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Supreme Court Marshal Gail A. Curley said Friday that none of the justices or their spouses were implicated in any of the "credible leads" pursued in her investigation into the leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson.

Driving the news: Curley, who in a report to the court said investigators have been unable to identify the responsible party thus far, said she interviewed the nine justices but did not ask them to sign sworn statements.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is ruling out a potential proposal from House Republicans that calls for triaging payments after the exhaustion of "extraordinary measures" to avoid default on the federal debt.

The big picture: The U.S. has reached its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, the Treasury Department announced on Thursday, with no obvious deal in sight.

Three active-duty U.S. Marines have been arrested and charged for storming the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to court documents.

Why it matters: They are the latest in a series of former and current military personnel to face consequences for participating in the deadly attack.

Former President Trump withdrew his recent pending lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James in a Florida court on Friday.

Driving the news: The move comes the day after the federal judge overseeing the case blasted Trump and his attorneys for a "continuing pattern of misuse of the courts" and ordered them to pay nearly $1 million in sanctions.

While Democrats in Washington have been in near-lockstep under President Biden, New York Democrats are revealing the intra-party ideological chasms that could define Kathy Hochul's governorship.

Why it matters: Gov. Hochul’s uncomfortably close re-election wouldn’t have been possible without the help of progressives’ 11th-hour campaign to get her to victory.

Former President Donald Trump warned Republicans Friday to avoid making changes to Medicare or Social Security amid the ongoing debt ceiling fight.

Driving the news: “Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security,” Trump said in a video message posted on Truth Social.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) will run for re-election in 2024, he announced Friday.

Why it matters: Kaine's decision comes as Democrats will try to retain control of the chamber amid a challenging 2024 map.

At their winter gathering on Capitol Hill this week, the nation's mayors delivered a bipartisan message to Congress and President Biden: Help stop the flow of migrants and asylum seekers into our cities — and give us the funds to take humane care of those who arrive.

Why it matters: As much as they care about issues such as climate change, mental health, COVID-19 relief funds, gun control, and the opioid crisis, immigration bubbled to the top of the agenda at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be out Tuesday with a memoir that slams former President Trump, a potential rival for the '24 GOP nomination, for defending Vladimir Putin at a notorious press conference.

Driving the news: "My first major Russia-related work as secretary came in July 2018, when President Trump met Putin in Helsinki," Pompeo writes in "Never Give An Inch."

• "This engagement," Pompeo writes, "is remembered for the press conference held at the end of their meeting" — a disaster where Trump lavished praise on Putin and sided with Russia over U.S. intelligence.

Ben Terris — the WashPost feature writer who exposed former Rep. Aaron Schock's "Downton Abbey"-inspired office décor — will be out June 6 with a book about "the people who see this moment as an opportunity to bet big — on their country or maybe just on themselves."

Driving the news: "The Big Break: The Weirdos, Wonks, and Wannabes Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind" is written in the vein of Mark Leibovich's "This Town."

Clashes erupted in Lima between Peru's police and protesters on Thursday, as thousands took to the streets in the capital and across the country to call for President Dina Boluarte's resignation.

Details: A historic building caught fire in the capital as riot police fired tear gas and demonstrators, many from the predominantly Indigenous south, threw stones during the latest demonstration unrest, which was originally sparked by the ousting of Peru's detained former President Pedro Castillo.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates defended press freedoms on Thursday after former President Trump called for journalists who reported on the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade to be investigated and possibly jailed.

Driving the news: The Supreme Court said Thursday that its ongoing investigation into the leak to Politico of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson signaling the end of federal protections on abortion had so far failed to identify the responsible party.

A federal judge in Florida ordered former President Trump and his attorneys to pay over $937,000 in sanctions on Thursday,

Driving the news: District Court Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled that they perpetrated a "continuing pattern of misuse of the courts" in order to "dishonestly advance a political narrative" in his lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.

The lesion removed from First Lady Jill Biden's left eyelid last week was a "very common, totally harmless, non-cancerous growth," White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a condition update.

The big picture: Biopsy results showed this lesion that surgeons spotted while removing a cancerous one from above her right eye and another from her chest was "consistent with seborrheic keratosis," O'Connor said in a letter, dated Wednesday.

• "Dr. Biden is recovering nicely from her procedures," he said. "She experienced some anticipated mild bruising and swelling, but feels very well."

President Biden said Thursday that the probe into classified records discovered in his former office and his Delaware home will show that "there's nothing there" and that his team followed protocol for turning them over to the appropriate government agencies.

Why it matters: The discovery has led to widespread fallout for the president, who maintains that he did not know the records were transferred.

The Moderate PAC, an organization of centrist Democrats, plans to raise $20 million to defend a handful of Democratic lawmakers — as well as open-seat candidates — in 2024 primary fights with progressives, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The PAC is looking to scare off progressive groups like Justice Democrats from targeting moderates or tipping the scales for any seat in which an established Democrat might retire.

The roots of today's debt-limit standoff stretch back to 2011, when the Tea Party movement helped force then-President Obama to agree to future spending caps in exchange for lifting the ceiling.

Zoom in: For Republicans, the achievement "validated one of the animating forces of the right over the past decade-plus — that the party’s failures are a result of weak, feckless leadership, and if they fight, they win," says GOP strategist Liam Donovan.

A federal judge declined to dismiss charges of criminal contempt of Congress against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday, clearing the way for a trial in a case that’s dragged on in court since Navarro refused to comply with a subpoena issued by the now-defunct House Jan. 6 select committee.

Why it matters: Navarro is one of several Trump allies who have defied subpoenas related to the Capitol insurrection and argued that they are "unlawful." Many have been unsuccessful in their challenges.

Black Florida lawmakers are criticizing the state's decision to keep African American Studies out of its AP curriculum.

The big picture: How Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis handles the issue of race in Florida could provide insight into the policies he will propose related to racial inequality in America if he launches a 2024 presidential campaign.

President Biden said Thursday during a visit to survey damage from recent atmospheric river storms in California that "if anybody doubts climate is changing, then they must have been asleep for the last couple of years."

Driving the news: Biden met with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who praised the administration for approving a presidential emergency declaration before he even requested it.