“Tony P!” Doug Emhoff says. “Finally.”

Tony P is astounded. The second gentleman not only knows Tony P’s name, but has dispatched a staffer to follow up.

via Maura Judkis Kara Voght Jesús Rodríguez Ben Terris washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

NEWS: Trump and DeSantis privately met in Florida this morning. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

“The phrase around here is ‘the process is the punishment,’” said one person close to Trump. Trump’s first two weeks on trial, with Josh Dawsey Ashley Parker washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

Competing agendas and cover songs: Inside Trump’s talks with foreign leaders via Josh Dawsey Marianne LeVine Michael Birnbaum: washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

Biden says he'll debate Trump in Howard Stern interview. Trump adviser Chris LaCivita instantly proposes logistics get done. Trump team said in public memo yesterday that the CPD hadn't answered their request to hold earlier debates. Biden team not huge CPD fans either.

Trump calls deadly Charlottesville rally a ‘peanut’ next to Israel protests
washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

BREAKING: Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

“Get off our campus!,” a student yelled. “Go back to Louisiana Mike!” someone shouted. Speaker Johnson, sounding uncharacteristically irritated, shouted back, 'Enjoy your free speech!' Summarizing the speaker's visit w/ Hannah Knowles on Columbia's grounds washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

More on the protest votes against Trump (and Biden) in swing-state Pennsylvania's primaries, with Colby Itkowitz washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

House Speaker Mike Johnson and his Republican colleagues were met with boos and laughs after parachuting into one center of the roiling protest movement against the Israel-Gaza war: Columbia University. w/ Marianna Sotomayor washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

In The Early ☕️

- Chris Christie unplugged on Trump, Biden and RFK Jr.
- Ukraine, Israel bill heads to Biden’s desk
- Summer Lee prevails in Pa primary
- Big abortion SCOTUS case today
- Latest on Trump in court
W/ Theodoric Meyer Tobi Raji Alec Dent

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

For POLITICO Magazine media edition, a look at how Trump gets the news: politico.com/news/magazine/…

George Santos, the fabulist who

one year ago said he'd run for re-election,
a decision he reversed 5 months ago
just before being expelled from the House,
where he swore he'd never return
only to do so months later,

said he's ending his campaign.
nytimes.com/2024/04/23/nyr…

A crowd has gathered outside Trump Tower, where Trump welcomed a former Japanese PM earlier this evening. But no one seems to know what’s happening. Several people say they just noticed a commotion and figured they should check it out.

juror number 4 living their best life

A lot going on here. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Trump, July 31, 2020: 'As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States.'

Trump, today: 'Just so everyone knows, especially the young people, Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok.'