Cuellar asserts he innocent as he faces potential indictment

NEW: Hakeem Jeffries defended Chuck Schumer's criticism of Netanyahu in an interview with 60 Minutes, which will air this weekend.

Jeffries said it was 'ridiculous' to suggest Schumer's comments were undermining US-Israeli relations. w/ Andrew Solender

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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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A story I’ve been working on since Sept. 2023. Military documents contradict Republican Rep. Troy Nehls' military record claims
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Scoop: A bipartisan group of senators held a confidential virtual meeting Wednesday with senior officials at the International Criminal Court to express concern about possible arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. Stephen Neukam & I write for Axios
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Is this a height joke JGB?

Me on a byline with Barak

Scoop w/ Barak Ravid: A bipartisan group of senators met virtually with high level ICC officials yesterday to voice concerns over its Gaza investigation and possible arrest warrants.

Netanyahu spoke to several senators in recent days.

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Scoop w/ Alex Thompson : Biden has brought in a new senior adviser to tackle the unprecedented levels of migration throughout the Americas: USAID's Marcela Escobari

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Dems and GOP are running a hotline on the House antisemitism bill, a Senate leadership aid says

SCOOP: A Maryland Democrat has cut the use of the phrase 'training wheels' from an attack ad against his Senate primary opponent after the comment prompted a letter from Black women who said it 'echoes tones of misogyny and racism.'
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👀 Stephen Neukam scoop: David Trone scrubs primary ad after backlash from Black women axios.com/2024/05/02/dav…

Exclusive: Biden admin, tech giants launch women in CHIPS construction effort

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Why there's so much Senate drama around a mostly uncontroversial aviation bill axios.com/2024/05/02/faa…

NEW: Schumer and Dems have made an all-out push to elevate marijuana bills this week.

Schumer tried to get a weed banking bill attached to FAA package, but blames GOP for blocking.

The weed push comes as the party faces issues with young voters 👀

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Two interesting guests at the CBC lunch today:

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks

w/ Heather Caygle

This is House behavior

👀 Maryland Democrat David Trone kicked in another $3.15 million of his own money to his Senate campaign Monday.

He’s spent over $45 million on the *primary* now