• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said the House will move forward with legislation to ban ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok app after the social video platform’s CEO failed to ease lawmakers’ concerns in testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week. (The Hill)
• The New York grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s involvement in paying hush money to a porn star is poised to reconvene as soon as today after House Republicans doubled down on their investigative pressure on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the weekend. (The Wall Street Journal) A group of more than 175 former federal prosecutors, including Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who ran against Bragg for his job, signed on to a letter condemning Trump’s attacks on the New York prosecutor, which they described as an effort to intimidate him. (Bloomberg)
• Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said he will not run for Senate next year and endorsed Rep. Barbara Lee’s bid to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California. (CNN)

Happening today (all in ET):

• 1 p.m. White House press secretary holds briefing.

• 2 p.m. House in session.

• 2:30 p.m. President Biden hosts SBA Women’s Business Summit.

• 3 p.m. Senate in session.

The Salience of Abortion Rights, Which Helped Democrats Mightily in 2022, Has Started to Fade
Morning Consult

White House urges compromise amid protests, judicial reform clash in Israel
Francesca Chambers, USA Today

The Biden administration weighed in Sunday night on the unfolding chaos and the state of democracy in Israel, saying it was “deeply concerned” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly ousted an opponent of his controversial judicial reforms.

U.S. and Mexico weighing deal for Mexico to crack down on fentanyl going north while U.S. cracks down on guns going south
Julia Ainsley, NBC News

The tentative agreement is the result of months of tense discussions between top Biden administration officials and the Mexican government, said sources.

Biden issues emergency declaration for Mississippi after tornado kills dozens
CBS News

President Joe Biden early Sunday issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S.

Vice President Harris embarks on history-making Africa trip amid US-China competition
Jasmine Wright, CNN

When Kamala Harris steps off Air Force Two in Ghana on Sunday, she’ll become the first Black woman US vice president to visit Africa, marking another chapter in her barrier-breaking role.

Biden’s Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases
Michael Tarm and Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press

Rejon Taylor hoped the election of Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to campaign on a pledge to end the death penalty, would mean a more sympathetic look at his claims that racial bias and other trial errors landed him on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana.

‘Lessons have not been learned’: FDA knew of positive test months before latest infant formula recall
Helena Bottemiller Evich, Politico

The lag time, which mirrors the agency’s slow response ahead of last year’s historic recall, shows the agency still isn’t vigilant enough in protecting infants, critics say.

Pentagon Woos Silicon Valley to Join Ranks of Arms Makers
Sharon Weinberger et al., The Wall Street Journal

The Pentagon is seeking to enlist Silicon Valley startups in its effort to fund and develop new weapons technology and more-nimble suppliers, as the U.S. races to keep pace with China’s military advances.

GOP senators use Iraq AUMF repeal to push unrelated priorities
Andrew Desiderio, Punchbowl News

The Senate locked in a time agreement to pass legislation repealing the Iraq war authorizations by the middle of this week, wrapping up a nearly two-week floor process that will have included around a dozen GOP amendment votes.

Top Democrats warn Biden: Don’t restart family detentions
Courtney Subramanian and Hamed Aleaziz, Los Angeles Times

Top Democrats are warning President Biden against restarting the controversial practice of detaining migrant families who cross the U.S. southern border without authorization.

Hunter Biden probes put GOP under some pressure
Amie Parnes and Mychael Schnell, The Hill

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said recently that his committee’s investigations into Hunter Biden and his business transactions are just “beginning” as he seeks to create a headache for the White House as President Biden prepares to launch his reelection campaign.

Republican vs. DC battle set for Round 2
Al Weaver, The Hill

Republicans are gearing up for the next frontier of their fight against the District of Columbia, setting their sights on tanking a policing bill just weeks after they successfully pressured President Biden and Democrats to help nix an update to the city’s criminal code.

Senate Banking Committee faces intense 2024 politics in bank collapse hearings
Sahil Kapur, NBC News

The roster includes red-state Democrats like Chairman Sherrod Brown, who is eyeing re-election, as well as enigmatic Arizona independent Kyrsten Sinema and the GOP Senate campaign chief.

Lawmakers open to Biden’s call to claw back SVB executive pay
Caitlin Reilly, Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s call for legislation that would allow regulators to claw back executive bonuses and stock sale proceeds in the lead up to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse has found a receptive audience on Capitol Hill.

