Zak Hudak

@CBSNews D.C. Weekend Coordinating Producer. Former congressional and political reporter. Hopelessly loyal Pittsburgh Pirates fan.

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

As we reported Thursday, the potential US-Iran truce mentions Lebanon in vague terms and in the context of regional peace.

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah strikes into Israel & the IDF response in Beirut may be testing the terms of that drafted truce. Watch this space.....

[Emma Nicholson @emmacnicholson]

A row of hedges has been placed in front of the West Wing.

Tomorrow, the White House North Lawn will be used as a staging area for the UFC fight. @CBSNews

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

After US military struck a tanker near Oman, Secretary Rubio tells India's leadership that all commercial vessels need to comply with US orders in the Strait of Hormuz & violations of the US blockade & transport of Iranian oil won't be tolerated.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

For more on the potential deal with Iran, CBS News' @margbrennan breaks down what's different this time, what it could mean for Iran's nuclear program and why Americans could still face higher oil and gas prices in the weeks ahead. https://t.co/Wz8TUD8d3s

[Arden Farhi @ArdenFarhi]

Four to five weeks. Very soon. As long as it's necessary. Two to three days.

When will the Iran war end? Here's what Trump has said. https://t.co/xj9KaUBGwZ

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

A really nice read - and a reminder of how the @nyknicks’ run is uniting all New Yorkers

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

The president is currently scheduled to maintain a closed schedule today.

Besides weekend glimpses of him playing golf, and a taped TV interview with his daughter-in-law that aired Saturday, he has not held a public event in a week.

[Arden Farhi @ArdenFarhi]

Pilot of fighter jet downed over Iran was previously shot down in Kuwaiti friendly fire incident, sources say via @ellee_watson and @JimLaPorta https://t.co/NjkLtazm1V

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells us he's personally ready to meet with Vladimir Putin and to speak to Russia in a bilateral format if Moscow is ready to negotiate. But he thinks more sanctions & pressure are needed to make Putin willing to talk. Zelenskyy is open to several diplomatic track formats. @FaceTheNation

[Annie Bryson @anniebryson28]

Governor Beshear said the Democratic party should not be a party of litmus tests at Heyward AME Church in Gaston, SC:

“That’s the way the Republican Party is right now. One litmus test - do you agree with everything Donald Trump said today.”

[Annie Bryson @anniebryson28]

“We have a remarkable capacity for self-correction in America,” Congressman Ro Khanna told South Carolina Democrats. “After Donald Trump, I believe we will have a new moment in this nation worthy of young people who want to see a multiracial democracy.”

[Emma Nicholson @emmacnicholson]

Construction crews are working on the “cage” for the UFC Freedom 250 fight.

It’s happening two weeks from tomorrow, on President Trump’s 80th birthday. @CBSNews

[Annie Bryson @anniebryson28]

Congressman Ro Khanna and Governor Andy Beshear say that South Carolina should be one of the first southern states on the primary calendar in 2028 at Congressman Clyburn's world famous fish fry:

[Sarah N. Lynch @SarahNLynch]

New reporting shows the investigation related to E. Jean Carroll is into the nonprofit that funded some of her litigation against Trump. https://t.co/MKp45THrZz

[Arden Farhi @ArdenFarhi]

FIRST ON @CBSNews: ~150 congressional Democrats, led by @RobertGarcia @JaredHuffman and @SenWhitehouse, weigh in on the White House East Wing litigation. https://t.co/0ErPa55QjL

[Gentleman Doofus @GentleDoofus]

I love that episode, no question, but it does not speak well to this generation’s literacy if their frame of reference for a monkey’s paw is exclusively THE SIMPSONS.

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

Noted.

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

Scoop via @CBSNews: U.S. intelligence shows that Iran's supreme leader is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world and is only reached by a labyrinth of couriers, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. 
https://t.co/U1QGhoOrxP

[Zak Hudak @cbszak]

Yet another @JenniferJJacobs scoop on Iran:

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

Scoop via @CBSNews: U.S. intelligence shows that Iran's supreme leader is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world and is only reached by a labyrinth of couriers, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. 
https://t.co/U1QGhoOrxP

[Marc Levy @timelywriter]

The progressive left counts Chris Rabb’s success in Philadelphia as one of its biggest victories of the year and the latest warning sign that Democratic voters see the party’s leadership as weak and feckless in countering Trump.

Via @AP:

https://t.co/BX0psMCSRv