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First: The White House wants to put the Hunter Biden criminal saga behind them, but Republicans say there's no chance the Bidens will get off that easy. Plus: Following Antony Blinken's China visit, President Biden calls Xi Jinping a "dictator." China calls it an "absurd provocation." And: New reporting reveals Justice Samuel Alito took a lavish free trip with a Republican billionaire who later had business before the Supreme Court. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The Justice Department says Hunter Biden will admit he broke federal tax and gun laws, a development already kicking up a hornet's nest of House Republicans. Plus: Brand new CNN poll numbers confirm Donald Trump's big early lead, but not as big as it was. And: In an appearance on Fox News, did the former president accidentally confess to some of the crimes he's accused of committing? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The American secretary of state and China's leader meet face to face. Both men say the superpowers made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics. Plus: Two former Trump officials warn another Trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his GOP rivals showed they're willing to confront him head on. And: The first Black president and only Black Republican in the US Senate disagree on how much progress America has really made on race. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re still 7 months from the first votes being cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, but GOP candidates are making their case to voters now. One question every Republican candidate must answer: should voters look past a federal indictment of front-runner former President Donald Trump? Today’s panel discusses the most effective way to respond. Plus, Biden is hitting the road, with his first big campaign rally focusing on the economy. Two words he did not say: Donald Trump. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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First: The Trump wing of the Republican Congress goes after the Justice Department as the Biden campaign plans to generate campaign cash without mentioning the indictment. Plus: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez debuts in the 2024 race with a video of him, yes, running. And by ducking the question every single candidate will have to answer. And: Presidential candidate Cornel West explains why he's switching parties. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The former president followed his arraignment with a lie-filled speech. He also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the special counsel indictment. Plus: Mike Pence says he cannot defend Trump's conduct, while Nikki Haley brands his conduct as reckless but then dangles a potential pardon. And: the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by conceding more to hardliners. Establishment Republicans say he'll soon run out of things to give away. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This afternoon, Donald Trump will be arraigned in front of a judge in Miami on 37 felony charges tied to his mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. In today's special edition of Inside Politics, Erin Burnett, Dana Bash and a host of CNN correspondents and guests bring you every angle of this unprecedented event in US history. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Donald Trump takes off for Florida, where tomorrow he'll see the inside of a Miami federal court with decades in jail on the line. Plus: Trump and his allies put law enforcement on edge with calls for retribution. Congressman Jamie Raskin joins the show. And: Trump's 2024 Republican rivals are choosing between two paths -- attacking law and order or risking voter anger by saying the former president was wrong. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump is in the fight of his life. Not just for the White House, but for his freedom after being indicted for allegedly hoarding classified documents, sharing them with others, and conspiring to hide them from the government.Plus, Trump's top 2024 rival Governor DeSantis lets him off the hook and accuses the Biden administration of weaponizing the DOJ against the former president, while other challengers hope the evidence, including Trump’s own words, might force supporters to question their allegiance.And making history - has the United States of America ever faced a moment like this? Presidential historian Professor Douglas Brinkley joins to share his insight. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Details continue to be revealed about the indictment of Donald Trump, which the former president calls a "hoax." We have it all covered, including a change in the Trump legal team and details about the Trump-appointed judge who will oversee this case. Plus, we delve deeper into Trump's damning admission on tape that is part of the classified documents case. And, we explore the political fallout. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Former President Donald Trump's legal team gets official notice he could face charges in the federal investigation over classified documents. This is an unprecedented legal and political moment as one piece of the special counsel investigation nears its end just as Trump's 2024 comeback bid gears up. Plus: We bring you new CNN reporting on a critical building block of the case against Trump. A career government expert interviewed by prosecutors detailed exactly what Trump knew and was told about the classification rules. And: We examine the political impact of Trump being named a target. His 2024 rivals now must decide what to say. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Former VP Mike Pence officially announces his candidacy for president at a rally in Iowa, while in Fargo, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum enters the race. That brings the already crowded field of those seeking the Republican presidential nomination to 10. Plus: The Trump campaign releases a provocative new TV spot. And: The latest on the dam collapse in Ukraine. