Baseline

HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE AGGRESSIVELY TARGETING REDISTRICTING EFFORTS IN KEY STATES TO LOCK IN THEIR MAJORITY AND GAIN A DECISIVE STRATEGIC EDGE AHEAD OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. -The Hill

One year since "Liberation Day," Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi warns tariffs have caused "significant damage." As costs rise and growth slows, a bipartisan group is fighting back with legislation to curb trade powers. (via Fortune)

Dems’ Redistricting Fight-Back: Emergency SCOTUS Appeal Filed House Dems are launching a "Hail Mary" appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to save VA's redrawn maps. While some floated "court-packing" state justices in a weekend of "rage," leadership is now focused on the legal stay as the final shot to reclaim 4 key seats. (via Politico)

NYC MAYOR MOVES TO BLOCK WESTERN UNION DEAL: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging NY State to quash Western Union’s $500M Intermex buyout. He warns the merger will hike remittance costs for immigrants, calling it a "private tax" on low-income New Yorkers. (via NYT)

Senior Republicans are "in the dark" as NJ Rep. Tom Kean enters day 70+ of his absence from Congress. Leadership aides report Kean’s team is withholding info, leaving the caucus baffled by his two-month hiatus. (via Punchbowl)

NEW: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defends his new reality show amid backlash -NBC

NEW: President Trump says he will reject Iran's response to the latest draft agreement to end the war. -Axios

BREAKING: MAINE GOVERNOR JANET MILLS SUSPENDS SENATE CAMPAIGN

Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump -NBC

NEW: Melania Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after ‘expectant widow’ joke in WHCD skit -Politico

BREAKING: Ron DeSantis unveils new Florida congressional map that would give the GOP an extra four seats -FOX News

NEW: Virginia court REJECTS Republican lawsuit in challenging the legislature’s authority to alter their congressional map. -Democracy Docket

White House says suspect in Correspondents’ Dinner shooting wanted to target Trump officials -CNN

White House correspondents' dinner was not given top security status -The Washington Post

Pope Leo XIV said on Monday that he had “no fear of the Trump administration,” after President Trump assailed him in a lengthy social media post as too liberal and “weak on crime.” -NYT

NEW: Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to announce tonight that the first site chosen for a city-owned grocery store is La Marqueta in East Harlem -NYT

JD Vance Says 21-Hour Iran Talks End With No Deal Reached -Newsweek

NEW: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes bill to turn over personal information of SNAP recipients to the federal government, citing concerns with data security and the lawfulness of the Trump administration's demand -Milwaukee Journal

NEW: Sen. Bill Cassidy is fuming at the Senate Republican establishment for not helping him enough as the two-term incumbent senator is at risk of not even making the primary runoff -Punchbowl News

NEW: Epstein survivors criticize Melania Trump after surprise statement that she “never had a relationship” with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell -The Guardian