DeSantis Doubts, Trump Jail Odds, Girardi’s Psych Exam

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon compendium of Puck’s latest reporting.

Today, we lead with Tara Palmeri and Peter Hamby’s incisive exchange on the political gamesmanship behind the TikTok hearings, DeSantis’s polling problems, and other D.C. talking points du jour. To wit: Where the hell is Mike Pompeo?

Plus, below the fold: Eriq Gardner synthesizes Trump’s intertwined legal dilemmas and spotlights a Bachelorette NDA showdown. Lauren Sherman previews Line Sheet, her forthcoming fashion newsletter for Puck. On The Powers That Be, Eriq and Peter discuss Musk’s latest legal headache, while Bill Cohan details the end of Credit Suisse. And on The Town, Matt Belloni dissects Apple’s billion-dollar bet on movie theaters.

TARA PALMERI & PETER HAMBY

An unapologetic insider conversation about the storylines fixating Washington this week, from the TikTok hullabaloo to the pre-primary consolidation of the ’24 field.

ERIQ GARDNER

News and notes on the most consequential, underlooked legal industry stories of the moment, and the attorneys behind them.

ERIQ GARDNER

Hollywood’s most litigious reality TV producer takes Blake Horstmann for $175k. Plus updates on the Girardi-‘Housewives’ mystery.

LAUREN SHERMAN

News and notes on the burning questions inside the fashion industry: Demna, LVMH vs. Kering, who will buy what, RL, Goop and more. It’s a preview of what I’m thinking about for Line Sheet.