Antony Blinken is on a difficult mission in the Middle East this week.

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President Joe Biden vowed last week that he would take another stab at trying to pass border security legislation. It was news to those involved in the first round of negotiations over the bill.

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Prior to last week’s congressional recess, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared poised for battle to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson from his post. But over the weeklong break, she didn’t offer any updates on the mission.

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It’s been 38 days since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) filed her motion to strip Speaker Mike Johnson of his gavel. But Greene — and the anti-Johnson movement in general — seems to have dissipated during the recess.

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It was one of the more highly produced and polished White House Correspondents’ Dinners in recent years – with some serious warnings beneath the partying.

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In a few hours, This Town will descend on the Washington Hilton in their glitzy finery for tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where President Joe Biden will roast the press, Donald Trump and himself.

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Kristi Noem’s new memoir tells the story of shooting her puppy.

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Coal, the fading powerhouse of the U.S. electricity system, is about to see its fortunes turn even darker.

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For this week's Playbook Deep Dive, Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza talked with actor and former journalist, Wagner Moura, who plays a war correspondent on a mission to interview the president in the hit film “Civil War.'

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Donald Trump had a huge day in two different courtrooms yesterday, but was only present for the one in Manhattan. Legal reporter Ben Feuerherd takes Playbook's Ryan Lizza through what it was like in the room.

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This week’s revelatory testimony from David Pecker in Donald Trump's hush money trial has put a spotlight on one of the former president's greatest vulnerabilities: the chaos and confusion of his tenure in the White House.

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Key justices seemed open to pathways that could further delay Donald Trump’s election subversion trial until after November.

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Even by modern standards, this is a dizzying day of Trump legal news.

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Donald Trump is facing legal peril across a remarkable number of fronts this week.

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Today, after months of gridlock in Congress, President Joe Biden formally signed the hotly debated $95.3 billion foreign aid package into law. Still, the question is how to get funding to Ukraine in a timely manner.

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Democrats are increasingly open to the idea of voting to protect Speaker Mike Johnson against an ouster attempt, putting him in a stronger than expected position even with a razor-thin majority.

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Last night, the Senate finally passed the foreign aid bill that also moves to ban TikTok from the U.S. Tech policy reporter Rebecca Kern and Playbook's Eugene Daniels discuss what this could this mean for the popular app.

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President Joe Biden's recent equivocation on anti-Israel student protests has sent fingers scratching heads in Washington. But back at the White House, the reaction has been downright serene.

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The Senate is gearing up for votes on the House-passed foreign aid package, aiming to send it through to the president's desk. But the journey that brought it to this point with Speaker Mike Johnson has been a surprising one.

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Republicans are waking up to the reality that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could sink their standard-bearer just as easily as he could hurt President Joe Biden following a pair of new polls.

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