Trump's team is divided on how to tackle the president's vow to ease sanctions on Syria “The initial document sent out last week by the State Department's policy and planning staff proposed a three-phase road map for sanctions relief…” ourmidland.com/news/article/t… @ap

Announcement in first step in promised sanctions relief for Syria could come as soon as Friday or on Tuesday, after Memorial Day

“Crowds of Palestinians broke through the fences around the distribution site on Tuesday, and an Associated Press journalist heard Israeli tank and gun fire, and saw a military helicopter firing flares.”apnews.com/article/israel…

BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says the death toll from gunfire on a crowd heading to an aid site has climbed to 31. apnews.com/article/israel…

Witty. Student exhibit at the U.S. Capitol.

See you in the woodchipper, ex-USAID staffers tell Elon Musk apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

Still not able to access my old foreign-policy X account, X 💔

With the world’s attention elsewhere, Saudi Arabia executes a blogger who had advocated for women’s driving and other civil society changes. apnews.com/article/saudi-…

Firms led by American former CIA and military officers are coordinating with combatant governments to deliver aid in conflicts in Gaza and Africa. Humanitarian groups fear weaponization of aid. apnews.com/article/israel…

New from The Associated Press: Israeli-backed group seeks at least $30 million from the U.S. for its much-scrutinized aid distribution in Gaza. apnews.com/article/gaza-f…

GHF projects “a $150 million monthly budget once the group’s current aid sites fully gear up — an amount equal to $1.8 billion a year.”

Pointing out this very good story from Prem Thakker of Zeteo on the GHF funding request to US. I learned of the issue separately, but he had the scoop! zeteo.com/p/scoop-usaid-…

Breaking from The Associated Press: The Trump administration is authorizing providing $30 million to an Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza, US official says

Breaking from The Associated Press: The Trump administration has agreed to help fund an Israeli-backed aid operation intended to replace UN-led humanitarian system in Gaza. With Matt Lee apnews.com/article/gaza-h…

. Lisa Mascaro and other dedicated folks at The Associated Press are tracking the Trump bill around the clock so you don’t have to.

Deepest of dives on what’s known and alleged about the UAE’s role in the Sudan war and beyond, by Declan Walsh

Important from Sam Mednick and @frankeljulia - American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press . apnews.com/article/palest…

The kind of not-giving-it-all-away hint the world needs today.