\u201cInstead of putting words in my mouth, why don\u2019t you actually look at what I said?\u201d he bristled. \u201cI was highly critical of the Netanyahu government, while at the same time making clear I think Israel has a right to exist and speaking in very personal ways about my travels in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strategic disagreements stand in the way of Democrats\u2019 push to retake Congress, too. Moore was incredibly well received at NAN, with a standing-room-only crowd and even chants of \u201crun, Wes, run!\u201d at the end. He spoke passionately about the need for Democrats to come together in November, even on tough issues like redistricting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to make sure this election is not stolen right in front of our faces and this pain is made permanent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But Moore\u2019s plan has yet to win over all Democrats, most importantly some legislators in Maryland who have stalled out<\/a> his redistricting efforts. What lessons are Democrats to learn from that? we asked the governor. \u201cI actually don\u2019t think this moment is about, what are we doing to energize the base,\u201d he told us. \u201cI think this moment is about, what are we doing to enlarge it.\u201d<\/p>\n Open tabs: White House Warns Staff Not to Place Bets on Prediction Markets Amid Iran War<\/a> (WSJ); How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations<\/a> (NYT); Labor secretary faces discrimination complaints tied to husband\u2019s alleged misconduct<\/a> (MS NOW); Man shot by ICE agents in Northern California disputes agency\u2019s account<\/a> (SF Chronicle)<\/p>\n From the White House<\/p>\n \u201cI just feel like I\u2019m not safe,\u201d Leticia, a DACA recipient, told NOTUS\u2019 Jackie Llanos<\/a>, as fear over Trump\u2019s efforts to erode the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections, spreads across the nation. Leticia, who only shared her middle name due to safety concerns, currently has one sibling with DACA in detention. Her parents and another sibling have already been deported.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s like living in hell, but that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been like in the past three months,\u201d she said of her life since her parents left the U.S. in December.<\/p>\n Hundreds of DACA recipients have been caught up in the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown, Jackie reports, including some with no criminal records. NOTUS found 21 court petitions from January 2025 to March 2026 challenging the lawfulness of the detention of immigrants with active DACA status or pending renewals.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has given conflicting information about how many DACA recipients have been placed in detention. DHS told House members last year that ICE had detained 270 DACA holders and deported 174, only to shift that number in February, telling<\/a> Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin that 86 had been deported and 261 had been detained.<\/p>\n In response to NOTUS\u2019 questions about the number of detained DACA recipients, DHS claimed that 92% of the DACA recipients ICE arrested last year were criminals.<\/p>\n From the campaign trail<\/p>\n ActBrandNew? The legal and operational woes of ActBlue have led to a growing chorus of Democrats questioning whether it\u2019s time to look elsewhere for their digital fundraising, NOTUS\u2019 Violet Jira reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n To be clear, ActBlue has essentially a monopoly on Democratic fundraising. And even after inquiries from the DOJ and Congress \u2014 as well as a scathing New York Times report \u2014 thousands of campaigns and PACs say they\u2019re staying put. But, not all.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this moment, it\u2019s important to not have a single fail point anywhere in our infrastructure, particularly because the Trump administration is running a vengeance campaign,\u201d said Betsy Hoover, founder of Higher Ground Labs and Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 online organizing director. \u201cActBlue has done a tremendous job, and I hope they continue to and I hope this is a blip for them, but I still think we should have a fallback, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n NEW ON NOTUS<\/p>\n Housing in crisis: It\u2019s what mayors across the nation are trying to confront, with dwindling options and fewer sources of guaranteed federal funding, NOTUS\u2019 Raymond Fern\u00e1ndez reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some programs, long underway, are being sped up to fill the growing gaps as Trump seeks to shrink federal housing assistance.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the federal government is not going to do that, then cities and states have to step up and figure out ways to work together and try to address as much of it as we can, as quickly as we can, as aggressively as we can,\u201d Arunan Arulampalam, the Democratic mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, told NOTUS.<\/p>\n More: Republicans Focus on Tax Cuts as Gas Prices Take Spotlight<\/a>, by Avani Kalra<\/p>\n NOT USMEET US<\/p>\n Introducing Paul Kane<\/p>\n Congressional reporter<\/p>\n Kane joined NOTUS this week from The Washington Post. He\u2019ll write about how the Trump administration\u2019s policy goals play out on Capitol Hill, the 2026 midterms and beyond.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Paul Kane Hometown: Maple Glen, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n Why you should trust him: Because with more than 25 years covering Congress, with both Democratic and Republican majorities, I\u2019ve developed respect across the Capitol and on both sides of the aisle for explaining how and why things happen in this convoluted building.<\/p>\n Why journalism: Because I luckily realized in undergrad that law school wasn\u2019t for me and instead realized that news stories shine a light on the powerful and help educate the public.<\/p>\n Best advice you\u2019ve ever been given: Never ask a question unless you really want to know the answer. (Because, for example, yes, things can always get worse!)<\/p>\n Kane\u2019s first story published this morning: It examines how unprecedentedly skittish Congress has been about its role in the war with Iran. 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