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Former President Trump — in a taped interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News that was shared with Axios — defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to "hang" former Vice President Mike Pence.Why it matters: Well, it is unprecedented for a former president to openly say it was OK to threaten the life of his vice president.Zoom out: This is a slice of a 90-minute interview — conducted at Mar-a-Lago on March 18 — for Karl's book, "," out on Tuesday. Go deeper: We will let the Q&amp;A tell the story.Jonathan Karl: "Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried about his safety?"Karl: "Because you heard those chants — that was terrible. I mean — "Karl: "They were saying 'hang Mike Pence.'"📚 ... about "deputy president" Johnny McEntee ... about Trump's disastrous Tulsa rally. {{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}{{{cta.header}}}A federal grand jury on Friday former Trump adviser Steven Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 select committee.Why it matters: It's the first such indictment to come out of the committee's —&nbsp;and the first time the Justice Department has charged someone for contempt of Congress since 1983.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has to get the U.S. Senate to back sanctions in a last-ditch effort to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.Why it matters: President Biden on the operator of the Kremlin-backed pipeline, which will bypass Ukraine and deliver Russian gas directly to Europe, in order to protect the U.S. relationship with Germany.President Biden will hold a virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, marking the most public direct engagement between the two leaders since Biden took office, the White House announced Friday.Why it matters: The Biden administration views the rise of China as the top geopolitical challenge that the U.S. will face in the 21st century, but has stressed the need for cooperation with the world's second-largest economy.

Former President Trump — in a taped interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News that was shared with Axios — defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to "hang" former Vice President Mike Pence.Why it matters: Well, it is unprecedented for a former president to openly say it was OK to threaten the life of his vice president.Zoom out: This is a slice of a 90-minute interview — conducted at Mar-a-Lago on March 18 — for Karl's book, "," out on Tuesday. Go deeper: We will let the Q&amp;A tell the story.Jonathan Karl: "Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried...

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