Chris Berube with the rundown: 1) Trump allies have deep foreign ties; 2) More drama in the North Carolina legislature; 3) The Times has a big scoop around the White House Easter Egg Roll

Mike Pesca with the rundown: 1) Melania Trump settles with the Daily Mail; 2) Jeff Flake takes on the alpaca lobby; 3) Bats are not a good source of 'surprise protein.'

Chris Berube with the rundown: 1) What did Russia know about the Syrian chemical attack?; 2) Sebastien Gorka has a plan for Libya; 3) Silvio Berlusconi is the new face of vegetarianism in Italy

Chris Berube with the rundown: 1) The very muddy U.S. policy towards Syria; 2) How expensive is the President's weekly trip to Mar-a-Lago?; 3) The unusual way Fox is educating employees about harassment.

Mary Wilson has today’s rundown: Questions abound in the wake of the president’s missile strike in Syria, Judge Neil Gorsuch is confirmed, and a flow chart to guide your use of the phrase, “reach out.”

Mike Pesca has today’s rundown: President Trump misquotes Rep. Elijah Cummings, a professor says most U.S. military entanglements aren’t actually due to alliances, and the New York Times throws Tiffany Trump a bone.

Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: Advertisers run from Bill O’Reilly, Russian hubris caught on tape, and a Scottish woman loses her privacy-breach case against Trump International.

Chris Berube with two thing you need to know, and one you don't: 1) Trump meets with the President of Egypt; 2) A development in the crash that killed Lech Kaczyński; 3) Harrison Ford really needs to stop being a pilot.

Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: Flooding in southern Colombia has claimed the lives of more than 200, things to do at Mar-a-Lago that aren’t golfing, and China’s Toilet Revolution.

Mike Pesca with two things you need to know, one you don't: 1) Two Democratic Senators line up behind Gorsuch; 2) The US no longer wants Assad out of power; 3) A baseball star gets a very unusual contract bonus.

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, one you don't: 1) Trump's plans to turf the Freedom Caucus; 2) SpaceX wants to re-use some rockets; 3) A creative, definitely fraudulent way to sell your screenplay.

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, one thing you don't: 1) The consequences of Brexit; 2) No, Ryan Zinke doesn't want to actually build the wall IN Mexico; 3) Donald Trump does not want to throw a baseball

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, and one you don't: 1) Trump's border wall hits a funding snag; 2) Canada has something special planned for 4/20; 3) Tim Tebow doesn't have a prayer of playing major league baseball

Chris Berube with two thing you need to know, and one you don't: 1) Trump hands Merkel a NATO bill; 2) Marine Le Pen's party is out of funds in France; 3) A Scottish reality show manages to be worse than American reality shows.

Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: Byrd play on the Hill, Mubarak is released from prison, and Seth Meyers accuses the president of IP theft.

Mike Pesca with today’s rundown: A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen has been arrested for allegedly threatening JCCs in the U.S., a former Russian MP was shot dead in Ukraine, & Energy Secretary Rick Perry moonlights as dean of students at Texas A&M.

Mary Wilson with today’s three things: 1) The IJR’s story on Rex Tillerson gives the secretary of state the “perhaps” treatment, 2) Mexico warns businesses to stay out of border-wall bids, and 3) One snake on a plane.

Mary Wilson with today’s three things: 1) A matter of ethics, 2) Holy, polluted rivers, and 3) Mrs. Spicer gets no comment.

Mary Wilson has today’s three things: 1) President Trump’s eyes and ears, 2) More protesters arrested in Belarus over opposition to the “parasite tax” 3) Need TP? Say cheese.

Mike Pesca with two things you need to know, one thing you don't: 1) The White House is sticking by it's wiretapping claims; 2) California wants ICE agents to stop identifying themselves as police; 3) Flesh-eating maggot news.

Mike Pesca with two things you need to know, one you don't: 1) What's in the new Trump budget; 2) Where the wiretap accusation came from; 3) An erotic raccoon video goes viral; BONUS: Mike's Final Four picks.

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, one thing you don't: 1) Donald Trump tries to roll back Obama's auto emissions standards; 2) An app-enabled vibrator is collecting your information; 3) South Korea's president is a terrible person.

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, one thing you don't: 1) Scotland is trying to leave the UK again; 2) Rex Tillerson's alter ego; 3) Willem Dafoe, noted favorite of children everywhere

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, one thing you don't: 1) The White House has a lot of empty desks; 2) Muhammed Ali Jr is detained again; 3) Uber disrupts the podcast space in a very Uber way

Mike Pesca has today’s three things: 1) South Korea’s past presidents, 2) Geert Wilders is unlikely to be Holland’s prime minister, and 3) Tom Brady’s care packages.