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The House passed a controversial spying bill after Speaker Mike Johnson made changes to overcome last-minute opposition from Donald Trump on.wsj.com/3Q0waLF on.wsj.com/3Q0waLF

A narco revolt takes a once-peaceful nation to the brink washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

What Donald Trump wants in a running mate — and who he’s considering washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System politico.com/news/magazine/…

Democrats Hammer a Simple Attack on Abortion: Donald Trump Did This nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…

Fri. guest list: Jonathan Lemire, Rev. Al Sharpton, Eugene Robinson, Adrienne Elrod, Lanny Davis, Dave Aronberg, Jonathan Greenblatt, Fareed Zakaria, Derrick Johnson, Stephen Battaglio, Ed Gordon, ctd...

“Iran is calibrating its plans for a major retaliatory strike against Israel to send a message — but not spark a regional war that compels Washington to respond, the U.S. assesses” politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Beyond the renovated embassy library and new era of closer U.S.-Japan coordination, ⁦ラーム・エマニュエル駐日米国大使⁩’s real legacy may just be his heretofore invisible hand in the Cubs’ signing of Seiya Suzuki. politico.com/newsletters/we…

Tomorrow on Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire:

Preparing for Trump’s Monday court date. Capitol Hill chaos. Ukraine and Gaza.

Rep. Morgan McGarvey
Joyce Alene
Laura Davison
Jane Harman
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See you at 5 am EDT on MSNBC

Federal prosecutors have charged Ippei Mizuhara, the since-fired interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, with stealing more than $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to pay debts with an allegedly illegal bookmaker.

Read more: latimes.com/california/sto…

The Biden administration is seeking to require anyone selling guns at a profit to register as a federally licensed firearms dealer and run background criminal and mental health checks on buyers, ending a move known as the 'gun-show loophole.' nbcnews.com/politics/white…

Ippei Mizuhara has been charged with stealing more than $16 million from Shohei Ohtani, according to federal investigators.

BREAKING: O.J. Simpson has died at 76. The fallen football superstar and actor was acquitted of murder but later found liable in a separate civil trial. apnews.com/article/oj-sim…

NEWS: My NY Times best-selling book “The Big Lie” will be out in paperback on May 7th

It contains new material on how the 2020 lies have continued to dominate the GOP, shape Donald Trump’s political and legal future – and could decide this November’s election

How Biden’s campaign plans to pummel Trump on abortion politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Trump’s the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime. wapo.st/3xthcHD

President Biden has long wanted the global spotlight on Beijing

But his meetings with Asian leaders at the White House this week are serving as a reminder of how much China has taken second billing to crises in Europe and the Middle East politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case apnews.com/article/f0b97c…

In today's China Watcher:

We unpack President Joe Biden’s summit with Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida and preview how South China Sea tensions with China will loom large in today’s US-Japan-Philippines trilateral meeting.

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