House Speaker Mike Johnson on CNN: It saddens me that the institution has devolved to the way it is, but I think we can bring it back. I'm an optimist, Jake.

D.C. police: 63-year-old Reginald Pickett has been arrested and charged after he displayed a knife, threatened victims inside a business and made derogatory comments toward one of the victims based on their race. The other victim tried to intervene and was stabbed by the suspect.

Biden on John Fetterman, 'who, I want to stay on his side, no matter what.'

Important update: Tester just ran over and snagged a bag of peanut butter M&Ms out of Booker’s desk

In a new statement, President Biden says he 'strongly' supports the national security supplemental. 'I will sign this into law immediately to send a message to the world: We stand with our friends, and we won’t let Iran or Russia succeed.'

Don't you dare tell me to be happy, Scott Lincicome

Maryland 'mother' gets 25 years in prison after she was convicted of setting her 8-year-old son on fire for spilling cereal. She ignored his injuries for two weeks, and the child needed 20 surgeries.

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Tonight Donald Trump, former US President, will meet for dinner with current Polish President Duda in New York, a campaign official and a Polish official confirm to CBS News.
h/t Olivia Rinaldi

'D.C. police say two people who were walking their dog on a street in the northeast were attacked by a group of six juveniles who stole a wallet, a phone, and left one of them with stab wounds.'

fox5dc.com/news/juveniles…

Crystal Ball rating changes this morning in ARIZONA --

AZ-SEN Toss-up to Leans D
Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6) Leans R to Toss-up

Explained here: centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/ra…

Senators that I didn’t see inside the chamber as House Republicans read Mayorkas’ impeachment articles

(D)
Sen. Fetterman
Sen. Warren
Sen. Sanders
Sen. Sinema (I)
Sen. Tester — seen at the beginning but not during the reading

(R)
Sen. Wicker
Sen. Crapo
Sen. Paul
Sen. Rick Scott

Vivek Ramaswamy is a guest on the Dave Ramsey show this afternoon

First 6 jurors seated in Trump trial as judge warns former president about comments cbsnews.com/news/trump-tri… via CBS News Politics

If I pay for a subscription to your website, pls do not require me to constantly sign in 🥲

'Amazon HQ2 was supposed to add jobs last year. It shed them instead.' washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…
'In exchange for as much as $750M in taxpayer subsidies from Virginia, it agreed to build a massive new campus near the Pentagon and fill it with tens of thousands of new employees'

Merchan just admonished Trump, telling Blanche: 'Your client was audibly uttering something...I won’t tolerate that. I will not have any jurors intimated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear.'

Multiple reports of an elephant from the Jordan Circus that got loose and was walking along Harrison Avenue in Butte.

Yes, really.

Hope to get some more info #mtnews

This is the Senate content I crave