The Week: Congress Debates Ukraine and the Border

• The Washington Post Guild went on strike for 24 hours on Thursday. Come on, guys, you can keep marching.

• Republicans gathered in Alabama for the fourth and perhaps final presidential debate of the 2024 primaries. The event benefited from having fewer candidates than the previous debates and from the fact that its moderators included Megyn Kelly and NR alum and Washington Free Beacon editor Eliana Johnson—who both knew when to let the participants fight and when to move on. Nikki Haley came under fire early on for her previous call to ban anonymous accounts from social media and for saying that gender transitioning of minors should be allowed with parental consent. She walked back both positions. Chris Christie defended Haley when she was attacked by Vivek Ramaswamy, whom he slammed as “the most obnoxious blowhard in America.” Christie portrayed himself as the most honest about the faults of absent front-runner Donald Trump and the dangers of Trump’s vow to seek retribution in a second term. He smacked Ron DeSantis for being unwilling to say outright that Trump is unfit for office. The Florida governor did argue that Trump is too old. The debate clarified some differences among the four candidates. But once again it was difficult to imagine that all the shouting had any impact on the race when the candidate up 50 points nationally was not on stage.

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• The Washington Post Guild went on strike for 24 hours on Thursday. Come on, guys, you can keep marching.

• Republicans gathered in Alabama for the fourth and perhaps final presidential debate of the 2024 primaries. The event benefited from having fewer candidates than the previous debates and from the fact that its moderators included Megyn Kelly and NR alum and Washington Free Beacon editor Eliana Johnson—who both knew when to let the participants fight and when to move on. Nikki Haley came under fire early on for her previous call to ban anonymous accounts from social media and for saying that gender transitioning of minors should be allowed with parental consent. She walked back both positions. Chris Christie defended Haley when she was attacked by Vivek Ramaswamy, whom he slammed as “the most obnoxious blowhard in America.” Christie portrayed himself as the most honest about the faults of absent front-runner Donald Trump and the dangers of Trump’s vow to seek retribution in a second term. He smacked Ron DeSantis for being unwilling to say outright that Trump is unfit for office. The Florida governor did argue that Trump is too old. The debate clarified some differences among the four candidates. But once again it was difficult to imagine that all the shouting had any impact on the race when the candidate up 50 points nationally was not on stage.