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Time: May 8, 2026 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The Daybook - Friday, May 8, 2026

• 8:30 a.m. May jobs report released

• 12:00 p.m. President Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden

• 5:00 p.m. President Trump attends a policy meeting

Today’s Five:

1. Private v Public Iranian Assessments

2. Kamala Harris’ 2028 Slow, Methodical Build

3. Trump v Jeffries

4. Blue State’s Dysfunction A Warning?

5. Winners, Losers, WTWF

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The Daybook - Thursday, May 7, 2026

• Secretary of State Rubio meets with Pope Leo in Rome, Italy

• 8:00 a.m. Speaker Mike Johnson and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner deliver remarks at a National Day of Prayer service.

• 10:00 a.m. Oral arguments held in the D.C. Circuit in Kelly v. Hegseth. Judges will consider whether to invalidate a lower court’s order blocking the Pentagon for punishing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) over his participation in a video reminding troops to ignore illegal orders.

• 11:00 a.m. President Trump Greets the President of Brazil

• 11:15 a.m. President Trump participates in a Bilateral lunch

• 1:00 p.m. The arraignment of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Federal court in Montgomery, AL

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 4:00 p.m. President Trump signs Executive Orders

• 5:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 6:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

Today’s Five:

1. What Will Iran Get?

2. Vance Soliders On

3. Drip…Drip…vs Kash Continues

4. ME Sen General Election Begins

5. Ballroom Politics

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The Daybook - Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• The House Oversight Committee holds a transcribed interview with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

• 12:30 p.m. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a military Mother’s Day event

• 5:30 p.m. President Trump participates in a Trust for the National Mall reception

Today’s Five:

1. SCOOP: FDA Change

2. Project Freedom Paused

3. Hoosier Daddy?

4. Rubio Rising

5. Round 2: Griffin v Mamdani

OT - An Interview With API CEO, Mike Sommers

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The Daybook - Tuesday, May 5, 2026

• Primary Day in Ohio and Indiana

• Iranian Foreign Minister to visit China

• 8:00 a.m. Secretary of War Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Caine to brief the media on Iran

• 9:00 a.m. Secretary of State Rubio to speak at a Chiefs of Mission Conference at Southern Command in Doral, FL

• 10:30 a.m. President Trump to sign a proclamation in the Oval Office.

• 2:30 p.m. Vice President Vance to campaign with Rep. Zach Nunn in Des Moines, IA

• 3:00 p.m. Secretary of State Rubio to hold a press briefing at the White House.

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump to pre-tape an interview

• 7:00 p.m. President Trump will host a “Rose Garden Club Dinner.”

• 8:00 p.m. Iowa Senate Democratic Primary Debate

Today’s Five:

1. VA D’s Redistricting Panic

2. WH Considers Regulating AI

3. DCCC Primary Endorsements Enrage Progressives, Latinos

4. WH Preps For Dem Congress

5. GOP Abortion Problems

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The Daybook - Monday, May 4, 2026

• Mid-terms are six months from today.

• Congress on recess

• 1:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a Small Business event

• 4:00 p.m. President Trump participates in signing time

Today’s Five:

1. Iran Latest: Project Freedom Launched, As Polls Plummet

2. Not The Spirit

3. Who Is More Anti ICE? The Great D Primary Divide

4. Obama: Leading v Commentating

5. 28: Does Shapiro Have A D Problem? Newsom v Rogan; Courting Money; Rahm Biking

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Time: May 1, 2026 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The Daybook - Friday, May 1, 2026

• Tim Walz to campaign with Graham Platner

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump participates in an event with Seniors, The Villages, FL

• 6:15 p.m. President Trump participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner

Today’s Five:

1. DOJ To Enforce Dismantling VRA

2. Meaning of Maine

3. (Casey) Means To An End

4. Iowa 2026 (2028)

5. Winner, Loser, WTWF

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The Daybook - Thursday, April 30, 2026

• President Trump to receive a briefing on new plans for potential military action in Iran from CENTCOM

• 8:30 a.m. Q1 GDP released

• 10:00 a.m. Sen. Schiff and Leader Schumer will hold a news conference ahead of another Iran war powers vote.

• 10:50 a.m. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will participate in a farewell with King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House.

• 11:00 a.m. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee

• 11:00 a.m. President Trump participates in a phone interview

• 2:00 p.m. President Trump participates in an Executive Order signing

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 4:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

Today’s Five:

1. Down Goes The VRA

2. States To Watch

3. US’ Ukraine Amb Resigns; “Studying” Troops In Germany

4. Powell Not Leaving

5. MI Sen Oppo 💣

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The Daybook - Wednesday, April 29, 2026

9:30 a.m. Interior Secretary Burgum testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the FY27 budget

10:00 a.m. the Supreme Court hears Mullin v. Doe, the Trump administration’s effort to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for some 350,000 migrants from Haiti and roughly 7,000 migrants from Syria.

