memeorandum: Biden returns to the White House as imminent Iranian attack on Israel is possible (Barak Ravid/Axios)

10:00 PM ET, April 13, 2024

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Barak Ravid / Axios:

Iran launches unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel … - The specific targets were initially unclear. — The Biden administration has vowed to help Israel counter the Iranian attack. — Iranian officials had threatened to retaliate against Israel for an airstrike in Syria …

Barak Ravid / Axios:

Biden returns to the White House as imminent Iranian attack on Israel is possible … - Israel Defense Forces' home front command announced a state of alert starting 4pm ET Saturday and added that all schools and education institutions will be closed Sunday — another sign of an imminent attack.

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Associated Press:

Iran's state-run news agency says Iran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel … Iran says it has launched ballistic missiles as part of its attack targeting Israel. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted an anonymous official saying ballistic missiles were part of the attack.

New York Post:

Iran launches hundreds of suicide drones in ‘significant escalation’ against Israel — Iran has launched an attack against Israel using hundreds of suicide drones, the Jewish state has confirmed. — Axios journalist Barak Ravid, citing a senior Israeli official, reported that hundreds of drones were headed for Israel.

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News:

Lawmakers send message to White House on impending Iran drone attack to Israel: ‘Stand firm’ — Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said that the White House must ‘stop coddling Iran’ and ‘stand firm’ — Lawmakers reacted after Iran launched drones from its own territory toward Israel late Saturday …

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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:

Biden cuts short weekend trip as Iran launches attack on Israel — The president returned a day earlier than planned from Delaware. — President Joe Biden cut short a weekend trip to his Delaware beach home to return to the White House as Iran launched a series of drone and missile strikes against Israel.

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House says US support for Israel is ‘ironclad,’ will ‘support their defense’ amid Iran attack

Discussion: RedState

Maha El Dahan / Reuters:
Vessel seized in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions, shipping firms say

Myah Ward / Politico:

Majority of voters think Trump committed ‘serious federal crimes,’ according to NYT poll — The new poll comes as jury selection will begin in Trump's New York trial on Monday. — A majority of voters believe former President Donald Trump has committed “serious federal crimes,” …

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Washington Examiner

Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:

Biden Shrinks Trump's Edge in Latest Times/Siena Poll — The president's popularity has ticked up slightly, though voters still view Donald J. Trump more favorably and have dour views of the economy. — President Biden has nearly erased Donald J. Trump's early polling advantage …

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:

A Closer Look at a Slight Shift in the Polls — An average of recent surveys, including the Times/Siena poll, finds President Biden inching closer to Donald Trump. — Is President Biden gaining in the polls? There have been signs of it ever since his State of the Union address last month …

Discussion: Axios and The Hill

Paul Kane / Washington Post: Voters think the nation is going off rails — just not in their state

Chris McGreal / The Guardian:

Republicans in swing state Wisconsin unenthused by Trump: ‘A bad candidate’ — Fervent Trump supporters from last elections air doubts over abortion and the man himself in state where turnout will be key — Terri Burl has come full circle. — The local Republican party official …

Washington Post: Mike Pence pushes a post-Trump path for conservatives and GOP

Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Trump the Front-Runner? Not So Fast.

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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump boosting efforts to wrest Pennsylvania back to GOP victory

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CNN:

Trump will juggle appearances in courtroom and on campaign trail as hush money trial begins — Former President Donald Trump's appearance in a New York courthouse Monday for jury selection in his criminal hush money trial will kick off a weekslong juggling act between the courtroom …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Times, Raw Story, New York Post and Forbes

Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:

Trump wields endorsement to try and remove one of two pro-impeachment Republicans left in the House — Former President Donald Trump wielded his endorsement in a Washington House race on Friday to try and remove one of the two Republicans left who tried to impeach him in 2021.

Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart, Washington Times, NBC News, The Daily Beast and The Post Millennial

ABC News:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has ruled out Libertarian run for president — This is a shift from his prior stance of keeping the door open. — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station on March 30, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:

Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction — Defense lawyers say prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging hundreds with obstruction of an official proceeding — In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, federal prosecutors …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Washington Times and USA Today

Jared Gans / The Hill:

Biden wins Wyoming Democratic caucus — President Biden is the winner of the Wyoming Democratic presidential caucus, Decision Desk HQ has projected. — Biden is already the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, having mathematically clinched the nomination last month.

Discussion: RedState, Associated Press and ABC News