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University of Florida President Ben Sasse tells CNN's Jake Tapper that "we just don't negotiate with people who scream the loudest" amid protests over the Israel-Hamas war on campus.

Potential Trump VP contender Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota joins CNN's Jake Tapper after joining Donald Trump for an event at Mar-a-Lago amid potential vice presidential speculation.

Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Biden "understands that people have a right to protest, but they have to do so peacefully," adding "the president has been very clear about this."

The Colorado legislature is returning Sunday during the final weekend of work in its 2024 session, set to end Wednesday. Among major pieces of legislation still pending are gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities. This story will be updated throughout the day. Updated at 11:14 a.m.: In a pair of late-night votes Saturday, the Colorado Senate advanced two land-use reform bills, inching them just a few steps away from Gov.

For the second year in a row, the sounds of Cinco de Mayo echoed into the Capitol as lawmakers toiled on a Saturday to find common ground on proposed reforms to state land use and property tax policy. The 120-day legislative session ends Wednesday, and lawmakers are still wrestling with some of the marquee proposals of the session, though with some breakthroughs on issues that had threatened to chew up valuable time — while other potential hot spots emerged. The Senate passed Saturday a significantly narrowed ban on minimum parking requirements, one of the proposed land use reforms that emerged from the failure of last year’s omnibus proposal.

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