Moscow court rejects latest appeal by detained WSJ reporter goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/mos… via Good Morning America

Ukrainian forces, outgunned and outmanned, are struggling to hold the strategically valuable city of Chasiv Yar long enough for weaponry from the U.S. to arrive wsj.com/world/inside-a… via The Wall Street Journal

The front page of today’s Wall Street Journal.

Free Evan now

As others have noted, in fact, Biden is proposing to extend roughly two-thirds of the Trump tax cuts. That’s what’s needed to prevent tax increases in 2026 on households making under $400k.

Our national, expensive domestic PPE gambit: Two years after a showy groundbreaking, a $350 million medical gloves plant in Baltimore sits empty.

Great accountability journalism from the ⁦⁦The Baltimore Banner⁩. thebaltimorebanner.com/article/baltim…

U.S. Aid Is a Lifeline for Ukraine’s Struggle to Hold Off Defeat

Ammunition and arms will be rushed to Kyiv’s forces on funding bill’s approval, ‘literally in the nick of time’
wsj.com/world/europe/u… via The Wall Street Journal

100 - unapologetic - %. It’s game on - and if the Swamp GOP wants to tango, let’s do this.

Possible Saturday & Sunday Senate sessions per Schumer: 'Members should plan to be here over the weekend if necessary to work on both FISA and the supplemental.'

Senate just locked in an time agreement for 7 votes on the FISA bill concluding with final
passage.

JOHNSON: “.. on many pieces of legislation, you need Republicans and Democrats to get it across the line. .. That’s the reality .. and we work with what we have.”

The Wall Street Journal Lindsay Wise
wsj.com/politics/why-m…

Steny Hoyer on Dems bailing Republicans out on the foreign aid rule vote: “It’s the answer to making irrelevant the House Freedom Caucus. They should have been made irrelevant a long time ago. And, frankly, this shows how relatively easy it is.”

Before the Key Bridge: “Propulsion failures like those experienced by the Geeta and the Dali are not uncommon in the Chesapeake Bay or Patapsco River.”

Must-read Chesapeake-focused “dead ships” story by ⁦Lee Sanderlin⁩ and ⁦Ryan Little⁩ thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

If you’re trying to understand why the GOP House started operating like an informal coalition government, this is a helpful read with lots of data…

Why Mike Johnson Can’t Run the House Without Democrats’ Help - The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/politics/why-m…

NEW: The Israel, Ukraine + other foreign aid bills are moving to the floor under a *bipartisan-passed* rule.

The House Rules Committee just voted 9-3 on the rule for debating the foreign aid bills.

And incredibly rare. The 9 yes votes were 5 Rs and all 4 Ds. The 3 Nos were Rs.

Folks:

If you read one book this year w in the room stuff on Tommy Boggs *and* Roger Stone ...

make it the Brody Mullins + Luke Mullins opus
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Asked if he would support MTG’s motion to vacate against Speaker Johnson, Trump says: “I get along very well with the speaker. And I get along very well with Marjorie.” He later says “I stand with the speaker.” And says “it’s unfortunate” motion to vacate keeps coming

On Ukraine

“It’s unfortunate that people keep bringing it up,” Trump says of motion to vacate

Tremendous loss for the The Wall Street Journal is another news outlet's gain.

FISA: Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats will not help pass a FISA rule even if it is for a standalone bill