NEW: House Republican leadership still plans to send the impeachment articles to the Senate TUESDAY. There was some thought they'd delay because of FISA/Israel/Ukraine etc.

THREAD: A deeper look at Jared Kushner, and investments he has made with his Saudi-backed $3 billion fund. Let's walk through a few of them. First, here is the story we published giving an overview. Story with Jonathan Swan Maggie Haberman nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/…

☀️ WHAT JOHNSON CAN DO ON ISRAEL

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Breaking News: Tesla plans to lay off more than 10% of its work force as the electric car company faces increasing competition and declining sales. nyti.ms/4aRQQNU

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NEW: Rep. Henry Cuellar is breaking from his party on abortion, as the sole anti-abortion Democrat in his caucus.

Cuellar, who has faced primaries before, says abortion should be up to the states and his party should welcome those with different views.
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News in Punchbowl News AM: Angie Craig raised $1 million in Q1 and has $2.8 million on hand

Holy Crap: Andy Kim has raised a mammoth $7 million in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat after an enormous Q1.

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TOP in Punchbowl News AM: Speaker Mike Johnson has a lot to balance: Global security, election-year politics and a desire to save his job. Can he do it? Jake Sherman, Andrew Desiderio & John Bresnahan break it down: punchbowl.news/article/mike-j…

Washington Post adds a new wrinkle to our Financial Times scoop last month that the US warned Ukraine not to attack Russian oil refineries with long-range drones. Our original report: ft.com/content/98f15b…

WaPo, confirming FT reporting below, reports that VP Kamala Harris asked Zelensky…

.Sen. Tammy Baldwin raises $5.4 million in Q1 2024, per her campaign.

There’s no cash-on-hand figure, but Baldwin had $8 million in the bank as of 12/31/23

The scene outside 100 Centre St

New: When Kamala Harris met privately with Volodymyr Zelensky in February, she told him something he didn’t want to hear: Refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries, a tactic U.S. officials believed would raise global energy prices and invite more aggressive Russian…

Consequential week on Ukraine & Israel funding. We dig into Speaker Mike Johnson's options.

.Punchbowl News AM today
- Speaker Mike Johnson faces huge tests over Israel & Ukraine following Iranian attack
- Senate takes up Mayorkas impeachment & FISA
- Ken Griffin gives $4M to House GOP super PAC
- Rep. Henry Cuellar’s abortion stance challenges Democrats

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NEWS -- HOUSE REPUBLICANS will meet at 5:30p tomorrow evening on 'Iran's recent attack on Israel and defense supplemental funding.'

John Bresnahan

Very interesting breaking piece by Barak Ravid on Israel’s possible retaliation - both Gantz and Eizenkot wanted to immediately attack. Bibi did not.
Yeah, you read that right axios.com/2024/04/14/us-…

SCHUMER, in press conference in New York, says he spoke to Biden, McConnell, Jeffries and Johnson today.

President Biden called to thank the two airwing commanders whose squadrons shot down more than 70 Iranian drones last night.
Sr admin official:
'The president then spoke with Lieutenant Colonel Curtis “Voodoo” Culver, the commander of the 494th Fighter Squadron, a unit based in…

USAF F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th and 335th fighter squadrons downed more than 70 Iranian drones last night, per a senior administration official.