“The U.S. secretly warned Iran that Islamic State was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack early this month that killed more than 80 Iranians in a pair of coordinated suicide bombings,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Trump’s Political Fate Won’t Be Decided by the Courts
“What once resembled a wall of legal obstacles that stood between Donald Trump and his return to the White House is now looking like little more than a series of…
Nikki Haley Is Huddling With Donors
“Nikki Haley is easing back into public life after dropping out of the Republican presidential race in early March, but has no immediate plans to endorse Donald Trump,” the Wall…
Top Republicans Won’t Commit to Accept Election Results
“Top Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, are refusing to commit to accept November’s election results with six months until voters head to the polls, raising concerns that the…
Mike Johnson Has a Trump Problem
Punchbowl News: “Johnson has been hugging former President Donald Trump as closely as possible for the last few months. Johnson held a news conference with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, appeared at…
House Democrats Won’t Promise to Save Johnson Again
“House Democrats aren’t committing themselves to saving Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) take another shot at removing him,” Axios reports. “Greene caught colleagues in both…
Barron Trump Will Be a Delegate at the GOP Convention
Barron Trump, who will graduate from high school next week and has largely been kept out of the political spotlight, was picked by the Republican Party of Florida as one…
U.S. Won’t Supply Weapons to Attack Rafah
President Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza…
House Defeats Effort to Oust Mike Johnson
The House resoundingly defeated a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Punchbowl News reports. The vote was 359 to 43. Eleven Republicans voted against tabling the resolution, effectively voting to…
Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports
“President Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one in official trade data, which show…
Did Stormy Daniels Help or Hurt the Case Against Trump?
Harry Litman: “From the vantage point of the prosecution, the legal essentials of the hush money payment and alleged fabrication of documents don’t turn on whether the jury believes Daniels….
GOP Staffer Engaged with Antisemitic Posts
“A staffer for Montana Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy engaged with numerous social media posts with racist and antisemitic messaging,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Democrats Sense Shift on Abortion Rights from Latinas
New York Times: “Polling trends, interviews with strategists and election results in Ohio and Virginia, where abortion rights played a central role, suggest Democrats’ optimism regarding Latinas — once considered…
Biden Prepares New Asylum Change
“Biden administration officials are readying to publish a new rule to more rapidly reject some migrants from asylum soon after crossing the border,” Axios reports. “It is one of several…
How Trump’s Allies Amplify His Truth Social Posts
Washington Post: “Truth Social was estimated to have 5.4 million website visits in the United States in March, with another 800,000 on its app. By comparison, X, which was formerly…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“He promised a $10 billion investment by Foxconn. He came with your senator, Ron Johnson, with a golden shovel and didn’t build a damn thing. They dug a hole with…
Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Cost $4.6 Trillion
“The cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts for households, small businesses and the estates of wealthy individuals enacted under President Donald Trump has expanded to $4.6 trillion,” Bloomberg reports….
Trump Tries to Expedite Appeal of Gag Order
“Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court to rule on their challenge to the gag order limiting what the former president can say about witnesses in the…
Mike Johnson Is No Kevin McCarthy
Politico: “He is not someone who GOP politicians can torment with impunity. He has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump — indispensable for a Republican in his position —…
Kristi Noem Cuts Short Book Tour Citing ‘Bad Weather’
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) “has cut short a disastrous book tour after receiving withering criticism for her story of shooting an ill-behaved puppy and unverified claims of meeting…
GOP Lawmaker Says KKK Is the ‘Military Wing’ for Dems
Rep. Scott Perry (R-FL) said in a closed door briefing with lawmakers that the Ku Klux Klan is the “the military wing of the Democratic party” and that migrants coming…