News: Rep. Henry Cuellar’s chief of staff has resigned, per a Dem source with knowledge

UCLA UPDATE 🚨: All in-person classes have been cancelled effective immediately from May 6th - 10th, and moving remote due to campus “ongoing disruptions”.

Reportedly, one major difference between Hamas's hostage/ceasefire proposal today and previous proposals is that Hamas is refusing to commit to releasing only *living* hostages in the first phase of the deal. It is insisting that the 33 hostages released can be alive *or* dead.

Palestinian media report a series of Israeli strikes and flares launched over the eastern Rafah area, where the IDF issued an evacuation order earlier today.

It is not immediately clear if this is the start of ground operations in the area.

Earlier this evening, IDF Spokesman…

Initial Reports of Israeli Tanks and Mechanized Infantry having crossed the Border Fence from Southern Israel into the Gaza Strip to the East of Rafah.

An Israeli official said no ceasefire was agreed to in Gaza, after Hamas said it had accepted a proposal from Egyptian and Qatari mediators. 'This would appear to be a ruse intended to make Israel look like the side refusing a deal,' said the Israeli official, who said the deal…

REPORTER: 'Madam Vice President, Hamas says it accepted a ceasefire deal. Your reaction?'

HARRIS: 'Shrimp and grits!'

NEWS — MTG could trigger her motion to vacate the SPEAKER tonight. But first she will meet with JOHNSON at 3:30pm today.

BREAKING: Merchan again finds Trump in contempt and says any future violation likely to be punished with incarceration. nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/pre…

A quick thread 🧵 on South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's interview on CBS News

She won't say if she met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un after she claimed that she did in her book.

She says the story should not have been included in the book yet she says that she's responsible…

🚨 SCOOP from Axios Barak Ravid: Biden administration puts hold on ammo shipment to Israel

•Serious concern in Israeli gov't
•First time since 10/7 the US has stopped a weapons shipment intended for Israeli military
•US fears Israel will invade Rafah axios.com/2024/05/05/isr…

Host: You never went to North Korea.

Noem: Yes, I have. I've been there.

News: The top lawyer at the RNC, Charlie Spies, is out after he cited conflicts with other clients and Trump grew angry about previous comments Spies had made about him. He was hired less than two months ago. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Trump campaign says it raised more than $76M in April ow.ly/iFbQ105rSjX

EMILY's List's Women Vote PAC logs $1.6 million in anti-David Trone TV and digital ad spending in the #MDSen race as the SuperPAC hopes to have better luck here than in the first two 2024-cycle races they got involved in.

Kristi Noem is blaming her ghostwriter for the lies in her book, which would imply that she never read the book she supposedly wrote, except that …

🚨Here’s the MD-Sen ad from EMILY’s List — it’s a long-telegraphed attack on David Trone over past donations to pro-life Republicans including Greg Abbott and Doug Ducey. It’s part of a $1.5 million buy over the final week of the race, aimed at boosting Alsobrooks over the top.

How Henry and Imelda Cuellar used the alleged bribery proceeds, per indictment
- paying taxes
- credit card payments
- car payments
- $12K on a custom gown

Just noticed: Among the co-hosts of a fundraiser for Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Wednesday was Nihad Awad, the CAIR leader whose comments celebrating Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel were condemned by the White House. secure.actblue.com/donate/bowman-…

NEWS | EMILY's List is finally wading into the contentious Maryland Senate primary between Angela Alsobrooks and David Trone.

So far I've seen $450k in broadcast TV spending and another $260k on cable in Baltimore from the pro-Alsbrooks group's super PAC.