The Surprising Strategy Trump Could Use to Win His Manhattan Trial politi.co/4aPeFWF via POLITICO

Trump said it’s up to the states to decide abortion. Here’s everything else he didn’t say. politi.co/4aNgjYH via Megan Messerly

Biden could lose key Cabinet secretary to California governor’s race politi.co/3xokN9O via POLITICO

Democrats fear Netanyahu may have undermined Biden’s image among voters politi.co/3PTYrnb via Adam Cancryn Jonathan Lemire Jennifer Haberkorn

Melania Trump is back, set to hold event for Log Cabin Republicans politi.co/3U5hf5d via POLITICO

A blinking red light for Israel in American politics politi.co/3xrmvHB via POLITICO

Tensions rising in Congress over how to fund rebuilding of Baltimore's collapsed bridge politico.com/live-updates/2… via POLITICO

Inside the WSJ’s Yearlong Effort to Free Evan Gershkovich via ⁦POLITICO⁩ politico.com/news/magazine/…

Russian Court Extends WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention wsj.com/world/russia/r…

Kate Middleton: I have cancer politico.eu/article/kate-m…

Trump leadership PAC racks up millions in legal bills amid courtroom fights politi.co/3IO3z8c via POLITICO

Leo Varadkar to stand down as Irish PM politico.eu/article/leo-va…

If Israel invades Rafah, Biden will consider conditioning military aid to Israel politi.co/3Vc7i6Y via Alex Ward Jonathan Lemire

Who is this year’s designated survivor? politico.com/live-updates/2… via POLITICO

Which president droned on the longest during his SOTU? Check out our latest updates: politico.com/live-updates/2… via POLITICO

“Ukraine will be looking for something concrete, such as a commitment to supply long range ATACMS that Ukrainians have been requesting for two years,' a person close to Zelenskyy told me.

This and other tidbits on POLITICO's SOTU live blog. politico.com/live-updates/2…

Biden’s State of the Union report card: Here’s where Biden stands on last year’s promises politi.co/3V7JfGl via POLITICO

McConnell backs Trump — mildly politico.com/live-updates/2… via POLITICO

Speaker Johnson blocked Dem efforts to add emergency nutrition $ for low-income moms + babies to past funding stopgaps

He instead dug in for $ offsets last wk, raising qs w/ some at-risk Rs

“There was a point where I was like, What are we doing here?”

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Jay Powell’s greatest strength is something that he and his fellow officials are allergic to talking about: politics.

My latest “Capital Letter” column
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