The sketch from Trump in court as prospective jurors are being asked to raise their hands if they can't be fair and impartial, courtesy of artist Christine Cornell.

NEW: House Freedom Caucus takes an official position on Ukraine aid — says “under no circumstances” will support Ukraine aid with no offsets, even with emergency situation in Israel to pass foreign aid

FYI, the drones that Iran attacked Israel with overnight are the same Iranian drones that Tehran provides to Russia and are used to attack Ukraine on an almost daily basis. Ukrainians call them “flying lawnmowers” and “mopeds” because of their ominous humming, as they fly low and…

There are two Iranian Shahid drone attacks ongoing.

One against Israel and one against Ukraine at the same time.

Whilst Iran is launching an attack on Israel, Russia is once again attacking Ukraine with the same model of Iranian-supplied kamikaze drone.

Lots of bracing for imminent Mideast impact on this site right now…

“The cast is lit this week”

Ryan Lizza Domenico Montanaro

Also excited.

‘Like a podcast, but live…’

Excited for ⁦Franklin Foer⁩ to host Washington Week on PBS, live soon

Trump, whose only ideology is opportunism

by the great Susan Glasser
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

NEW: The exhaustion of US-provided air defenses due to delays in resuming US aid to Ukraine and improvements in Russian strike tactics have led to the increasing effectiveness of Russian strikes against Ukraine w/o an increase in the size or frequency of such strikes. (🧵1/5)

“Whoever told Trump that “states’ rights” was a safe way out of the abortion fight must have been hiding out in a Southern golf club since 1954, with the TV turned off.” —⁦Susan Glasser. Brilliant. newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Whoever told Trump that “states rights” was a safe way out of the abortion fight must have been hiding out in a Southern golf club since 1954 with the TV turned off.

my latest column: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

‘Donald Trump Did This’…

My new column on abortion, Arizona, and 2024: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

‘Donald Trump Did This’…

My new column on abortion, Arizona, and 2024: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

'I detect an undercurrent of self-doubt among some Americans about what your role in the world should be...At a time when our world is at history's turning point...Freedom and democracy are currently under threat around the globe.'

— Japanese PM Fumio Kishida addresses Congress

The Trump foreign policy in action:

Additional points:

General Cavoli 'They [Ukraine] are now being outshot by the Russian side 5-to-1. That will immediately go to 10-to-1 in a matter of weeks. We are not talking about months. We are not talking hypothetically' /

NATO SACEUR: “Russia is reconstituting that force far faster than our initial estimates suggested.”

‘If business leaders think that giving up the rule of law will be good for business, they will quickly learn that they are wrong. But it will be too late…’

From important Tom Edsall piece on Trump and his moneymen: nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opi…

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…