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Four writers argue who would make the best candidate: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Gretchen Whitmer, or Ro Khanna?

And Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow raises more than $1 million.

And Democratic donors flood to Liz Cheney.

Even power needs a day off.

And GDP growth heads in the wrong direction in Q1.

The House and Senate are in recess this week, meaning a brief pause in the finger wagging and blame tossing on the floor and in committee over the rise in energy prices.

And President Joe Biden warns China of aiding Russia.

Albany is eyeing a major overhaul of the cap, which currently limits most state Medicaid spending growth at about 3 percent, or $580 million each fiscal year.

Purim begins Wednesday night, and the story in the Book of Esther of an orphan who becomes queen and rises to her position and the occasion to save her people from destruction feels especially timely this year as Ukraine’s democratically elected Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, tries to rally his people and the world to repel a brutal Russian invasion supposedly intended to bring about the “denazification” and “democratization” of his nation.

City Council members have been willing allies, tweeting meetings with Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff.