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“There’s only one solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Two states for two indigenous people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. And if you’re not for that, if you’re not for ending the violence and for hostage release, if you’re only condemning one side and not the other, you’re not morally serious.”
— Thomas Friedman, quoted by CNN.

“Nikki Haley is under active consideration by Donald Trump’s campaign to be his running mate,” Axios reports.
“The GOP rivals’ relationship remains chilly, but Trump could pick Haley if he were convinced she’d help him win the presidency, avoid a potential prison sentence and cover tens of millions in legal bills if he loses.”

“The FBI is investigating whether the Biden administration’s Iran envoy, Rob Malley, moved classified information onto his personal email, where it may have fallen into the hands of a foreign actor,” Politico reports.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Top Republican officials are “escalating their fight with the Secret Service over the party’s convention in Milwaukee in July, demanding that the agency expand the security perimeter of the event so that protesters can be moved farther away from the arena where the main events will be held,” the Washington Post reports.

David DePape, the man who attacked Paul Pelosi at his San Francisco home, could be facing 40 years in prison, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Washington Post: “It remains unclear if Trump has actually fallen asleep during his trial — he and his team have vigorously rejected the claim. But a narrative has taken hold nonetheless that Trump, who often sits in court with his eyes closed, may also deserve the moniker that he has bestowed upon President Biden: ‘Sleepy.’”

“Just before court broke for the day, Justice Juan Merchan raised the possibility of calling former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg into court to see if he’s willing to testify in the case,” Politico reports.

“Barron Trump is declining Florida’s offer to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention this summer, citing ‘prior commitments,’ according to his mother’s office,” the Daily Mail reports.

Joyce Vance: “The jury doesn’t have to believe Stormy Daniels to convict Donald Trump. Even if her story was just that—a made up story, as the defense claims—the crime happened when Trump paid her off and concealed the payments with false business records.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

“The Biden administration is preparing to raise tariffs on clean-energy goods from China in the coming days, with the levy on Chinese electric vehicles set to roughly quadruple,” the Wall Street Journal reports.