April jobs report key takeaways:

1) This is a historic job market w/unemployment under 4% for 27 months
2) Hiring is good, but slowing
3) Healthcare is now the major industry hiring
4) Wage growth is above inflation
5) Signs of cooling = temp help decline, avg work week down

The twin threats facing Biden at home and abroad - deep dive from ⁦Aaron Zitner⁩ ⁦Tarini Parti⁩ ⁦Sabrina Siddiqui⁩ Stephen Kalin wsj.com/politics/elect…

Staff are invited to weekly prayer circles. The director of messaging spent weeks in Costa Rica, where he called some of RFK’s views “actually repugnant.” At a potluck, volunteers were told to bring crockpots bc some staff fear radiation from microwaves. wsj.com/politics/elect…

'We are a civil society. And order must prevail,' President Biden says. He adds: 'It's against the law when violence occurs -- destroying property is not a peaceful protest.'

Trump interview with ⁦Hope Karnopp⁩ of ⁦JSOnline - Politics⁩ jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

'During the campaign’s virtual Christmas party, held over Zoom, Kennedy said that he was high before someone interrupted to clarify that the candidate had just left the dentist & was still feeling the effects of anesthesia' Rebecca Ballhaus Eliza Collins wsj.com/politics/elect…

Fed Says Inflation Progress Has Stalled and Extends Wait-and-See Rate Stance ⁦Nick Timiraos⁩ wsj.com/economy/centra…

Read ⁦Annie Linskey⁩ + ⁦Tarini Parti⁩ on whether looser marijuana rules may help Biden move the needle with young voters. wsj.com/politics/elect…

“An ancient Chinese proverb that counsels “do nothing, and everything will be done” could sum up the Federal Reserve’s latest approach to interest-rate policy.” ⁦Nick Timiraos⁩ wsj.com/economy/centra…

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue.

Congrats Aruna Viswanatha! This is great news for the Washington bureau and The Wall Street Journal as a whole.

Colin Jost: “Like many of you here tonight, I pretend to do news on TV.” #whcd

Biden: “I’m a grown man, running against a 6-year-old.” #whca

.Vice President Kamala Harris Harris to ⁦Catherine Lucey⁩: “This is having a real effect on real people on a daily basis that is resulting in suffering.” ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ wsj.com/politics/polic…

A poignant #IStandWithEvan gathering in DC today during @WHCA weekend: WSJ brunch at the Dutch Ambassador’s residence. 'We need to all do our part' to get Evan Gershkovich home, Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour said

Vice President Kamala Harris Har­ris makes an ef­fort to stay in touch with the women, say­ing “that they’re not alone, and that what they are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing mat­ters and that there are peo­ple who are gonna stand up and fight for them.” wsj.com/articles/the-t…

⁦Vice President Kamala Harris⁩ Kamala Harris: “The im­pact of it is to hope­fully re­mind peo­ple this is not just some aca­d­e­mic or in­tel­lec­tual or po­lit­i­cal is­sue. This is hav­ing a real ef­fect on real peo­ple on a daily ba­sis that is re­sult­ing in suf­fer­ing. wsj.com/articles/the-t…

NEW: President Biden, once reluctant to talk about abortion, is sharing the microphone with women in battleground states wsj.com/articles/the-t…

Stern: 'Mr. President, look at me, sitting with the President.'

Biden: 'Look at me, sitting with Howard Stern.'

Stern asks Biden about a potential debate with Trump. 'I don't know when. I'm happy to debate him,' Biden said.