope. How could I file a pool report without talking to the president? Reagan was chatty and didn't seem to mind, but the Secret Service sure did.

.Speaker Mike Johnson wipes a tear from his eye as he listens to Andrea Bocelli sing during the National Prayer Breakfast with President Biden & Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill.

Always read @dwightgarner: nytimes.com/2024/01/22/boo…

The hiring bonuses that law firms offer Supreme Court clerks have hit $500,000 — up from $10,000 in the 1980s. Read Tobi Raji on the ever-expanding Supreme Court industrial complex: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Late to it, but this story from Josh Dawsey Michael Scherer and @knowleshannah on how Trump won the Iowa caucuses eight years after coming up short is so good. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Many voters in small-town and rural Iowa who helped Obama win the state in 2008 and 2012 have switched to supporting Trump, even voters in Des Moines's growing suburbs shift toward Democrats. My dispatch from two Iowa counties ahead of the caucuses: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

When I profiled Christie in 2017, here’s what he said of backing Trump, a decision his longest advisers hated. “I was the first. And I turned out to be right.” politico.com/magazine/story…

NEW: A House bipartisan working group led by Rep. Stephanie Bice and Chrissy Houlahan on paid leave has released a modest, draft framework aiming to enhance access to paid family leave.

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Some personal news: Yesterday was my first day as a newsroom fellow Semafor, where I'll be covering all things breaking news! Drop me a line -- CAndersSemafor.com

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