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The weekend that was

• Schools across the country are announcing teacher and staff layoffs as districts brace for the end of a pandemic aid package that delivered the largest one-time federal investment in K-12 education. The money must be used by the end of September, creating a sharp funding cliff.
• One of Donald Trump’s closest White House aides wrapped up her testimony in the former president’s hush money trial, clearing the way for the prosecution’s key witness to take the stand. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer and lawyer, is expected to testify Monday.
• At least 300,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of an Israeli ground offensive, the United Nations said. There is growing alarm over the humanitarian situation in Rafah, with food aid running very low. Follow live updates.
• Switzerland’s Nemo won a chaotic and politically fraught Eurovision Song Contest, triumphing in a competition overshadowed by controversy and booing over the presence of Israel. Nemo sang a stunning rendition of “The Code,” about the journey toward accepting their non-binary identity.
• A federal appeals court upheld the contempt-of-Congress conviction of Steve Bannon, the former adviser to Trump who was found guilty after failing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee.

The week ahead

Monday
Jury selection is set to begin in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez. The New Jersey Democrat has said he thought he was acting for the “good of the public” when helping Egypt and Qatar, while prosecutors allege Menendez and his wife took hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes in a scheme involving the foreign governments to fund their lavish lifestyle. Menendez, the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will be tried alongside two New Jersey businessmen who are co-defendants. His wife, Nadine, also has been charged but will be tried separately. Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to the charges, as have the other co-defendants.

Also on Monday, Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is expected to begin his testimony in the former president’s criminal hush money trial. Prosecutors said it’s “entirely possible” they will rest their case by the end of the week. Cohen says Trump directed him to pay hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump denies the allegations.

Tuesday
Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia will hold primary elections, while voters in North Carolina head to the polls for runoff elections. Under North Carolina state law, a second-place candidate in a primary may request a second primary if no candidate receives more than 30% of the votes cast in that contest.

Wednesday
Trump will host a fundraiser in Cincinnati alongside Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, according to an invitation obtained by CNN. Vance, who is a contender to be Trump’s 2024 running mate, previously earned the former president’s endorsement during his Senate race and is one of Trump’s biggest supporters on Capitol Hill.

Thursday
NATO’s Military Committee, its highest military authority, will meet to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the alliance’s military transformation for the next 20 years. Ukraine’s defense chief also will be in attendance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been very vocal about his desire to see his country join NATO and the European Union.

Friday
The long-awaited first crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft gets a second shot at launching at 6:16 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Veteran NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had already taken their seats aboard the Starliner capsule when the operations team called for a scrub last week about two hours before launch.

Trump’s youngest son, Barron, graduates from high school in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the former president will be in attendance. Before Trump’s hush money criminal trial began, his attorneys had asked for May 17 off so their client could attend the ceremony. The judge last month said things were moving quickly enough that he was comfortable having no court that day so Trump could be at the graduation.

One Thing: The RFK Jr. factor
In this week’s “One Thing” podcast, CNN’s Aaron Pellish explores Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s strategy to get on the ballot in every state and how President Joe Biden and Trump are responding to his candidacy. Listen here.

