NYTIMES (Valerie Hopkins) - Trump and Putin Call for a Brief Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will agree to Moscow’s terms.
NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson) - White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Planned Attack Weeks Before Gala, Prosecutors Say
A new prosecution memo details the preparations made in the days and weeks before the assault on the White House correspondents’ dinner.
NPR (Greg Myre) - The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date
The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end.
ABCNEWS - Truck driver who went missing in possible hijacking found dead: FBI
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez went missing while transporting vehicles from Georgia to Florida.
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AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Supreme Court boosts DeSantis' GOP congressional map
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' effort to create four new Republican House seats got an assist Wednesday from the U.S. Supreme Court — but not the total victory his lawyers had predicted. - One big question remains: Will the entire state redistricting reform be struck from the books? Why it matters: Florida lawmakers approved the new GOP-leaning U.S. House seats — despite a state constitutional amendment that bans intentional partisan gerrymandering. - Democrats and liberal groups plan to sue once DeSantis signs the maps. Zoom in: The Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais neutered a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and made it harder to defend race-based districts. - It applied new, stricter requirements to win lawsuits…
NYTIMES (Jack Nicas) - U.S. Indictment Accuses Mexican Governor of Conspiring With Sinaloa Cartel
Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, of a yearslong scheme to protect the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in exchange for bribes and votes.
NYTIMES (Robert Jimison) - Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion as Hegseth Berates Skeptics
During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.
WASHINGTONPOST (Noah Robertson, Riley Beggin, Anna Liss-Roy) - Johnson quells House GOP revolt to advance controversial surveillance bill
For more than two hours on the chamber’s floor, the speaker and fellow Republican leaders cajoled holdouts on that bill and others on DHS funding and farm policy.
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ABCNEWS - SCOTUS considers Trump’s bid to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Syrians
The Supreme Court grappled with whether the Trump admin has the authority to end humanitarian protections for thousands of immigrants without facing judicial review.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Trump hosts Artemis II crew at White House after historic lunar flyby mission
President Trump welcomed the Artemis II crew to the White House after they completed a record-breaking trip around the moon.
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