The Times piece, by Jeremy Peters, reports that in West Virginia, GOP Senate primary candidate Don Blankenship is running an ad that says: “We don’t need to investigate our president. As the Indianapolis Star recently reported, one of the Indiana GOP Senate candidates has bashed “Crooked Hillary Clinton,” and all three have cast aspersions on the Mueller probe. * TRUMP’S BAN REFLECTS ‘RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY’: Robert Barnes notes that the court may defer to Trump’s broad discretion on immigration and national security. * CORKER’S TEPID ENDORSEMENT OF GOP CANDIDATE: On CNN yesterday, Sen. Bob Corker was repeatedly pressed on his support for Tennessee GOP Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn. * BREDESEN WILL MAKE IT A REAL RACE: Dave Weigel sums up the state of the Tennessee Senate race right now:Democrats have not won a statewide race in Tennessee since Bredesen’s 2006 reelection and have not won a Senate race since 1990 … But early polls in Tennessee have found Bredesen leading Blackburn.

Source: Washington Post April 23, 2018 14:29 UTC