Photos of the week

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The Crowder family surveys what's left of their home Tuesday, May 7, after a tornado in Barnsdall, Oklahoma.
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This image, captured by the Dark Energy Camera and released on Monday, May 6, shows "God's Hand," a cometary globule 1,300 light-years from Earth in the Puppis constellation. It's a rarely seen cosmic phenomenon, according to astronomers.
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Mystik Dan, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., edges out Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a rare three-horse photo finish at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4. It was the 150th running of the race.
Nina Westervelt/The New York Times/Redux
People take photos of singer FKA Twigs at a Met Gala after-party in New York on Monday, May 6. See the best looks from the night.
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A Palestinian man, after fleeing from Rafah, Gaza, collects furnishings from the rubble of destroyed homes in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday, May 7. Gazans began leaving eastern Rafah on Monday after Israel's military issued a call for residents there to "evacuate immediately," raising questions over whether Israel would soon carry out its long-threatened assault on the city. During seven months of war, more than 1 million Palestinians have fled to Rafah, where Hamas is believed to have regrouped after Israel's destruction of much of the strip's north.
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An employee at Plant Factory checks the growth of greens cultivated in a vertical farming system in Istanbul on Wednesday, May 8. Plant Factory is Turkey's first commercial vertical farm. Vertical farming is a method of growing crops without soil in a controlled environment, delivering nutrient-rich water straight to a plant's roots. It can use significantly less water and fertilizer than traditional outdoor agriculture, and by continuously recirculating water, it creates very little waste.
Thomas Peter/Reuters
Relatives of Ukrainian soldier Eduard Hatmullin react during his commemoration ceremony, which was held Monday, May 6, at Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels leaves Manhattan Criminal Court in New York after testifying at former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday, May 9. Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business documents related to the repayment of his one-time attorney Michael Cohen for payments made shortly before the 2016 election to cover up Trump's alleged affair with Daniels. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair.
Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters
An inflatable dinghy carrying migrants makes its way toward England on Saturday, May 4.
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US House Speaker Mike Johnson listens during a news conference at the US Capitol following a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, May 7. The House voted swiftly Wednesday night to kill Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Johnson from his leadership post. The resounding vote in Johnson's favor — which came with the help of Democrats — brings to an end the most serious challenge to the speakership the Louisiana Republican has faced.
Renan Mattos/Reuters
A man is rescued by military firefighters after flooding in Canoas, Brazil, on Saturday, May 4. At least 95 people have died in the heavy rainfall and floods that have torn through the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where storms have affected more than 1 million people in 385 municipalities, according to the civil defense.
Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
Israelis visit the graves of fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Thursday, May 9.
Charlie Riedel/AP
A race fan walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4.
Matt York/AP
San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado falls while trying to field a ball during a Major League Baseball game in Phoenix on Saturday, May 4.
Evan Vucci/AP
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks Wednesday, May 8, at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. Biden announced a $3.3 billion investment from Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence facility on the same site where, in 2018, then-President Donald Trump broke ground using a golden shovel on what was supposed to be a signature project under his administration: an electronics factory for Taiwan's Foxconn, which had secured billions in tax credits and promised thousands of jobs.
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Sea lions sunbathe on a raft along Pier 39 in San Francisco on Thursday, May 2.
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Students hold Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan's spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4. Protesters were removed from the ceremony after briefly interrupting the proceedings.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images
A child walks through a tornado-damaged neighborhood in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, May 7.
Landon Nordeman/The New York Times/Redux
Performers wear gold and black at the Met Gala in New York on Monday, May 6. See the best looks from the night.
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to members of the press outside the US Capitol on Wednesday, May 8, after she introduced a motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson. The House voted to table, or kill, the effort by a vote of 359-43.
Ng Han Guan/AP
Chinese badminton player He Jiting runs to hug his coaches as Ren Xiangyu, foreground, celebrates on the court after they defeated an Indonesian team in the final of the Thomas Cup on Sunday, May 5.
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Members of the Zion Christian Church choir sing in Molepolole, Botswana, during a funeral ceremony held Saturday, May 4, for dozens of people who died in a South African bus accident in March.
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Palestinian civil defense workers and local residents help a wounded man evacuate a house in Rafah, Gaza, that was struck by Israel on Tuesday, May 7. Israel's attack in the city has expanded from airstrikes to ground operations, new satellite images obtained by CNN from Planet Labs show. The ground operations follow a series of airstrikes that destroyed several buildings over a 24-hour period and killed at least four people, according to a local hospital.
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Moe Higa and Mashiro Yasunaga, artistic swimmers from Japan, perform a duet routine during a World Cup event in Paris on Friday, May 3. They won the silver.
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Vladimir Putin walks to take his oath as Russian president during an inauguration ceremony in Moscow on Tuesday, May 7. Putin won Russia's stage-managed election by an overwhelming majority in March, securing for himself another six-year term that could see him rule until at least his 77th birthday.
Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle/AP
A woman checks on two of her puppies after her neighborhood was evacuated because of severe flooding in Channelview, Texas, on Saturday, May 4. Days of rain caused rivers to swell, leaving homes and businesses flooded and thousands of people displaced.
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Two Spix's macaws are seen at the São Paulo Zoo in São Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, May 3. The species is one of the most threatened in Brazil.
Andres Kudacki/AP
Police detain a protester near the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where the Met Gala was taking place on Monday, May 6.
Benoit Tessier/Reuters
The Olympic Flame arrives in Marseille, France, aboard Belem, a three-masted sailing ship coming from Greece, on Wednesday, May 8. The Summer Games are being held in Paris this summer.
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US President Joe Biden presents actress Michelle Yeoh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the White House on Friday, May 3. Biden gave the medal to 19 Americans, including high-profile political allies, celebrities and civil rights leaders.
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A boy cools himself with potable water from the New Delhi Municipal Council water tanker on Thursday, May 2. The hot weather has been brutal in many South Asian countries where, science shows, climate change has brought stronger and more frequent extreme weather events.
Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
A Christian pilgrim holds candles as people gather during the ceremony of the Holy Fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem's Old City, on Saturday, May 4. See last week in 34 photos.

Check out more images from the week that was, curated by CNN Photos.

What’s happening in entertainment

On the big screen
What happens when children grow up and abandon their imaginary friends? That’s the idea behind “IF,” a comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, John Krasinski and the voices of far too many actors to name. “IF” arrives in theaters Friday.

The Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” stars Marisa Abela as the troubled British singer. “Back to Black” follows Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the release of her Grammy-winning album of the same title. Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at age 27.

And if horror is more your thing, you have “The Strangers: Chapter 1” and “I Saw the TV Glow” to get your jump-scare fix.

Music
Two-time Oscar winner Billie Eilish will release her third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” on Friday. A North American tour of the same name will kick off in September and run through late December. Eilish will then pick the tour back up in Australia starting in February 2025, followed by spring stops in Europe and the UK.

What’s happening in sports

At a glance …
The NBA Playoffs continue with the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers heading to Game 4 today, while the defending champion Denver Nuggets try to even their series with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The 2024 WNBA season begins Tuesday. Spearheaded by the star power of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and other top college players, women’s basketball is enjoying a surge of popularity. Last week, more than 13,000 fans were in attendance as Clark made her home preseason debut for the Indiana Fever in an 83-80 victory over the Atlanta Dream.

The 50th edition of the Players Championship tees off Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the odds-on favorite coming off back-to-back wins, including a second Masters title. Scheffler and his wife Meredith also are expecting the birth of their first child any day now (no word as of the time of this writing).

And the Preakness Stakes — the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown — is set for Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Mystik Dan, who won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month in a dramatic photo finish, will run. Entries for the Preakness must be made by Monday, when the post position draw is held.

For more of your favorite sports, head on over to CNN Sports as well as Bleacher Report, which — like CNN — is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

Quiz time!

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‘Mama Tried’
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