President Biden followed through on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a US labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and franchise workers reut.rs/3y4dpkj

Breaking: DOJ will sue Iowa over its new immigration law that criminalizes “illegal reentry” if it remains in effect through Tuesday. #ialegis
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Mark Hamill Mark Hamill known as Luke #Skywalker from #StarWars joined Karine Jean-Pierre at the briefing today. He met with President Biden before.

'It is not right to forcibly take down the American flag and replace it with another flag,' Karine Jean-Pierre says. 'Protecting the American flag is admirable.'

CIA Director Burns is in Cairo for latest round of hostage talks, and we're told there’s been some progress but all players are in wait and see mode. Our latest CBS News
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JUST IN: Prosecutors have charged Rep. Cuellar and his wife with accepting $600,000 in foreign bribes and money laundering.

They face long prison terms if convicted.

SCOOP: The Israeli military has informed aid groups and the Biden administration of a plan to begin removing Gazans from Rafah ahead of an invasion, according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the situation. Erin Banco Matt Berg politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

April jobs report key takeaways:

1) This is a historic job market w/unemployment under 4% for 27 months
2) Hiring is good, but slowing
3) Healthcare is now the major industry hiring
4) Wage growth is above inflation
5) Signs of cooling = temp help decline, avg work week down

The U.S. military needs an industrial backbone to function–rocket motors, ball bearings, munitions–to shoot missiles and counter drones

That backbone just got a major boost from the national security supplemental

Here are 4 big bottlenecks the $20B injection will tackle (🧵)

As we reported live from El Paso, Texas for CBS News, we witnessed 3 migrants who appeared to be unaccompanied children climbing the border wall and crossing into the U.S. with the help of a smuggler.

By the time Border Patrol agents responded, they had disappeared.

🎥: Suvro Banerji

President Biden, in Wilmington, NC, touts efforts to replace lead pipes in water systems heraldsun.com/news/politics-…

Scoop: With Dems faced w/ clawing back support from drifting Latino men, this is how Ruben Gallego looks to reach them

A Canelo Alvarez fight watch party Cinco de Mayo weekend for more than 100 Latino residents & families at a boxing gym w/ a taco truck outside

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NEW: In a letter to college and university leaders shared first with CNN, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona condemns ‘abhorrent’ incidents of antisemitism, the latest sign of the Biden administration ramping up its response to campus protests
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Breaking!🚨🎉 Senator Elizabeth Dole will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian award of the US. This prestigious award honors her long career of public service. Watch the ceremony live today at 4:30pm ET here: whitehouse.gov/live/

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strike group gets first port call in months after battling Houthis. “During their time in Souda Bay, Sailors from the ships experienced Greek culture, explored the region, enjoyed local cuisine,” Navy says.

Scoop: Biden beefs up border team with plans to bring in DHS's Blas Nuñez-Neto to the WH to join Natalie Quillian’s team rather than DPC or NSC.

Nuñez-Neto is one of the leading border experts at DHS

W/ Stef Kight
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Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit China little more than a week after starting his new term in office trib.al/Z2iUT3K

JOBS: downside surprise on payrolls and wage growth, upside surprise on unemployment rate