The Dual Education of Hakeem Jeffries
Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times

Shaped by Black Brooklyn and trained by Manhattan’s legal elite, the House Democrats’ new leader is not easily pigeonholed.

The gun that divides a nation
Todd C. Frankel et al., The Washington Post

The AR-15 thrives in times of tension and tragedy. This is how it came to dominate the marketplace – and loom so large in the American psyche.

Ukraine Urges UN Meeting on Putin’s Atomic Weapons Plan
Olesia Safronova and Ros Krasny, Bloomberg

Kyiv demanded an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council in its first official response to Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

Trump’s Legal Strategy: Vilify Prosecutors, Stall Probes and Rally GOP Base
Rebecca Ballhaus et al., The Wall Street Journal

Donald Trump has survived impeachments, investigations and congressional inquiries. Now, as criminal probes advance on several fronts, the former president is employing his familiar scattershot tactics to meet the start of a potentially more precarious legal chapter.

Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
Ryan Mac and Kate Conger, The New York Times

The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.

Indicted Chinese exile controls Gettr social media site, ex-employees say
Joseph Menn, The Washington Post

Guo Wengui, arrested March 15 on fraud charges, was known to have invested, but the extent of his influence on the site has not been previously reported.

First Citizens Acquires Much of Failed Silicon Valley Bank
Andrew Ackerman, The Wall Street Journal

First Citizens Bancshares Inc., one of the nation’s largest regional banks, is buying large pieces of Silicon Valley Bank more than two weeks after the lender’s collapse sent tremors through the banking system.

Sen. Dick Durbin endorses Paul Vallas, calls him ‘bridge to uniting’ Chicago
David Struett, Chicago Sun Times

Durbin made the endorsement Sunday, with former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White at his side, at Athena Restaurant on Halsted Street in Greektown, feet away from the saganaki flames.

Elizabeth Warren kicks off her Senate reelection bid
Lisa Kashinsky, Politico

Elizabeth Warren is running for reelection.

Can Florida Democrats Find Anyone (at All) to Run for Senate?
Ursula Perano, The Daily Beast

With a thin bench of contenders and a surging state GOP, nobody is raising their hand to run against Sen. Rick Scott.

Trump’s base splinters on Ron DeSantis
Jonathan Allen and Dan Gallo, NBC News

The former president has indicated he feels personally betrayed that his onetime acolyte is considering a run against him in 2024.

The DeSantis conundrum
Josh Kraushaar, Axios

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ biggest political asset is that he’s viewed favorably by nearly all of the Republican Party’s voters — across the ideological spectrum.

Abortion puts New York Republicans on defense
Brittany Gibson, Politico

Voters in blue states should be ready to hear a lot about abortion in 2024 congressional campaigns.

Clash Over Natives’ Graves Inflames Hochul’s Relationship With Tribes
Jay Root, The New York Times

After battles with previous governors, New York’s Native American leaders were hopeful for a reset with the new administration. Instead, the tensions have increased.

Idaho is the latest state to permit execution by firing squad
Joe Hernandez, NPR News

Idaho may soon use firing squads to execute death-row inmates if no lethal injection drugs are available, under a new law signed last week.

Amid strained US ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah
Alan Suderman and Sam Metz, The Associated Press

China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country.

President Is Ousted in United Auto Workers Election
Neal E. Boudette, The New York Times

Shawn Fain, an insurgent, edged Ray Curry after calling for a harder line in contract talks. The union has been dogged by corruption scandals.

Donors could steer coverage at Daily Caller nonprofit
Max Tani, Semafor

The charity arm of the conservative Daily Caller offered donors the opportunity to “propose topics for coverage” and news beats for reporters in exchange for financial contributions.

MAGA, Not Trump, Controls the Movement Now
David French, The New York Times

The most telling exchange in Donald Trump’s Waco, Texas, rally on Saturday didn’t come from Trump himself. It came at the beginning, when the aging rock star Ted Nugent was warming up the crowd. 

Rule By Law in Florida
Brian Klaas, The Atlantic

Would President DeSantis be worse for American democracy than President Trump?

I Know What Nikki Haley Has Gone Through. That’s Why Her Rhetoric on Race Infuriates Me.
Issac J. Bailey, Politico

The presidential candidate has long used her family’s experience with discrimination to establish her political brand. But to win a GOP primary she is diminishing that painful history.