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Senate staff just got an alert: "Capitol Police are responding to an incident at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters. Staff are asked to remain clear of the police activity."

“I will not vote for a funding bill I have zero say in drafting,” says Sen. Murray

53-45, Senate votes to lower threshold from 60 to majority for resolutions setting up en bloc confirmations. Straight party-line vote Those batch confirmations will start next week

new - Dem group Majority Forward launching new $600K ad dinging Sen. Collins on Iran during her to “stop supporting Trump’s war, Mainers can’t afford it.” She said yesterday after the 60-day mark that "it is very likely that I would vote not to authorize further hostilities"

Dems have BIG leverage on FISA and Iran War supplemental - One Senate D predicted FISA will get 60 next week. Shaheen will vote for it, Coons said he needs a briefing. Wyden will "fight like hell" - Coons talking to admin about Iran. Schatz a "hard no," said most Dems oppose

Ahead of votes on weapon sales, Sen. Mark Kelly says he "cannot and will not abandon Israel" and will "always" support Israel's right to exist But he says he will vote yes "on these resolutions to stop these transfers"

Defense $ leaders McConnell and Coons met with Sec Hegseth and other admin officials about defense spending and Iran supplemental yesterday Coons called it “relatively constructive, respectful, normal.” Coons told them to work with his staff if they want a positive response vs stonewalling him

Big day of foreign policy votes in Senate: vote on Iran War Powers at 2 and expected votes later on disapproving of arm sales to Israel

Ossoff raised a respectable $14 million and has $31 million in the bank (!)

Wow: Talarico campaign says it raised $27 million in Q1, including $10 million since the primary

Schumer says "Operation Epic Failure is a much more appropriate name for Trump's war of choice"

Pa. GOP Sen. McCormick on President Trump's attack on the pope as "weak" on nukes "I mean, I didn't love it. I wish he hadn't done it. And the reason is, I just think it's distracting from this moment we're in," he told me this morning at Semafor's World Economy"

Md. Gov. Moore to @daveweigel.bsky.social : "It’s sad for me, because the Sun used to be the paper of record, and it has become the paper of the right wing" www.semafor.com/article/04/1...