How Steve Bannon guided the MAGA movement’s rebound from Jan. 6, from the new book by WaPo's Isaac Arnsdorf wapo.st/4am6Tnp

Biden and Trump secure their parties’ presidential nominations. By Hannah Knowles Toluse Olorunnipa: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

That one last phone call Joe Biden always needs to make. Second in a terrific series by WaPo’s ⁦Tyler Pager⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

How Trump crushed Haley’s momentum — and came closer to clinching the nomination. Terrific story about what happened in NH via WaPo’s ⁦Maeve Reston⁩ and ⁦Ashley Parker⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Layers, John McCormick . Layers.

Very good news for Punchbowl News. Dave Clarke is a skilled editor widely admired for his deft touch, smarts and good humor. People like to work with him, for him, around him.

That's so true. So many cities have seen a decline in strong local newspapers. Easy to take for granted until it's gone.

Stunning moment: At a town hall in Berlin, N.H., Nikki Haley was asked by a voter what was the cause of the Civil War. She said the war was about government interfering in people’s freedoms. The voter then called her out for not mentioning slavery.

Superb reporting and a powerful story by WaPo’s ⁦Peter Wallsten⁩ and ⁦Paul Kane⁩ on a critical vote on gun legislation. washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

SCOOP and update: Never Back Down strategist Jeff Roe resigns in wake of a The Washington Post  report on turmoil within the super PAC — another sign that Ron DeSantis's campaign experiment is now in tatters, by Michael Scherer Hannah Knowles Josh Dawsey
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A fight for Black representation, with a civil rights landmark on the line via WaPo's Patrick Marley wapo.st/3RFO9Ir

NEW: Which voters matter in presidential elections?
The ranks are shrinking. 3/4 Americans lived in places targeted by campaigns until 1980. It was 1/4 in 2020 and could be headed lower. Via Michael Scherer, Ence Morse, ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ + Marianne LeVine⁩
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12…

You’re that old??

Ditto to Karen Tumulty

White House grapples with internal divisions on Israel-Gaza
By Yasmeen Abutaleb John Hudson
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

Vulgarities, insults, baseless attacks: Trump backers follow his lead. This is superb story in so many ways. From WaPo's Hannah Knowles . wapo.st/3sFApno

Children wore “FJB” shirts/hats. Other merch spelled it out. Trump lobbed insults from SOB to “pencil neck.” He brought the house down mocking Biden, at one point baselessly suggesting he’s on drugs. Hannah Knowles captured the vulgarity in Iowa
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She didn’t trust the government. She didn’t trust the news. She didn’t know whom to trust, so Kathy Nichols eased into the armchair facing her psychic.

“What comes up in my future?” she asked.

A look at the era of exhaustion & uncertainty - w Sabrina Rodríguez: wapo.st/3SLq04c

NEW: Backlash grows to Univisión interview with Trump. Congressional Hispanic Caucus will ask to meet with newt work exec. Latino Advocacy groups write a letter. John Leguizamo calls for boycott. And more. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

Some excellent data work here by WaPo’s Ence Morse that illuminates aspects of the Senate you might not have known.