Hamas accepted a new ceasefire proposal pushed by Egypt and Qatar that would release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, though it’s unclear if the terms are agreeable to Israel, the New York Times reports.
Texas Democrat Locked Inside State Capitol
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday “but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety,” CBS News reports.
“The escorts for all House Democrats who left the state of Texas last month — preventing a vote on a GOP-led redistricting effort — are meant as a guarantee that they will return to the House by 10 a.m. Wednesday for the next special session.”
San Antonio Current: House Democrats unable to move freely after return to Texas capitol. So one Democrat refuses to move.
Trump Buys More Time for Putin
Tom Nichols: “The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.”
Sherrod Brown Will Test Voters’ Buyer’s Remorse
NOTUS: “Former Sen. Sherrod Brown formally entered the state’s Senate race on Monday, less than a year after voters rejected the blue-collar Democrat’s bid for a fourth term and after months of speculation that he might run for governor or retire from public life altogether instead. He’ll take on Republican Sen. Jon Husted in what both parties expect will be a competitive race that Democrats likely need to win to have any chance at claiming a majority in the Senate.”
“In backing Brown, Democrats are hoping that some portion of voters who opposed him in 2024 are feeling buyer’s remorse now. That makes the race perhaps the best barometer for how politics has changed since the last election, including whether voters frustrated about the economy blame Republicans and whether issues like immigration and trans student athletes remain as politically potent as they were last year.”
California Gerrymander Will Be Decided by Voters
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Red States Send National Guard Troops to D.C.
“The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana said on Monday that they would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, joining three other Republican-led states that have recently heeded President Trump’s request to fill the nation’s capital with troops,” the New York Times reports.
“The five states are collectively sending about 1,000 troops to Washington, where there are already 800 deployed troops from the D.C. National Guard, which the president can call out directly.”
Trump Approval Stays at Lowest Level
President Trump’s approval rating held at 40 percent in recent weeks, matching the lowest level of his current term amid weak ratings from Hispanic voters, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Trump Said Putin ‘Wants to Make a Deal With Me’
President Trump privately boasted to a fellow world leader that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal with him, “as crazy as that sounds,” Mediaite reports.
Said Trump: “I think he wants to make a deal with me.”
CNN: Trump caught on hot mic moment talking about making a deal with Putin.
Jay Clayton Approved as U.S. Attorney for Manhattan
“Interim Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton avoided a protracted fight over his temporary appointment when a group of judges approved him to remain in the post pending confirmation as a permanent prosecutor by the US Senate,” Bloomberg reports.
Pam Bondi Appoints Additional Deputy FBI Director
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are bringing on Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as an additional deputy director of the bureau, Fox News reports.
Bailey will serve as a co-deputy director, alongside Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
Zelensky Thanked Trump More than a Dozen Times
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was thankful over a dozen times during public remarks with President Trump at the White House on Monday,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump had criticized Zelensky during a previous meeting in February for not expressing sufficient gratitude.”
Trump Team Threatens Indiana Lawmakers with Primaries
“Donald Trump’s political operation is considering primarying Indiana lawmakers who don’t embrace his mid-decade redistricting plans,” Politico reports.
Said one person familiar: “They have a mountain of cash and even more motivation to win the redistricting wars Democrats started long ago.”
“The electoral threats are an escalation of a pressure campaign as Trump and his allies try to extract more GOP seats in Congress across the country. Indiana has been a top target of those efforts, but resistance among some rank-and-file officials has grown as a number of state lawmakers have publicly opposed those efforts in recent days.”
Ukraine Promises U.S. $100 Billion Weapons Deal
“Ukraine will promise to buy $100 billion of American weapons financed by Europe in a bid to obtain US guarantees for its security after a peace settlement with Russia,” the Financial Times reports.
“Under the proposals, Kyiv and Washington would also strike a $50 billion deal to produce drones with Ukrainian companies that have pioneered the technology since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.”
Trump’s Pick Apparently Posted Conspiracy Theories
“In the months leading up to the January 6 Capitol riot, a now deleted Twitter account bearing the full name of E. J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, betrayed a seeming obsession with promoting election denial conspiracy theories while talking about violent threats to those who stood in Trump’s way,” Wired reports.
Tom Begich to Run for Alaska Governor
Former Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich (D) has entered the race for governor after filing a letter of intent, the Alaska News Source reports.
Schweikert May Skip Re-Election and Run for Governor
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) is considering running for governor instead of running for the House, Punchbowl News reports.
Schweikert, who was first elected in the gigantic GOP class of 2010, represents a swing district that is anchored in Scottsdale. Trump won the district by 3 points and Schweikert won by just shy of 4 points after millions of dollars of spending by both parties.
Jeffries Says Noem Would Be First to Be ‘Hauled Up’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would be a top target of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee if Democrats retake the House in the midterms, The Hill reports.
Said Jeffires: “It’s my expectation that Kristi Noem will be one of the first people hauled up to Congress shortly after the gavels change hands to get a real understanding for the American people as to this conduct that has taken place: The lack of respect for due process, for the rule of law, the unleashing of masked agents on law-abiding immigrant communities, and the disappearing of people in some instances, to other countries without any real evidence that criminal behavior took place.”
Nearly Half Think the Economy Is Getting Worse
A new Echelon Insights poll finds 36% of voters think the economy is improving while 49% think it’s getting worse.
But President Trump’s approval rating is a surprisingly high 47% to 51%.
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