RIP Robert MacNeil, who rejected the flashier style of the commercial television networks and became the iconic and sober mainstay of the PBS news operation. nytimes.com/2024/04/12/bus…

'In his video' on abortion, Trump 'seems like a man running for cover that simply isn’t there,' writes ⁦Susan Glasser⁩ newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

I spotted Jackson and headed over to him. Rich spotted the SCOTUS justices and headed to them. “So what do you think about the OJ trial?”Not missing a beat Scalia said w/mock seriousness, clearly joking: “Well, everybody knows he did it, don’t they?” 2/2

Peter Baker, My memory is that night: I was covering the House chamber. Metro desk asked me to find Jesse Jackson to ask something. Headed to Statuary Hall where I knew he was. Our colleague Rich Leiby. Who I think was doing Style color sidebar, asked to come along. …. 1/2

The one time O.J. Simpson really intersected with DC politics came in February 1997 when the jury in his civil trial ruled against him the same night that Clinton delivered his State of the Union address. TV showed the two events in split screen. John F. Harris and I covered the…

Trump allies plot ways to elevate third-party candidates like RFK Jr and Jill Stein to drain votes from Biden in key battleground states. ⁦Jonathan Swan⁩ ⁦Maggie Haberman⁩ ⁦Shane Goldmacher⁩ ⁦Rebecca Davis O'Brien⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

'The side that can’t shoot back loses': Top US general warns that Russia will hold a 10-to-1 advantage over Ukraine on artillery shells within weeks unless Congress passes military aid. ⁦Dan Lamothe⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Navalny may have died in Putin's prison but even that has not completely stopped him from speaking out. Turns out he wrote a memoir before his death and it will be published posthumously this fall. ⁦Alexandra Alter⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/11/boo…

How a Case Against Fox News Tore Apart a Media-Fighting Law Firm:
Tensions had been brewing for years inside Clare Locke, a top defamation law firm. Then came the biggest defamation case of them all. ⁦David Enrich⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

Biden says the US is considering dropping its prosecution of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who has been jailed in London for years while fighting extradition to face charges related to his publication of classified documents. ⁦Erica L. Green⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

With Trump's support, hard-right Republicans join Democrats in blocking legislation to extend a warrantless surveillance law that security officials call crucial to curbing terrorism, dealing Johnson a defeat ⁦Luke Broadwater☀️⁩ ⁦Charlie Savage⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

Israeli authorities have improved aid delivery to Gaza but still “need to do more,” Biden says, offering a measured assessment of how well Netanyahu is living up to promises he made last week. nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

The unexpected re-acceleration in price growth across the economy is at least a temporary setback for Biden, who has been banking on cooling inflation to lift his re-election prospects. ⁦Jim Tankersley⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

Arizona's high court upholds an 1864 law outlawing abortion from the moment of conception except to save the life of the mother, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Moribund under Roe v. Wade, the law is now enforceable. ⁦jack healy⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/…

Just finished 'True Believer' by James Traub, a masterful biography of Hubert Humphrey that presents him as a fascinating, three-dimensional figure, not the cardboard cutout later generations may know.

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Trump says abortion rights should be left up to the states, remarks that came after months of mixed signals on an issue that he and his advisers have worried could cost him dearly in the election. ⁦Maggie Haberman⁩ ⁦Jonathan Swan⁩ ⁦Michael Gold⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/…

Trump, who complains about migrants from places like Latin America and Yemen, lamented that people were not immigrating to the United States from “nice” countries 'like Denmark.' ⁦Maggie Haberman⁩ ⁦Michael Gold⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/…

How would Trump end the Ukraine war? By letting Putin keep Crimea and eastern Ukrainian territory he illegally seized by force. Even some Trump allies say that would reward Russian aggression. ⁦Isaac Arnsdorf⁩ ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ ⁦Michael Birnbaum⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Montana's GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy says he was shot while serving in Afghanistan. Except in 2015, he told a park ranger he shot himself accidentally and paid a fine for illegally discharging a gun. Now he says he was lying then. ⁦Liz Goodwin washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Russia has responded to the terrorist attack by raiding thousands of construction sites, dormitories, cafes and warehouses that employ and cater to migrants and deporting thousands of foreigners. ⁦Anatoly Kurmanaev⁩ ⁦Valeriya Safronova⁩ ⁦Valerie Hopkins⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/04/wor…