Hamas has told mediators it is unable to identify or track down the 40 Israeli women/elderly/sick hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, sources tell me & Jeremy Diamond. cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

Biden officials are dismissing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pronouncement that a date has been set for a Rafah offensive as bluster, MJ Lee and I are told. Blinken and Sullivan said today no date has been communicated. cnn.com/2024/04/09/pol…

New: The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack by Iran that could come as soon as within the next week targeting Israeli or American assets in the region, a senior administration official tells CNN.
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New: The Biden administration recently authorized the transfer of over 1,000 500-pound bombs and over 1,000 small-diameter bombs to Israel.
The transfer authorization of the MK82 bombs and small-diameter bombs, more than 2,000 munitions in total, occurred before an Israeli…

New: An Israeli strike in Gaza that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers has touched off fury and indignation inside the White House.

Frustration is at a new level, and President Biden said in a statement tonight that he is “outraged.”
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Now Biden's Iftar dinner is just with senior Muslim administration officials after outside Muslim attendees refused to discuss Gaza and its mass hunger over dinner, sources tell me, Betsy Klein & Khalil Abdallah edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/pol…

Coming up on Inside Politics with Dana Bash now. With MJ Lee and Eva McKend

On Xi Jinping telling Biden China won't interfere in US elections, senior admin official says:

“I don’t think we ever really take the Chinese at their word when they say they will or will not do something. It is about verifying, as the president says.' cnn.com/2024/04/02/pol…

The scene outside Radio City Music Hall, where President Biden, with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, are about to participate in a fundraiser together