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a major dam is destroyed in a Southern region of Ukraine leading to flooding, there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as Russia and Ukraine point fingers at each other.Plus, trouble for Trump after special counsel Jack smith attended a meeting with the former president’s legal team, with a bizarre plot twist that led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.And, Chris Christie makes his 2024 entrance. The former Governor is a Trump friend turned Trump critic, who sees himself as the best Republican hope of derailing the former President's comeback bid. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu joins to share his announcement on whether he will join the widening GOP field for the 2024 presidential election, in an exclusive interview with Dana Bash. Plus, President Trump's lawyers meet with the DOJ as the special counsel's probe appears to be nearing its final stages. John King walks through what that means. And, Ukraine is cultivating a network of agents inside Russia to carry out attacks of sabotage. Could they be behind the Kremlin drone strike? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Trump and DeSantis spar at separate rallies, what is the DeSantis' plan to convince voters that he would be better GOP nominee and president? Plus, the GOP field keeps growing with three more candidates likely to soon join the race, including Trump’s former vice president. But, how many of them will make it to the Republican debate stage? Also, after a financial crisis is averted, President Biden says the debt deal is proof his brand of politics still works. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins with exclusive new CNN reporting about Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Donald Trump and that audio recording of the former president discussing a classified military document he admitted taking. Sources tell CNN that Trump attorneys turned over material in mid-March connected to a document about plans to attack Iran, but they can't locate the document itself. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: CNN exclusive reporting reveals federal prosecutors have obtained a recording of former President Donald Trump admitting he kept a classified document when he left the White House. Plus: A month-plus scramble of meetings, late nights, bartering, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yeas in the House on a deal to steer the United States around a debt default. And: One of the most powerful men in corporate America, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, doesn't say no to a future in politics. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The House Speaker says the agreement to pull the United States back from a crippling default is on track to pass, adding, "I don't want to be on the wrong side of history." Plus: Campaigning in Iowa, Ron DeSantis says it's time to give former President Donald Trump the gold watch and move on to the next generation. And: Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly is looking into the firing of the cybersecurity chief who called the 2020 election secure, as well as why a Mar-a-Lago employee wanted to know the ins and outs of how the compound's security cameras work. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The debt deal meets its first test today in the House rules committee, where hardline conservatives deeply unhappy with the agreement have a chance to kill it. Plus: An attack in Moscow brings the Ukraine war into the heart of Russia's capital as Vladimir Putin keeps up a relentless aerial assault on Kyiv. And: Ron DeSantis makes his first road trip as an official candidate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy strike a debt ceiling deal. Now they embark on the daunting task of convincing their respective parties to vote for it. Plus: Chris Sununu says he'll decide soon on a 2024 run. But is the field already too crowded for anyone not named Donald Trump? And: Retire or not retire? That's the question still swarming about Senator Diane Feinstein. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: President Biden and Kevin McCarthy announce an "agreement in principle" to raise the debt ceiling and avoid an economic catastrophe. But the hardest part may lie ahead: convincing their parties to vote for it. Plus: Ron DeSantis jumps into the 2024 race and levels his toughest attacks yet on Donald Trump. But will it be enough? And: Retail giant Target is the latest battlefield for conservatives hoping to roll back LGBTQ rights. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Two days after officially launching his 2024 presidential bid, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directly and repeatedly attacks Republican front-runner Donald Trump while floating ideas like firing the FBI director and pardoning January 6th criminals. Plus: Kevin McCarthy sounds positive as the outline of a debt deal emerges. Neither liberals nor conservatives are happy with the compromises being negotiated. And: New revelations about the Trump classified docs probe from the Washington Post, including the former president allegedly producing a dress rehearsal of moving sensitive materials out of sight. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Ron DeSantis chooses Twitter to make his official 2024 presidential campaign announcement and is plagued by embarrassing technical difficulties. When we could hear him, he pointed to abortion and spending among the issues with which he disagrees with Donald Trump. Plus: A judge decides how much time the Oath Keepers leader will spend behind bars. And: Despite the looming debt deadline, Kevin McCarthy sends lawmakers home for the weekend. