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“Speaker Mike Johnson told a closed-door meeting of senior House Republicans on Monday night that he met with GOP megadonor Elon Musk in Austin last week, as House GOP leaders hope he’ll bolster their campaign efforts in key battlegrounds,” Politico reports.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that 63% of Americans said they opposed renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, compared to just 14% in favor.

“The House plans to vote Tuesday on a censure motion against Rep. Chuck Edwards, the North Carolina Republican whom the House Ethics Committee found last month had engaged in ‘persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct’ toward two female staffers,” the Washington Post reports. “While the panel found that Edwards did not engage in sexual activity with […]

“Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has been a key figure in a push to release files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the last few years, read off over a dozen names of what he said were ‘Epstein co-conspirators’ on Monday,” NewsNation reports. Said Massie: “On the House floor tonight, I read the […]

“ICE officers and agents arrested roughly 50,000 people in August,” NBC News reports. “That number is on par with July’s number, which was the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration.”

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) told reporters it was “shocking” that President Trump spent $800,000 to defeat him in the GOP primary against Darlene Graham and encouraged his supporters to vote for him as a write-in candidate in November.

My son has launched another political game — and this one is especially dangerous if you think you know what Americans believe. It’s called Pollster, and the idea is simple: You’re shown a real polling question and have to guess the percentage of Americans who gave a particular answer. The questions come from major polling […]

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the importance of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, saying the crucial waterway for Persian Gulf energy that’s been controlled by Iran during the recent conflict will get bypassed by oil pipelines,” Bloomberg reports. Said Bessent: “That will be bypassed in two years. In two years, the Strait of Hormuz […]

“Vice President JD Vance has in recent months given voice to a rising skepticism in America toward Israel, leaving some Jewish Republicans uncomfortable, if not openly concerned, about the expected GOP frontrunner in the next presidential election,” CNN reports. “Some Jewish GOP activists have expressed a preference for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while other […]

“Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb tore into President Trump’s White House ballroom project on Monday,” NewsNation reports. Said Cobb: “It’s turning into some combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas at this stage of the game with all the golden paving of it. It’s tragic what’s going on. But sadly, it’s gonna continue, at […]

“Democrat Brian Poindexter’s first general-election ad in his campaign to unseat Rep. Max Miller doesn’t directly mention the Republican’s well-publicized family drama — but it makes the subtext impossible to ignore,” Politico reports. “The minute-long ad titled ‘Daughters’ features Poindexter’s three children — Ashley, Makayla and Taylor — telling stories about their dad as they […]

“The U.S. House on Tuesday is expected to vote on a stopgap spending measure that would avert a government shutdown this fall ahead of the 2026 midterm election, though GOP hardliners are vowing to complicate things,” CNBC reports.

A new Michigan State University (IPPSR) poll in Michigan finds Abdul El-Sayed (D) leading Mike Rogers (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 48% to 44%. Michigan Senate Race Abdul El-Sayed (D) 48%   Mike Rogers (R) 44%   Michigan State University (IPPSR) poll

Wired: “The basic contours of the national map remain uphill for Democrats. They currently hold 47 seats in the Senate, meaning they need to flip four Republican seats and hold their current ones, including in Michigan and Georgia, which President Donald Trump won in 2024.” “But presiding over an unpopular Iran war that has dragged […]

Politico: “How much trouble is the GOP leadership floor plan in? Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, a former Rules Committee chair who is not in the habit of defying party leaders, said he plans to vote against the procedural measure advanced by the panel last night.”

A new Albuquerque Journal poll in New Mexico finds Ben Ray Luján (D) leading Larry Marker (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 53% to 38%. New Mexico Senate Race Ben Ray Luján (D) 53%   Larry Marker (R) 38%   Albuquerque Journal poll

“The Smithsonian Institution announced Monday that it will put its National Museum of the American Latino in a 145-year-old building on the National Mall instead of constructing a new one,” the Washington Post reports.

Tom Nichols: “Making Pete Hegseth the secretary of defense was always a huge gamble. A television host with little background in national-security or defense affairs, who topped out as a major in the National Guard, he was nominated based on the same qualification shared by most of Donald Trump’s other appointees: loyalty.” “And now the […]

“House Democrats are grumbling that Republicans are setting one last political trap for them before November by attaching language touting their marquee voter ID legislation to a resolution denouncing socialism,” Axios reports. “This is a classic election-year tactic by the majority party in Congress, but centrist Democrats say it is also a missed opportunity for […]

“Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) whined about President Donald Trump throwing his support behind Darline Graham (R-SC) in her victorious Republican primary bid in South Carolina, with the conservative lawmaker griping four times about the president’s ‘shocking’ involvement in the race,” Mediaite reports. Said Norman: “It’s his right to do that, but as many places as […]

“During a White House meeting last week, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll brought his concerns about the future of the Army under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directly to President Trump—a sign of how far tensions between the two Pentagon leaders had escalated, and of the dysfunction inside the building, four people familiar with the conversation told […]

“Reproductive Freedom for All is launching a $250,000 campaign targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her role in confirming a key member of the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade,” Axios reports.

“President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to own majority control of Venezuelan oilfields harkens back to a century-old era of colonialism and backroom dealmaking with Venezuelan oilmen and politicians, energy and geopolitical analysts said,” Fortune reports. “While a revitalization of Venezuela’s dilapidated oil industry may be heading in the right direction, the process will require […]

“Iran’s economy was already under strain before the U.S. and Israel launched their war on the Islamic Republic, grappling with negative growth, soaring inflation and a currency crisis. Those problems were compounded by strikes on the nation’s civilian and industrial infrastructure and the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports,” Bloomberg reports. “Even so, Iran has […]

“The Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Central Asia this week with a message for a world increasingly unsettled by President Trump: China has friends and influence, and is prepared to help shape what comes next,” the New York Times reports. “The scene unfolded at a security summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where […]

“Two key reasons led to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation, announced Monday: the feeling that his modernization initiatives were being blocked, and the chaos created by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firing of senior generals,” Axios reports. “Driscoll’s wartime resignation, on top of Hegseth’s firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George this spring, leaves […]

“President Donald Trump threatens in one moment to slowly asphyxiate Iran’s economy and, in the next, to quickly bomb them into submission,” Politico reports. “Republicans who disagree which option is correct are still united on one thing: They’re over Trump’s seeming indecision.” “The latest whiplash came this weekend, when the U.S. carried out its first […]

“The Trump administration’s decision to bring Russia back into the fold at a gathering of the world’s leading economic officials is stirring fresh tensions with European allies who want to continue isolating Moscow over its war in Ukraine,” Politico reports.

“Ukraine’s growing ability to strike deep inside Russia is thanks to long-range drones such as the Mammoth, which can fly 1,500 miles,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “By next year, their range will double to 3,000 miles.” “Ukrainian defense-technology companies are rapidly improving the range, speed and payload of long-distance drones, bringing more of Russia […]