10:00 a.m. Secretary of War Hegseth testifies before the House Armed Services Committee. It’s the first public testimony since the start of the Iran war.

10:00 a.m. The Senate Banking Committee votes on the nomination of Kevin Warsh to be Chair of the Federal Reserve

10:15 a.m. The House Energy and Commerce Committee holds a hearing on building AI data centers while protecting ratepayers.

10:30 a.m. House considers the rule on the FISA bill

2:00 p.m. Federal Reserve Open Market Committee announces its latest interest rate decision

2:00 p.m. President Trump hosts Artemis II astronauts at the White House

2:30 p.m. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell hosts his final FOMC press conference

2:30 p.m. EPA Administrator Zeldin testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the FY27 budget

• Florida lawmakers are expected to vote on the state’s proposed new congressional map. This could add as many as four new Republican House seats.

Today’s Five:

1. Blanche, FCC Flexes…or Flops?

2. Trump To Capitol Hill Rescue?

3. Blockade v Bombs

4. VA Supreme Court Issues Stay

5. Senate & House Polls

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The Daybook - Tuesday, April 28, 2026

10:30 a.m. The President and The First Lady participate in a Greeting with King Charles and Queen Camilla

11:15 a.m. The President and The First Lady participate in a Guestbook Signing and Official Gift Exchange with King Charles and Queen Camilla

11:20 a.m. The President and The First Lady participate in a Receiving Line with Official Delegations

11:45 a.m. The President and King Charles participate in a Bilateral Meeting

11:45 a.m. The First Lady and Queen Camilla join students in exploring US-UK history through innovation

12:00 p.m. Demcoratic and Republican Senators’ hold their respective weekly lunches. Unlikely to hold post-lunch press conference, due to King’s address

3:00 p.m. King Charles addresses a joint meeting of Congress

4:30 p.m. House vote series scheduled

7:00 p.m. The President and The First Lady participate in a Greeting with King Charles and Queen Camilla

7:20 p.m. The President and The First Lady participate in a Receiving Line

8:00 p.m. The President and The First Lady participate in a Dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla

9:00 p.m. House motion to recommit, final passage of the FISA reauthorization and another Iran War Powers resolution.

Today’s Five:

1. Trump v Iran; Vance v Pentagon

2. WHCD: Jeffries v GOP; Melania v Kimmel; Mean Girl vs Mrs. Hegseth

3. Speaker Johnson v Leader Thune

4. DeSantis v DCCC

5. New York City v New York State

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The Daybook - Monday, April 27, 2026

• The Virginia Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a challenge of the recent redistricting referendum. Republicans hope the court will overturn the referendum results and block redistricting.

• 1:00 p.m. The House Rules Committee meets to consider a compromise extension of FISA Section 702 for floor action.

• 1:30 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 3:30 p.m. The House Appropriations Committee will hold a budget hearing with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman

• 4:15 p.m. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet King Charles III & Queen Camilla at the White House for tea and a White House beehive tour

• 5:30 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

Today’s Five

1. WHCAD: Political Violence Again

2. WHCAD: DHS Funding & Ballroom

3. Iran Limbo: Neither Peace, Nor War

4. VA Supreme Court & Redistricting

5. 2028: Axios & D Oppo Research

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The Daybook - Friday, April 24, 2026

• 2:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• President Trump departs from The White House to Palm Beach, FL

• 7:30 p.m. President Trump participates in the RNC Spring Retreat at Mar-a-Lago

• 8:00 p.m. The NFL Draft Rounds 2 and 3, from Pittsburgh, PA.

Saturday, April 25, 2026

• 12:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a Crypto Conference at Mar-a-Lago

• President Trump departs from Palm Beach, FL to The White House

• 8:00 p.m. President Trump and The First Lady participate in The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

Today’s Five

1. Trump’s Iran Msg “Doesn’t Make Sense”

2. Trump Reclassifies Medicinal Pot

3. Another Piker Problem For D’s

4. Special (Forces) Bet

5. Winners, Losers, WTWF & WHCD Lightning Round

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The Daybook - Thursday, April 23, 2026

• 9:00 a.m. Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee meet to discuss their strategy for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s budget hearing next week.

