The Senate will consider a bipartisan border package this week, putting pressure on Republicans to pass a bill that they helped to negotiate months ago.
Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is reviving the border measure to give cover to the White House to take executive action on immigration and to protect vulnerable Democrats in 2024.
Democratic senators who represent presidential battlegrounds agree with President Biden — polls showing him trailing former President Trump in those key states are wrong.
Why it matters: The skepticism is especially notable because a number of Democrats from those states have a polling lead over their Republican opponents in pivotal Senate races.
Large U.S. cities are grappling with too many underpopulated schools, forcing school districts to make difficult decisions on closures.
Why it matters: Most states allocate school funding based on student populations. Losing students can result in cuts for classes, extracurriculars or sports as a result of lower demand.
Thursday's House Oversight Committee hearing is still making waves days after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) launched an attack at the personal appearance of her fellow lawmaker Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).
Why it matters: People are becoming numb to congressional hearings, but this one touched a nerve.
House Democratic leadership is formally pushing its members to vote against a Republican bill that would block a Washington, D.C. law allowing non-citizen voting in local elections, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: It sets up a politically charged showdown this week on immigration and D.C. home rule that could see some Democrats split from their leadership.
President Biden on Sunday gave the commencement address at Morehouse College, an HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia, but with few disruptions from those assembled, despite calls for protests or for the speech to be canceled.
The big picture: Biden's address arrived as pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses nationwide have raised pressure domestically over the Israel-Hamas war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned his intelligence and security chiefs from meeting with U.S. officials and lawmakers multiple times since the war in Gaza began, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.
Why it matters: Netanyahu seems to be trying to control what American politicians and diplomats hear from Israel — at a time when his government is deeply divided over his war strategy, and relations with the U.S. are growing more tense, the officials said.
THC-infused drinks are popping up more often in the refrigerator section. And yes, they're legal.
Why it matters: A loophole in the 2018 farm bill helped parlay the marijuana drinks market — and government regulators are catching on. Big Alcohol, which has gotten into the market as beer sales plummet, isn't totally pleased.
Ex-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was served notice late Friday of his Arizona indictment in the alleged scheme to overturn 2020 presidential election results in former President Trump's favor, per the state's attorney general.
Why it matters: Giuliani, who was served the same day as his 80th birthday party in Palm Beach, Florida, is the last defendantindicted in the case. It made Arizona the fourth state to charge electors with falsely casting votes for Trump in states President Biden picked up.
