Welcome back to The Best & the Brightest, your new favorite political digest from myself, Tina Nguyen, Peter Hamby, and Julia Ioffe.

Speaking of which: Julia has a must-read update on the fate of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, who was just arrested in Russia on espionage charges. You can read that story here.

In tonight’s email, the inside story of the Glenn Youngkin-Jeff Roe separation, an anti-Pritzker whisper campaign, and Mike Pompeo’s spirit walk in Abruzzo. But first…

• Trump Grand Jury Shocker: Just when we all thought D.A. Alvin Bragg might be dragging his feet on the Trump-Stormy Daniels investigation, perhaps waiting on Georgia to make the first move, his Manhattan grand jury has returned a felony indictment. Sure, it’s become politically unsavory for the largely silent Democratic leaders, but it looks like they’ll now have to make a choice on whether to back up Bragg. Because we know there will be chaos that Trump will surely whip up. Also, will Trump get another boost in campaign cash, or was his lackluster fundraising from his pre-indictment announcement a sign that small-dollar donors are temporarily tapped out? Meanwhile, the action shifts to Florida: How will Ron DeSantis react if he’s asked to help facilitate—in a typically perfunctory, administrative role—Trump’s extradition to New York? Or will the former president, who is due in Manhattan regardless to face E. Jean Carroll for an April 25 defamation trial, surrender willingly, like his lawyers suggested, and put on a show?

• Take Your Girlfriend to Work Day: Cory Booker has long been one of Washington’s most eligible bachelors, a status symbol that confers its own perks but also causes some political problems every four years...

And yet, I’ve since learned, Youngkin hasn’t given up on the dream of running and has signaled to top supporters and donors that Roe’s semi-betrayal has not impacted his thinking. In fact, in the love-hate relationship between the two men...