• 11:00 a.m. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will hold his weekly press conference

• 11:00 a.m. President Trump receives his daily intelligence briefing

• 1:30 p.m. President Trump participates in Signing Time

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump will participate in a health care affordability event

• 4:30 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 7:15 p.m. President Trump participates in a private dinner at The Institute of Peace

• 8:00 p.m. The NFL Draft Round 1, from Pittsburgh, PA.

Today’s Five

1. Iran Stalemate Continues, As Navy Secretary Latest Fired

2. WH Strategy: Democrats Are Worse

3. House’s Reconciliation 2.0 Uncertainty

4. House 2026: Rs & Ds Begin To Place Bets

5. Judge Halts VA Referendum Certification

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The Daybook - Wednesday, April 22, 2026

• HSS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate HELP Committee.

• Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Energy Secretary Chris Wright will testify before their respective Appropriations subcommittees.

• 10:00 a.m. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee

• 10:00 a.m. The Supreme Court will issue opinions

• 10:00 a.m. President Trump will meet with Internal Revenue Service CEO Frank Bisignano

• 12:00 p.m. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) will speak about the “looming AI crisis” at an event with the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator

• 9:00 p.m. NewsNation hosts California gubernatorial debate

Today’s Five

1. Groundhogs Day With Iran

2. House 2026: Have D’s Won Redi. War? GOP Anger Erupts

3. WH urgency To Rebuild ‘24 Coalition

4. DOJ v SPLC

5. Steak n Shake Announces First-Ever Chief MAHA Officer

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The Daybook - Tuesday, April 21, 2026

• Voting Day in Virginia referendum on proposed Congressional maps.

• The House Ethics Committee will hold a public hearing on allegations against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL). Last month, a special Ethics subcommittee found Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of over 26 violations. The evenly split 10 member panel will then retire to deliberate on what punishment it will recommend to the full House.

• 8:30 a.m. President Trump participates in a phone interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box

• 9:30 a.m. Senate Budget Committee Republicans meets on the GOP effort to fund ICE and Border Patrol through reconciliation. Senate GOP leaders could put the budget resolution that kicks off the process on the floor as soon as today.

• 9:30 a.m. Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

• 9:00 a.m. Republicans and Democrats will huddle separately for their weekly caucus meetings. House GOP leadership will hold a 10 a.m. presser. House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar will brief reporters at 11 a.m.

• 10:00 a.m. Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing begins before the Senate Banking Committee

• 10:00 a.m. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee

• 11:00 a.m. The House Appropriations Committee begins its markup of two FY2027 spending bills

• 12:00 p.m. Senate Republicans and Democrats each have their weekly party lunches, followed by leadership news conferences.

• 1:30 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 2:30 p.m. . HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 4:00 p.m. President Trump addresses NCAA champions

• 5:00 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 6:00 p.m. President Trump delivers a pre-recorded reading of the Bible at the Museum of the Bible.

Today’s Five

1. Negotiations: Immediate Results v Long Game

2. GOP Cong: Go Big or Go Home?

3. AI & DC

4. Scandals Continue: Labor Sec Resigns, Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) Hearing, Mace (R-SC) v Mills (R-FL); Kash Sues

5. Rahm To Israel: No More Taxpayer Assistance

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The Daybook - Monday, April 20, 2026

• White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and James Blair meet with Republican political consultants to discuss the midterms in Washington, DC

• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz launches Small Town PAC, a new federal PAC to recruit and support Democratic candidates and expand the map.

• 8:00 a.m. The refund window opens at Customs and Border Protection for businesses and brokers to apply for tariff refunds

• 9:00 a.m. 130th Boston Marathon

• 1:30 p.m. President Trump participates in a policy meeting

• 3:00 p.m. President Trump signs Executive Orders

• 3:30 p.m. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee

• 6:00 p.m. Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-NJ).

Today’s Five

1. Iran: Chaos, Confusion… Escalation?

2. GOP Cong Headaches Cont.

3. Troubled Waters: Patel & Omar

4. Jon Ossoff 2026…and 2028?

5. SCOTUS Monday

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The Daybook - Friday, April 17, 2026

• House Minority Whip Katherine Clark is in Virginia for get-out-the-vote redistricting events with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA). Election Day is Tuesday.

• 10:00 a.m. Supreme Court opinion day. They may issue a ruling … or not

• 10:00 a.m. HHS Secretary Kennedy testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee

• 5:00 p.m. President Trump delivers remarks at a TPUSA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, AZ

• 6:00 p.m. Kamala Harris book tour event at the Savannah Civic Center - Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah, GA

Today’s Five:

1. Economic Fury v “Perfect”

2. House GOP v House GOP v Senate GOP v Trump

3. CBC v CBC

4. Supreme Court v Supreme Court

5. Winners, Loser, WTWF

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