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: A just-released CNN snapshot of the 2024 Republican primary race shows Donald Trump with a huge lead. However, voters say they're open to supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who's scheduled to officially announce his candidacy tonight via Twitter. Plus: Donald Trump's legal team wants an audience with the attorney general to complain about the special counsel and his investigation. And: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends negotiators to the White House, insisting he's conceded a lot to President Biden in the debt ceiling debate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deem their latest meeting productive, but the two sides still appear to be nowhere near a debt ceiling deal. Plus: Donald Trump's words at last week's CNN town hall push E. Jean Carroll to seek more damages. And: Swing voters dread the idea of a Biden-Trump rematch, but their focus group on what would happen if there is one is quite revealing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Today's show begins just after South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially announces his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He joins the field with a not-insignificant amount of cash and a conservative message centered on hope, faith and opportunity. Plus: President Biden and Kevin McCarthy come together for a critical meeting about the debt ceiling with default looming just 10 days away. And: Lawyer Tim Parlatore explains why he quit Donald Trump's legal team. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden ends his overseas trip with no debt limit deal in sight, and says it’s time for the GOP to move from its “extreme positions”. Is there still time to avoid economic calamity?Plus, Ron DeSantis is finally set to announce his 2024 run, but does he have what it takes to topple Trump?And, there’s an election nightmare on HBO’s “Succession”. The question viewers are asking is, could it happen in real life? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: After days of optimism, negotiators for the White House and Kevin McCarthy's office pause debt ceiling talks, all but eliminating hopes of a deal by this weekend. Plus: Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is headed to Japan where he will ask the richest democracies to deliver more weapons at a crucial moment. And: Ron DeSantis' feud with Disney prompts the mouse company to drop plans for a billion-dollar complex in Orlando. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Sources tell CNN the official "DeSantis for president" paperwork will be filed next week. His "how to beat Trump" battle plan is a culture wars blizzard on abortion, guns and transgender rights. Plus: New reporting reveals the special counsel investigating Donald Trump will soon have his hands on 16 records that show the former president and his advisers knew how the classified document declassification process was supposed to work. And: President Biden is in Japan for a meeting of the world's leading economies. Peers want assurances the political divide over the debt ceiling won't lead to a global financial mess. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Both the White House and Republicans are more upbeat after President Biden tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the House speaker's team. But giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. Plus: The Carolinas take center stage in the abortion debate. North Carolina Republicans override the governor's veto to enact a 12-week ban. In South Carolina, a six-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate. And: We review the results of some big primaries last night. Trump-backed candidate Daniel Cameron is now the Republican choice to challenge Kentucky's Democratic governor. Pennsylvania and Florida voters delivered some off-year surprises. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: In just hours, congressional leaders head back to the White House to talk through a debt deal. But Democrats are already worrying that President Biden sounds close to caving. Plus: New and disturbing video shows a baseball bat-wielding attacker beating two staffers at a congressional office. And: Ron DeSantis nears a 2024 presidential launch with infrastructure and big money, but also with deflated expectations after months of fierce Donald Trump attacks. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Volodymyr Zelensky's tour of western leaders ends with a British promise of more missiles and more drones, but Ukraine's big ask -- fighter jets -- is still a TBD. Plus: Ron DeSantis puts on an apron and plays the everyman in Iowa. And: The White House suddenly sounds hopeful about avoiding a debt ceiling cliff, and the president abandons a gotcha game of semantics by calling the negotiation ... a negotiation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: After the end of the Covid-era Title 42 border rule, the number of migrants at the U.S-Mexico border is lower than expected. Still, asylum seekers will face a reshaped immigration landscape. We bring you an update from the southern border. Plus: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was back in Iowa yesterday to test his retail politics. But has Trump ended the DeSantis campaign before it even began? And: can President Biden and Speaker McCarthy make a deal to avoid a debt default? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The Biden White House tells migrants to turn around. That, after Title 42 comes off the books, luring thousands to the southern border, where facilities are stretched way beyond what they can handle. Plus: A big meeting to discuss the debt ceiling is cancelled, pushing the US further towards default. Is And: Declared 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25 for most Americans. Is it a blatant attempt to help Republican odds? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: At a CNN town hall, the front runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination spews lies about January 6th, classified documents, and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Plus: Right now, there's a massive number of migrants waiting on the southern border as time runs out tonight on the Title 42 policy that made it easier to turn them away. And: As Ukraine gets a big delivery -- cruise missiles from the UK -- President Zelenskyy says he will win the war before the next US election. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rep. George Santos surrenders to authorities, accused (among other things) of using campaign cash to buy designer clothes, launder money, and stealing insurance money at the height of the pandemic. Plus: Tonight, Donald Trump gets a prime-time audience in New Hampshire right here on CNN, one day after a jury delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her. And: While yesterday's debt ceiling huddle wasn't a total failure, everybody is still dug in. