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First: As today's show begins, President Biden is speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu. It may not be the friendliest of chats, given that Biden is said to be furious at how Netanyahu was prosecuting the war in Gaza. The question is, will there be any US policy change?  Plus: Donald Trump is demanding Nebraska change how it awards its electoral votes. Nothing short of the outcome of the entire preside...

First: Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are trying to win votes about what Americans are most worried about. Trump stokes fears about "carnage" at the hands of migrants. Biden warns of an American where abortion is unavailable and health care is at risk.  Plus: Biden puts out a blistering statement after the Israeli government apologizes for unintentionally killing eight aid workers. But some fello...

Donald Trump goes to swing states Michigan and Wisconsin where he stokes immigration politics thousands of miles from the southern border. Meanwhile, Democrats zero in on the not-so-swing state of Florida, thanks to big news there on abortion last night that the Biden campaign is scrambling to capitalize on.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: "Evil, sick, deranged, crooked, and corrupt." Donald Trump chose those words in his Easter message to describe the prosecutors and judges leading the criminal cases against him.  Plus: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will allow a vote on desperately needed military aid for Ukraine. Could it cost him his gavel?  And President Biden may have a problem with the voting critical to his reelec...

First: Trump keeps up his attacks in the NY judge in the New York hush money case and leans into violent language at upcoming events. Plus: The fight over the GOPs future spreads to contentious primaries. Biden responds to Gaza protesters and faces a protest votes in a key battleground state.  And: How Trump’s message is playing with Evangelical voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

First: Our headline quote today is exactly how Joe Biden described Donald Trump's ideas at a star-studded fundraiser with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. We have new reporting on the presidential trifecta and the mega millions they're raking in.  Plus: A CNN exclusive: A federal judge is weighing in on Donald Trump's attacks on the judge overseeing the former president's hush money case while warni...

First: The Georgia election racketeering case against Donald Trump is back on. We'll bring you all the breaking details from the first hearing since a judge allowed Fulton County DA Fani Willis to continue spearheading the case, which the former president's legal team is trying to get dismissed.  Plus: Three presidents and a queen (Latifah) will attend an unprecedented fundraiser for President Bid...

First: Investigators are on the cargo ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, trying to figure out what went so tragically wrong.  Plus: Was the 2020 election stolen? Of course, there is zero evidence of that, but sources say it may be a litmus test for potential hires at the RNC.  And: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Queen Latifah and Lizzo are all part of the Biden campaign...

Continuing coverage of the catastrophic collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moments before today's show began, we learned that a New York appeals court had reduced the bonds he must pay in a civil fraud case to $175 million and gave him more time to pay. That means he might have the cash to put up without having to sell any of his assets. Meanwhile, Trump was in a different courtroom today in the separate, criminal case involving porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump's legal te...

Upheaval in the GOP – House Speaker Mike Johnson is in danger of losing his position. Sources say Democrats are willing to save him if he outlines a pathway to providing aid for Ukraine, which has been stalled for months and badly divides the GOP.   While Congress just ended a saga over funding the US government, one that cost the previous Speaker his job in an unprecedented uprising last fall, th...

As today's show begins, Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has just filed a motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson just after the House passed a critical spending bill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: New fundraising numbers are out and Joe Biden is dominating the race for campaign cash. Meanwhile, former President Trump is asking his supporters to cough up donations for the half a billion dollars he needs by Monday. His pitch? "Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower."  Plus: New reporting this hour about how more than a dozen people pardoned by Donald Trump are now helping the push to g...

First: President Biden is in battleground Arizona today where he'll announce $20 billion in loans and grants for Intel to produce advanced computer chips, which could create thousands of new jobs.  Plus: CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports Trump world is in "panic mode" as he scrambles to find a half a billion dollars to cover the judgment against him in the New York fraud case.  And: A new survey shows...

First: Joe Biden is heading west, kicking off a three-day campaign swing in Nevada and Arizona, battleground states that are critical to his path to reelection.  Plus: The power of a Donald Trump endorsement is being put to the test today in a high-stakes Republican primary in Ohio that could ultimately determine which party controls the US Senate.  And: Donald Trump is pushing a dangerous anti-se...

First: Former President Donald Trump must post nearly half a billion-dollar bond to cover the fraud judgment against him while he appeals it. But his lawyers say he can't find an insurance company to underwrite it for him.  Plus: President Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu talk for the first time in weeks. The conversation comes after the Israeli PM told Dana Bash that he doesn't need American politici...

First: Split screen, Trumps legal delays pay off while Joe Biden storms the battleground states. Plus: Primary fights, new reporting on the speakers attempts to reign in Republicans while Trump wades into key Senate races. And: Long shot, will Joe Manchin actually run again? A new reaction after Katie Britt’s widely panned response to the State of the Union address. Learn more about your ad choice...

First: That's how a judge summed up the behavior of District Attorney Fani Willis. But he ruled she can stay on Trump's election racketeering case in Georgia ... under one condition.  Plus: Team Trump continues its legal and political strategy: running out the clock.  And: The White House has a message for Republicans trying to impeach President Biden: Move on. Shockingly, the House may listen.  L...

First: One nominee is talking to voters in a must-win swing state, while the other is inside a courtroom in a must-win criminal case.  Plus: "An obstacle to peace." That's how Chuck Schumer describes Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for new elections in Israel  And: Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says if Congress forces TikTok's Chinese owner to sell, he wants in.  Learn more about your ad cho...

First: A judge dismisses some of the charges against Donald Trump in the Georgia election case, including one related to that infamous call where Trump asked Georgia's secretary of state to find thousands of votes.  Plus: Joe Biden and Donald Trump officially clinch their party nominations, setting up the longest general election campaign in American history.  And: The House passes a bill that cou...

First: Both Joe Biden and Donald take their campaign pitches on the road, lobbing personal shots at each other in the same critical swing state.  Plus: New reporting on what Trump says about dictators like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un own behind closed doors.  And: Senator Bob Menendez was just arraigned again on new charges of bribery and extortion. So why is still sitting on a key senate commi...

First: Fired up, President Joe Biden hits the trail as he and former President Donald Trump speak in Georgia on Saturday.  Plus: Razor thin, we go one-on-one with the party leaders in charge of winning the House. Plus, with control of the Senate in the balance, we sit down with Kari Lake.  And: Spring forward, will Congress make Daylight Saving Time permanent?  Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

First: President Biden is headed to a crucial swing state as he looks to amplify his State of the Union message. We have new reporting on his campaign plans.  Plus: Donald Trump just posted a nearly $92 million bond in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Does he have enough left to pay that $454 million judgment in the New York fraud case?  And: Outraged TikTok users are bombarding lawmakers with...

Tonight, Joe Biden will deliver what may be the most pivotal speech of his political career. And it's not just his job performance that will be under the microscope. It may be his actual performance that matters most.  Plus: Donald Trump is calling for debates anytime, anywhere, any place after boycotting them all primary season. The Biden campaign isn't saying they're in or out, just responding t...

The two parties' choices, whether you like it or not, are Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The 2020 rematch is now effectively a done deal after Nikki Haley suspended her campaign. The question now is: where will Haley voters go? Both Biden and Trump are making a play for their support ... with very different strategies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices