“Friends still get a kick out of a story about how Johnson once told Trump that he was praying for him, to which the then-president responded: ‘Thank you, Mike. Tell God I said hi.’” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Visual evidence of Herschel Walker back at UGA, where he re-enrolled last year after he lost a U.S. Senate bid. H/t Redcup Georgia #gapol #gasen

NEW: A furious sweepstakes for senior natsec posts in a new Trump admin. is underway, with everyone from MAGA acolytes to mainstream Republicans vying to serve. Among the names: Ric Grenell, Robert O’Brien, Bill Hagerty and Elbridge Colby. (w/ Alex Ward) politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

After stormy week in court, weather cancels Trump’s North Carolina rally politi.co/4aIJtsy via POLITICO

After stormy week in court, weather cancels Trump’s North Carolina rally politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

Despite a stormy night canceling his rally in Wilmington, N.C., Trump campaign says he raised $6 million at his fundraiser in Charlotte.

Breaking: Donald Trump just called in to the rally in Wilmington, NC saying people need to go home because of severe weather.

Ahead of the rally in Wilmington, NC, Trump’s campaign is handing reporters paper copies of a Truth Social post last month saying he is “calling for” debates against Biden.

Back in North Carolina for this evening’s Trump rally.

House Speaker Mike Johnson wrestled over what to do with Ukraine funding while kneeling in prayer, according to Rep. Mike McCaul. Another member says: “For Mike Johnson, that’s the truth. It’s a religious decision.”

Read more:
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By the end of the first week of his criminal trial, Donald Trump had never looked more frustrated. politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

The much-hyped right-wing overthrow of Kevin McCarthy because he was supposedly insufficiently America First (or something) resulted in... a massive bipartisan foreign aid package!

new: Trump's best online fundraising day of Q1? When he warned supporters that Tish James was moving to seize his assets.

a look at how the former president's legal woes continue to drive $$ to his campaign w/ Natalie Allison
politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

In an email with subject line “What’s next,” Nikki Haley just sent out a fundraising appeal while announcing her new role at the Hudson Institute. Money is going to her Stand For America PAC.

it's incredible how pro-life types and Dems seem to be seeing totally different things in the GOP on abortion right now

Dem line has long been that GOP will pass national abortion ban. This guy thinks the GOP is going pro-choice...

via Shelby Talcott

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Trump in Manhattan courthouse hallway, as Biden heads out on a three-day tour of swing state of Pennsylvania:

'I should be right now in Pennsylvania and Florida. In many other states, North Carolina, Georgia, campaigning,' Trump said.

If anything, this potential juror sounds like she knows how to have fun:

“When she got to the question, “what do you do in your spare time?” the woman responded she sings, watches TV, “go shopping and go to the club.”
politico.com/live-updates/2… via POLITICO

Meanwhile, today in Arizona (!)

Scoop: The DNC paid for Biden’s legal bills for the Hur probe, per 2 ppl familiar and FEC records.
The payments are at odds with some of the Biden team’s more recent attacks on Trump for using campaign cash for his legal bills.

axios.com/2024/04/12/dnc…

President Biden is asked for his message to Arizona after the state's supreme court reinstated an 1864 abortion ban.

'Elect me. I'm in the 20th century -- the 21st century. Not back then. They weren't even a state,' Biden says.