As he leaned down to kiss her, she couldn’t hold back the smile that spread all over her body.

THE EARLYBIRD™/ WEDNESDAY / 5:43 A.M.

SPECIAL CRUSOE CRISIS EXTRA

THE E-NEWSLETTER TRUSTED BY WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL ELITE

Good morning, EarlyBirders™. During the ongoing crisis in the White House, EarlyBird™ is expanding our one-minute-read to bring you more EarlyNews™ on these extraordinary events.

SENATE JUDICIARY HEARINGS, DAY 1: Three weeks after filing for divorce, First Lady Anita Crusoe will testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the president’s involvement with the Lystra family.

EarlyPoll™: America Loves the First Lady, Again

With skyrocketing popularity, FLOTUS has the American people on her side. POTUS’s slumping approval rivals Nixon’s pre-resignation numbers.

Savage Bombshell: In her latest Instagram bombshell, reporter Natalie Savage details the transactions that brought Lystra family money into Patrick Crusoe’s campaign coffers. It’s the fourth part in her series on political corruption and foreign interference that’s already prompted Senate action. The majority leader tells EarlyBird™ he plans quick passage of the Tax Transparency Act, legislation that will require candidates to release their taxes so that “Crusoe level corruption can never happen again.”

Spotted: At Karima Sahadi’s soiree last night in honor of Natalie Savage’s new digital media company power couples Natalie Savage and James Harding; General Fred Harding and his wife, socialite Anne; newly minted Iowa reporter Matt Walsh, in town for a state visit, with his ex-wife Laura “in tow (reunited and it feels so good?)”; ATN’s Dasha Karimov, whose new contract with ATN is said to be the most lucrative for a cameraperson in recent history.

Breaking Media News: American Services Industries CEO is out with a $50 million pay package. ATN Chief Reginald Bounds has the inside track on the parent company’s CEO suite. Under Bounds, ATN has seen its profits surge 10 percent. With Bounds moving up, smart money is on DC Bureau Chief Bibb Connaught to get the top ATN job with either Deputy Bureau Chief Hal Thomas or Assignment Planner Andrea Jackson expected to run the DC bureau. Check back for ongoing EarlyUpdates.

Welcome to Washington: Lysa McGrew, new morning anchor for ATN. She’s replacing Jazzmyn Maine who tells EarlyBird™ she’s changed careers and is heading to law school where she plans to pursue employment law.

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