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The US government's biggest players -- Biden, McCarthy, Jeffries, Schumer, McConnell -- sit down for talks with the stability of the global economy on the line. Plus: We're learning more about the victims of the massacre in Allen, Texas -- and the shooter who slaughtered them. And: Donald Trump's civil case goes to a New York jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and the former president's refusal to show up. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Police are mulling over possible motives after a mass shooter blasted his way through an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, taking eight innocent lives. Plus: Another eight people are dead in Brownsville, Texas, after a Range Rover bulldozes migrants. And: New polling shows America is deeply unhappy with Joe Biden -- including Democrats -- as the president confronts crises on the border and on Capitol Hill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First, our panel discuss gun reform after eight people were killed and seven injured in a mass shooting at a mall just outside of Dallas on Saturday. Then, as a debt default potentially looms, are there signs a deal can be reached on Capitol Hill? After, the striking elements of the Donald Trump civil rape trial which has closing arguments this week. Plus, the Biden administration braces for a surge of migrants at the border. What are the challenges and solutions now facing the U.S. immigration system? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US added 253,000 jobs last month, far exceeding expectations. Unemployment, meanwhile, remains at a 50-year low. And Black unemployment is at its lowest-ever level. The Fed suggested this week it might be done with interest rate hikes. But do these robust job numbers, following a three-month downward trend, threaten to undermine the Fed's efforts to cool the economy and tame inflation? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Washington DC jury convicts five members of the Proud Boys for their actions on January 6th. Four are guilty of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge. All five face significant prison time. Plus: Russia points to the United States and says Washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. The White House calls this claim b.s. And: The special counsel puts the Trump Organization in his sights. Sources telling CNN Jack Smith's prosecutors are zeroing in on how long-time President Trump employees handled the evidence. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a drone attack. Kyiv's response: We don't attack Russia. Plus: Migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. The Biden administration snaps into action, ordering troops to the border, orchestrating a new deal with Mexico and erecting new processing centers. And: The text message that fed the Fox decision to fire Tucker Carlson reveals the anchor rooting for a mob to kill someone ... and borrowing from Jim Crow. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: President Biden orders 1500 active duty troops to the southern border, as thousands of people camp out ready to enter the US to cities unprepared for the migrant surge.Plus: Countdown to crisis - the Treasury Secretary puts a clock on how much longer America can pay its bills.And: Ron DeSantis nears his 2024 moment by making it clear that culture war fights on abortion, Disney, and the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: First Republic Bank collapses. A weekend deal to buy it bales out uber-wealthy depositors but stirs worries about the strength of the economy. Plus: The head of the Republican National Committee delivers a blunt warning to Republican candidates coast to coast: ignore the abortion issue at your own expense. And: Entire lives packed into a single suitcase. CNN captures the desperation on the dock in Port Sudan as thousands are hoping to leave a nation at war with itself. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Joe Biden makes it official, declaring his candidacy for re-election. Most voters think he's still better than the alternative. Plus: Mike Pence testified before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election. Are prosecutors moving closer to indicting the former president? And: Would-be presidential candidate Ron DeSantis may have picked a fight he can't win in his battle with Disney. So why doesn't he just let it go? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Former Vice President Mike Pence faces a federal grand jury looking into Donald Trump's efforts to steal the 2020 election. The testimony marks a pivotal moment in the special counsel investigation. Plus: Conservative-led legislatures in South Carolina and Nebraska say no to stricter abortion laws. It's the latest whiplash moment as Republicans wrestle with their promises to ban abortion where they can in the post-roe world. And: A heavyweight showdown is now brewing in West Virginia after Jim Justice announces his run for Joe Manchin's seat. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Kevin McCarthy herds a debt ceiling bill through the House, but it's guaranteed to go nowhere in the Senate. Plus: Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll is back on the witness stand after detailing an alleged attack by former President Donald Trump two decades ago. And: The mouse strikes back at Ron DeSantis, making him a defendant in a lawsuit. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declares his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, proclaiming the soul of the GOP is at stake. Plus: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy makes late-night concessions on a debt-limit blueprint. But does he have the votes? And: A state visit celebrates a 70-year partnership between the US and South Korea. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Joe Biden officially enters the 2024 presidential campaign. His announcement video makes clear he expects to stair down Trump in a rematch and mirrors his message in 2020. Plus: Nikki Haley tries to change the Republican party's conversation about abortion with a message calling for more compassion. And: Jury selection kicks off in a civil case over whether former President Donald Trump defamed a writer who accuses him of rape. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices