Paul Manafort will no longer help manage the GOP convention -- a move that comes after The Washington Post reported that he had re-engaged in int'l consulting, including lending support to a media venture in China, via Josh Dawsey Maegan Vazquez & Isaac Stanley-Becker washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

U.S. offers Israel intelligence, supplies in effort to avoid Rafah invasion
By Yasmeen Abutaleb
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Narrative of Trump snoozing in court takes hold — much to his annoyance. It’s unclear if the former president has actually been sleeping, and he vehemently denies it. But Democrats and late-night hosts have seized on the reports anyway, by Ashley Parker washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Biden commencement address at Morehouse sparks debate over identity
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
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Hoping tensions ease, House Republicans still brace for more drama. By @mariannareports washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Pardoned Paul Manafort, now poised to rejoin Trump world, aided Chinese media deal. From Isaac Stanley-Becker Beth Reinhard Josh Dawsey washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

VA leaders improperly approved nearly $11 million in bonuses for executives, watchdog finds. Some got more than $100k. From Lisa Rein
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We’re hiring a Congress Editor — an important job at the heart of our Politics staff leading a dynamite team of 🌟s jobs.washingtonpost.com/job/250663733/…

How Trump reacted to seeing Stormy Daniels for the first time in years. In a remarkable moment in U.S. history, Trump faced the woman at the center of his hush money case, by Marianne LeVine washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Judge indefinitely delays Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida — via ⁦Perry Stein⁩ and ⁦Devlin Barrett⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

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Americans have been thrust under a cloud of chaos that seems to thicken with every breaking-news alert. And in an already contentious and consequential election year, there is seemingly no relief ahead.
@reisthebault and Hannah Natanson
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SCOOP: Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump.
The former president was angered by Charlie Spies’s criticism of his false 2020 election fraud claims, by Josh Dawsey Michael Scherer washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The US has told Qatar it should expel Hamas if the group continues to reject a cease-fire with Israel. Qatar has anticipated an expulsion request for months and advised Hamas to devise a backup plan. W/ ⁦Missy Ryan⁩ ⁦susannah george⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Another incredible lede (and scoop) from Caroline Kitchener.

If you want to know what’s happening with abortion in America, you need to be following her.

Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion, by Caroline Kitchener wapo.st/3wa4JIL

“I hope we don’t ruin Hope.”

With Hope Hicks set to testify in Trump’s New York trial, my latest on the Zelig of Trumpworld, who can’t seem to escape his chaotic force field.

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Tears and despair at one Florida abortion clinic in the hours before the state's new ban on abortions after the six weeks of pregnancy kicks in today. By Caroline Kitchener washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05…

Errors and accidents often go unreported in the burgeoning fertility industry, which is largely self-policed and not mandated to notify even patients of mistakes. By Lenny Bernstein & Yeganeh Torbati is on book leave in 2024
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NEW: As he pursues a return to the WH, Trump is speaking regularly with foreign leaders looking to influence his thinking in sometimes competing ways. Unclear how/if they will sway him. Inside the convos via Josh Dawsey Marianne LeVine Michael Birnbaum: washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…