Trump endorses Dave McCormick at his rally

BREAKING: Israel calls for an emergency meeting of the UN security council over the Iranian attack

Great Jonathan Martin jam.

The craziest thing you can say on Washington cocktail/diplo circuit right now?

That you think Biden will win.

CW in DC so much favors DJT, that few can see what data clearly shows:

A coin-toss race right now & Biden is gaining.
politico.com/news/magazine/…

This poll showed Mr. Biden with his strongest performance among nonwhite voters among the last three Times/Siena surveys since December.

NEW: Biden has nearly erased Trump’s early polling advantage, amid signs that the Democratic base has begun to coalesce despite lingering concerns on economy and age.

Trump: 46% (-2)
Biden: 45% (+2)

My write up of the latest NYT/Siena poll—> nytimes.com/2024/04/13/us/…

“I STAND WITH THE SPEAKER”:

Speaker Mike Johnson meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and gets his praise amid MTG’s motion to vacate threats

w/⁦Sahil Kapur⁩ nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

DNC covered Biden legal bills in special counsel probe axios.com/2024/04/12/dnc…

NEWS — Evan Corcoran, the Trump attorney who became a critical witness in the classified documents case against the former president, has quietly left his legal team. Full story at 9:00 right now.

NEW: A recently-formed Trump super PAC says it’s got $27 million in cash on hand, including a $10 million donation from Ike Perlmutter. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…

Thread from Lipton, leader of the team on a series of stories about Kushner’s post-government business and what conflicts could exist if he returns to government:

Via Michael Gold, a reminder that Trump backed a 20-week federal ban on abortion that cleared the House while he was president in 2017 nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

Just in: Looks like we'll be getting a transcript of Walt Nauta's FBI interview at some point tomorrow, minus the names of any potential govt witnesses, according to Judge Cannon's most recent order.

Trump megadonor John Paulson warns against ‘decoupling’ from China ft.com/content/5a4cb6…

Trump was just asked: “Do you think a doctor should be punished who perform abortions?”

“I’d let that be to the states, you know, everything we’re doing now is states and states’ rights,' Trump said.

Trump tells reporters in ATL that he would not sign a federal abortion ban if reelected in November.

“Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?” Trump was asked by the reporter
“No,” Trump said, shaking his head.
“You wouldn’t sign it?”
“No.'

🚨 Had to do a slight redesign of the cover for my upcoming book on The Stone Pony because...

Bruce @Springsteen penned the foreward!

Pre-order 'I Don't Want to Go Home' here: bookshop.org/p/books/i-don-…