TONIGHT: Trump's defense grills Michael Cohen - Biden targets China with a slew of new tariffs - the results of key primary elections
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Mike Memoli
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David Weigel

After Biden wrapped, a reporter asked him to respond to Trump saying China has been 'eating our lunch.'

'He's been feeding them a long time,' Biden quipped back.

President Joe Biden’s campaign plans to host a major fundraiser in Los Angeles next month with former President Barack Obama and Hollywood superstars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, according to a campaign official. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Biden held to the campaign's 'less is more' new practice, keeping his remarks to just 15 minutes. Mike Memoli explains here:

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A new RFK hire who called Jan. 6 'Democrat misdirection' appears to have been there himself, per Ryan J. Reilly & Alex Seitz-Wald

He also appears to have operated the AZGOP account when it asked if ppl were ready to give up their lives to keep Trump in office nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Trump spends day off from court hosting NFT customers at Mar-a-Lago:

The former president has recently complained about his New York trial keeping him off the campaign trail. He has no public campaign events scheduled Wednesday.

w/ Vaughn Hillyard

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New from Dan De Luce: fake social media accounts, state media propaganda, and now AI being deployed by Russia to try and deepen political divisions in U.S. over Israel-Hamas war. Moscow is targeting Europe as well nbcnews.com/news/investiga…

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Trump told Time he may free every single Jan. 6 rioter if he takes back the White House.

But Trump's campaign told NBC News that pardons would be done on a 'case-by-case basis.'

Reporting with Olympia Sonnier:

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. Shelby Talcott explains what’s going on when you hear Doug Burgum or Marco Rubio or anyone else is rising in the veepstakes semafor.com/article/04/29/…

New: just before the filing deadline, McCarthy allies land naval aviator Aaron Dimmock (R) to challenge #FL01 Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) in the 8/20 primary. Will be a race to watch. pnj.com/story/news/pol…

'The best part is the bus broke down around north capitol & we all had to get off and cram onto a second bus' popville.com/2024/04/mayor-…

🚨 WASHINGTON (AP) — House approves $61 billion Ukraine aid package as lawmakers race to deliver fresh round of US support to war-torn ally.

UPDATE: Biden is now at a Philly Wawa x.com/Al_Drago/statu…

NEWS: As a pastor & as a U.S. Senator, I’ve long admired Pope Francis’s efforts to center humanity in public life.

I look forward to meeting the Pope to hear how he models his faith in the public square & how he uses it to build bridges amid the growing divisions in our society.

You know it's a big Joe Biden moment when he breaks out The Cure of Troy

Former Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, the independent candidate’s nephew, said in an exclusive interview with Kelly O'Donnell that he believes his uncle’s “candidacy poses a threat to the country that I love and the values that I hold.”

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The presidential limousine, known as “The Beast,” parked outside of a Sheetz gas station during an unannounced visit with President Joe Biden, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.