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Josh Wingrove
Christina Greer
Danny Cevallos
Brendan Buck
Charlotte Reed

(And thanks to Sam Stein & Ali Vitali for holding down the fort)

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“The Israeli officials, who are worried about the potential fallout from such a case, said they believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among those who might be named in a warrant” nytimes.com/2024/04/28/wor…

When Trump was president, there was no war on par with the current ones in Ukraine or Gaza, but there were sharp conflicts and some near crises on.wsj.com/3xVU05f

The Scholar of Comedy newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

“Former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met privately Sunday morning in Miami, according to people familiar with the matter, breaking a years-long chill between the presumptive Republican nominee and his onetime chief primary rival” washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Israel faces a stark dilemma as it weighs a ground invasion of Rafah, Hamas’s last bastion in southern Gaza, according to Israeli officials and analysts. nyti.ms/3JBuDYG

World War II History Haunts Attempts to Seize Russian Assets wsj.com/world/europe/w…

The tumult spreading through college campuses is especially tricky for Joe Biden, as he works to rebuild the voting coalition from his 2020 win. nbcnews.com/politics/white…

Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

“Trump’s career-long habit of a ready-fire-aim stream of consciousness — on social media, on television, to newspaper reporters, to rally attendees — can now be held against him by prosecutors and a judge who has genuine power over him” nytimes.com/2024/04/28/us/…

Biden pokes at Trump’s ‘stormy’ week

The president also took on his age and the media during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

As missiles caused extensive damage to Ukraine’s power grid, Kyiv continued drone assaults inside Russia that have drawn criticism from Washington. nyti.ms/3UaeLRO

From media market to swing state, presidential campaign enters new territory ow.ly/jUpC105qZBU

Donald Trump Has Never Sounded Like This

No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself. nytimes.com/2024/04/27/mag…

Jonathan Lemire ups the stakes for the 2024 election: 'Can't just cover the horse race' thewrap.com/msnbc-jonathan…

For many in the graduating class of 2024, the unrest at campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war has marked an emotional end to their college experiences that started amid a global pandemic.

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Happy to chat with TheWrap for White House Correspondents Dinner weekend about Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire, Morning Joe and POLITICO - and the challenges of covering the year ahead

Liverpool have agreed a compensation deal with Feyenoord for Arne Slot to become their manager.

#BBCFootball #LFC

Maine Dems say they’ll consider cutting off Trump’s path, if Nebraska moves to hurt Biden ow.ly/SNKU105qW27

“What struck me most about the case was the relentless efforts by several of the justices on the conservative side not to focus on, consider or even acknowledge the facts of the actual case in front of them” nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/…