Tara Palmeri: “Hunter Biden, the president’s troubled lobbyist-cum-author-cum-artist troubled son and tabloid media curiosity, has been assembling a more combative legal and communications apparatus to defend himself against House G.O.P. investigators looking to probe whether he sold access to Joe Biden.”

“But while the president has publicly distanced himself from Hunter’s legal and personal affairs, which have at times been an embarrassment to the administration, the bare-knuckle tactics of his allies are beginning to aggravate some senior officials in the White House.”

“The grumbling has already begun over Joe Biden’s new chief of staff,” Politico reports.

“Less than two months into his role as top White House aide, Jeff Zients faces frustration among progressives who see his influence behind Biden’s recent tack toward the center.”

A new AP-NORC poll finds President Biden notched an approval rating of 38% in the new poll, after 45% said they approved in February and 41% in January.

His ratings hit their lowest point of his presidency last July, at 36%, as the full weight of rising gasoline, food and other costs began to hit U.S. households.

An online prayer session organized by a pro-trump Christian group ran into technical difficulties, causing Donald Trump, who was the guest of honor on the call, immediately blamed it on the “radical left,” Insider reports.

“President Biden issued the first veto of his presidency on Monday, turning back a Republican effort to bar investment managers from incorporating climate and social considerations into their decisions,” the New York Times reports.

“The rule that the president vowed to protect is an obscure investing principle known as E.S.G. — shorthand for prioritizing environmental, social and governance factors. It had been a widely accepted norm in financial circles for almost 20 years until Republicans recently started assailing it as “woke capitalism” that injected Democratic and liberal values into financial decisions. More than $18 trillion is held in investment funds that follow E.S.G. principles.”

“The veto came amid a flurry of other presidential signings — including one that put Mr. Biden at odds with the left wing of his party — that illustrated how the president was positioning himself as a centrist in an era of divided government with an election year approaching.”

The Guardian: “The frenzied posts from Trump reflected his deep panic and anxiety over the imminence and likelihood of criminal charges, the sources said, not least because he is powerless to stop the district attorney’s office from moving forward with a case that will take the US into new legal territory as Trump revs up his 2024 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.”

“Hunter Biden has filed a sweeping countersuit against the computer repair shop owner who said that Biden dropped his laptop off and never claimed it, a legal action that escalates the battle over how provocative data and images of the president’s son were obtained nearly five years ago,” the Washington Post reports.

Time: “To the astonishment of many in Washington, the man Democrats once denounced as a threat to American democracy has become one of their most important allies in government… DeJoy may be the only person on earth who could have delivered these wins for America’s beloved, beleaguered Postal Service.”

“That’s partly because of the perverse credibility his association with former President Donald Trump and the scandalous 2020 headlines give him with Republicans. It’s also his stubborn insistence that he wasn’t going to allow allegations levied against him in the thick of an inflammatory political season define him.”

New York Post: “It’s Washington’s newest guessing game: Who is the unnamed Biden family member who got proceeds from a $3 million wire to Hunter Biden associate John ‘Rob’ Walker weeks after Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017?”

“House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) first revealed Monday that bank records obtained via subpoena implicate a ‘new Biden family member’ in the panel’s probe of the first son’s alleged influence-peddling scheme.”

“Comer is expected to reveal the person’s name at some point, but has not yet announced specific plans to do so, leaving the door open to speculation about who else could have been on the receiving end.”

The Air Force detailed President Biden’s new design colors for Air Force One, the Daily Beast reports.

The announcement placed an emphasis on how Biden’s design is “modernizing” the iconic aircraft “for the 21st century,” replacing the colors former President Donald Trump had planned with “deeper, more modern” hues.

Washington Examiner: “Biden said in 2019 that if he were elected, he would tell the Justice department to perform a comprehensive review of the opinions that were issued during the Nixon and Clinton eras.”

“Since Biden has not ordered the review since taking office, the opinion could shield him from being indicted.”

“President Biden’s abrupt shift toward a tougher ‘law and order’ stance on crime and immigration has progressives nervous about where he’s headed next,” Semafor reports.

“One thing that both the immigration and crime moves had in common: Key allies complained they were given little warning about a sudden change in Biden’s position.”

Dick Morris had a word for it.

President Biden’s public approval rating edged up to 42%, its highest level since June, as inflation has eased in the United States and job growth has stayed strong, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

“President Biden’s pick to serve as a telecommunications regulator is withdrawing her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, following a bitter 16-month lobbying battle that blocked her appointment and opened her up to relentless personal attacks,” the Washington Post reports.

“Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate and former Democratic FCC official who was first nominated by the White House in October 2021, said her decision to withdraw follows ‘unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks’ seeded by cable and media industry lobbyists. The announcement is a defeat for consumer advocates, who had rallied behind Sohn during three Senate confirmation hearings.”

“But it is a devastating blow to the Biden administration, whose ambitious internet agenda has been mired in limbo for more than two years, amid a deadlock at the FCC.”

“Former White House doctor Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) has no well-wishes for President Joe Biden, who just had a cancerous lesion removed. Rather, Jackson said Biden is the cancer himself,” the Daily Beast reports.

Said Jackson: “Biden is the cancer. He’s what needs to be removed, not the lesion they found.”