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--SARAH SWINEHART, director of media affairs for Speaker Ryan, is joining Edelman as a vice president on the media services and strategies team, where she will report to Caitlin Hayden. -- JON OSSOFF raised an eye-popping $8.3 million for the Georgia special election to fill HHS Secretary Tom Price's seat. It's hard to overstate just how much money that is for a House race -- especially for a special election. The election is April 18. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution story http://bit.ly/2p47Iu5 HAPPENING THIS MORNING -- We'll talk with House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), HFC Founding Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) for a live Playbook Interview this morning at the W Hotel (515 15th Street, NW). Doors open at 8 a.m. Livestream link http://politi.co/2gSruaR PLAYBOOK READS PHOTO DU JOUR: Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley shows pictures of Syrian victims of chemical attacks as she addresses a meeting of the Security Council on Syria at U.N. headquarters on April 5. | Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo HOT VIDEO - The Daily Show: "Does Sean Spicer Treat the White House press corps like children?" -- features "cameos" of the kid versions of Jonathan Karl, Glenn Thrush, Cecilia Vega, Julie Pace, Major Garrett, April Ryan, and John Gizzi (and his glasses). 2-min. video http://bit.ly/2neARpP (h/t Matt Negrin) IN THE WEST BANK -- "Trump's Push for Mideast Deal Perplexes Israeli Right: Many in ruling coalition, and West Bank settlers, are content with the way things are," by WSJ's Yaroslav Trofimov in Beit El: "President Donald Trump's interest in solving the Israeli-Palestinian problem is running into a stubborn fact: Much of Israel's governing coalition is pretty happy with the status quo. The Israeli economy is booming. Jewish population growth has nearly caught up with Palestinian birthrates. And the level of violence remains at historic lows. The wars ravaging the wider Middle East, meanwhile, have distracted regional attention from the Palestinians' predicament and have even pushed countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia toward more cooperation with Israel. ... "'There is nothing more sustainable than the current situation that has already existed for 50 years and that is getting better all the time,' said retired Brig. Gen. Effie Eitam, Israel's former minister of national infrastructure and housing who now runs a private intelligence company in Jerusalem. ... 'We respect [the Trump administration] and if they can promote it, we can be very happy, but we are not naive,' [Israeli Minister of Public Security and Strategic Affairs Gilad] Erdan said. 'In the immediate future, I don't see a solution that can be viable.'" http://on.wsj.com/2oEr3pf RUH ROH -- "Trump immigration adviser ordered to turn over briefing document," by Josh Gerstein: "A federal magistrate has ordered one of President Donald Trump's key campaign advisers on immigration to turn over a document he used to brief the president-elect during the transition. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara issued an order Wednesday requiring Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to give the court a copy of the memo he took into a meeting with Trump at the president's Bedminster, N.J., golf club last November. The meeting was private, but a portion of the front page of the document-titled 'Department of Homeland Security: Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days' -- was captured by press photographers as Trump and Kobach posed for pictures. "Images of the document showed that it included proposals for registration of citizens of high-risk countries, extreme vetting of foreign visitors, a ban on Syrian refugees, deporting aliens charged with crimes (apparently without regard to whether they've been convicted) and building a border wall with Mexico." http://politi.co/2p41YAc ****** a message from Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley helped raise the capital needed by innovative company All Aboard Florida to enhance Florida's infrastructure by developing the nation's first express, intercity rail, Brightline. The train, connecting cities across Southern Florida, is expected to cut down on travel time for residents and tourists, and could potentially add up to hundreds of millions in federal, state and local government tax revenue over the next several years.1 Capital creates better connections for people, communities and cities. Learn more at morganstanley.com/brightline. Capital creates change. ****** WHY NOT -- "Pence adviser Nick Ayers eyes run for Georgia governor," by Shane Goldmacher: "One of Vice President Mike Pence's top political advisers, Nick Ayers, is