Democratic Party Leaders Meet in Chicago (2024)

Punchbowl News: “When Johnson first floated his plan for a GOP foreign aid bill on Monday, the Louisiana Republican’s aides understood that they’d need votes from Democrats to get it…

Politico: “Just ask a Ukrainian soldier if he still believes the West will stand by Kyiv ‘for as long as it takes.’ That pledge rings hollow when it’s been four…

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “is prepared to blame his wife at his bribery trial for withholding information from him about gifts they allegedly accepted from businessmen seeking favors, a newly…

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) urged supporters in Arizona to “strap on a Glock” pistol as they prepare for what she called an intense six months leading up…

“Israel is vowing to retaliate against Iran, risking further expanding the shadow war between the two foes into a direct conflict after an Iranian attack over the weekend sent hundreds…

Just about every Democrat running in competitive Senate races this year significantly out-raised their GOP challenger in the first quarter, Axios reports. Save to Favorites

“Donald Trump is set after court to visit what once was the Harlem bodega where a clerk in 2022 fatally stabbed a customer in what he described as self-defense,” Politico…

“Representatives for the firm that posted a $175 million bond for Donald Trump pushed back against objections raised by New York’s attorney general, saying in a court filing late Monday…

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) said Tuesday that he looked into allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the 2020 election but decided against seeking charges, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Save…

“Six jurors have been selected to hear the case against Donald Trump in Manhattan, the first criminal trial of a former American president,” the New York Times reports. “The jurors…

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) “is willing to vote to dismiss impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as long as time is given to debate the articles,” Axios reports….

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday suggested that interest rate cuts won’t occur as soon as previously thought, citing a “lack of progress” on cooling inflation so far this…

President Biden said that if Donald Trump’s Trump Media stock “drops any lower he might do better under my tax plan than his,” AFP reports. Save to Favorites

The judge in Donald Trump’s “hush money” case scolded Trump muttering during jury selection, the New York Times reports. Said Justice Merchan: “I won’t tolerate that. I will not have…

“The motion is going to get called, okay? Does anybody doubt that? The motion will get called, and then he’s going to lose more votes than Kevin McCarthy.” — Rep….

“The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the legality of obstruction charges lodged against some 300 rioters arrested for breaking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” the Los Angeles…

“Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about the 2020 election,” CNN…

Former Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) PAC has been doing some “generic non candidate specific” polling, according to financial disclosures. Save to Favorites

Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial: “Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head…

Comedian Rob Schneider “delivered a comedy set so off-color and off-putting to a group of prominent Republicans late last year that the host cut the performance short and later apologized…