Trump's Former Finance Chief in Negotiations to Plead Guilty to Perjury  —  Allen H. Weisselberg would admit to lying on the stand during the former president's civil fraud trial, according to people familiar with the talks.  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime lieutenant to Donald J. Trump …

Special counsel questioned witnesses about 2 rooms FBI didn't search inside Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence: Sources  —  The FBI missed the rooms in their search for classified documents, said sources.  —  In this June 9, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump is shown at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Republicans' plotting to block a Democratic president goes public  —  A bill under consideration in the House would, among other things, expand the child tax credit to the benefit of parents earning $40,000 a year or less.  —  In the 2022 General Social Survey, over two-thirds of people …

Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can't run for reelection  —  Last year's boycott lasted six weeks — the longest in state history — and paralyzed the legislative session, stalling hundreds of bills.  —  SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday …

Biden signs executive order sanctioning West Bank settlers  —  President Biden signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes sanctions on four West Bank settlers who have committed violence against Palestinians.  The order marks the most significant action Biden has taken …

What Biden *really* says about Trump behind closed doors  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from producer Raymond Rapada.  —  President JOE BIDEN has a reputation for salty language behind closed doors.

MAGA World Is About to Meet Taylor Swift's Fandom.  It Won't Go Well.  —  Swift expert Brian Donovan on why the political right is targeting a rich, heteronormative pop star.  —  A lot of Swifties take their cues from Taylor Swift, they listen to her statements about politics and absorb them and act on them.

Sorry Appin, We're Not Taking Down Our Article About Your Attempts To Silence Reporters  —  Back in December, we wrote about Appin.  We were not writing about the reports (of which there have been many) that the organization that started as a sort of cybersecurity training school …

Republicans smeared Ilhan Omar over a faulty translation.  Here's what she really said.  —  (L-R) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) take questions during a news conference about Islamophobia on Capitol Hill on November 30, 2021 in Washington, DC.

RFK Jr. blames young campaign staffer for TikTok thirst trap comment  —  “The TikTok comment in question was made in 2022 long before I ever had a TikTok account,” the presidential hopeful posted on social media.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied accusations Thursday that he left a comment …

Inside Kevin McCarthy's vengeance operation against the Republicans who fired him  —  Allies of the booted speaker have identified their three biggest targets: Reps. Nancy Mace, Bob Good and Eli Crane.  —  Kevin McCarthy is not done trying to exact revenge on the fellow Republicans who ended his Hill career.

Ohio 2024 Poll: Sherrod Brown Gears Up for Tight Re-election Campaign  —  Trump Endorsed Candidate for Senate Jumps from Third to First  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey of Ohio finds Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in a tight re-election contest against potential Republican opponents.

Plans for U.S. strikes on Iranian personnel and facilities in Iraq, Syria approved after Jordan drone attack  —  U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News that plans have been approved for a series of strikes over a number of days against targets — including Iranian personnel and facilities — inside Iraq and Syria.

Pass the Immigration Bill  —  There's high drama unfolding on the southern border.  Even as undocumented immigrants are flooding across at an extraordinary pace, the governor of Texas is pretending to defy the Supreme Court, and other Republican governors are threatening to send National Guard units …

Schumer promises vote on the border security-Ukraine aid deal next week  —  The Senate majority leader said the text of the agreement will be made public as soon as Friday or as late as Sunday.

Early election-year polls can be dead on.  But you can't tell which.  —  At the end of January 2020, The Washington Post and our partners at ABC News released one of the most accurate presidential election polls in recent history.  In a head-to-head contest against Joe Biden …

One Clue That Kyrsten Sinema Is Retiring: Her Weird Spending  —  Kyrsten Sinema is spending more than $100,000 a month on personal security, barely raising money, and shelling out for first-class plane tickets—after railing against first class. … Once upon a time, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema …