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1. Now a candidate, Biden boasts, rips GOP in trade union speech: 'Our economic plan is working'

Fresh off announcing he’s running for reelection, President Joe Biden provided a glimpse Tuesday into what his campaign’s messaging will likely be in the coming months. 

Speaking at the North America's Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference in Washington, Biden touted his administration’s achievements while drawing contrast with Republicans fixated on undoing them.  It matched the tenor of his campaign launch video, released Tuesday morning, with Biden even uttering his reelection slogan, “Finish the job,” a half dozen times. 

2. What's next in legal fight over abortion pill access?

Abortion rights supporters in Texas have suffered one defeat after another in recent years. But they are feeling a sense of relief after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday to suspend, for now, a ruling by a Texas judge that blocked access to the most commonly used abortion medication drug: mifepristone. 

Meanwhile, groups opposing abortion rights remain hopeful that their lawsuit to suspend federal approval of the pill will prevail. 

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

3. Report predicts McCarthy debt plan would slow growth as Biden threatens veto

A new analysis suggests that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit would result in slower economic growth and lower employment.

The proposal, unveiled last week, would would raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion into next year, while also rolling back spending levels to fiscal year 2022 levels, cap federal spending at 1% annually for the next decade, repeal parts of the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats’ social spending, climate change and tax reform law, and rescind Biden’s student debt forgiveness executive action.

McCarthy’s plan, dubbed the “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” also includes Republican priorities like tougher work requirements for recipients of federal aid, as well as a sweeping energy bill passed by the House GOP which would overhaul permitting rules and boost domestic production of oil, gas and coal. 

4. 6 men, 3 women chosen as jurors in rape suit against Trump

A jury of six men and three women was chosen Tuesday to hear a former advice columnist's lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s. Opening statements were expected later in the day.

The federal civil trial stands to tests Trump's “Teflon Don” reputation for shaking off serious legal problems and to reprise accounts of the type of sexual misconduct that rocked his 2016 presidential campaign as he seeks office again. He denies E. Jean Carroll’s claim and all the others, saying they were falsehoods spun up to damage him.

The jurors were selected after questioning about not only their background but their news-watching habits and more. They were asked whether they had made political donations, supported any of a roster of right- and left-wing groups, used Trump's social media platform, read Carroll's former Elle magazine column and even if they'd seen Trump's former reality show “The Apprentice” — and whether any of these and other matters would make it difficult for them to be fair.


Your Notes for Tomorrow

Wednesday, April. 26

  • U.S. Supreme Court hears tax foreclosure case 10 a.m. E.
  • President Biden hosts South Korean president for a state visit. Expect joint remarks
  • Asa Hutchinson announces presidential run 11:30 a.m. ET
  • Pence Speaking at UNC

In Case You Missed It 
Harry Belafonte poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)
Harry Belafonte poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will)

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96

Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96.