“The Interior Department is seeking $10 million in additional funding from Congress for previously held events hosted by Freedom 250,” NOTUS reports.

“Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Trump Media & Technology Group is violating the law by selling faster access to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts,” CNBC reports. Said the senators: “This appears to be an outrageous abuse of the President’s office for his personal […]

“The Trump administration is accelerating its push to build data centers on federally controlled land — allowing developers and utility companies to sidestep permitting battles and community backlash,” NOTUS reports.

“The sanctions legislation that moved forward in the Senate this week goes beyond enacting new financial restrictions on Russia and Iran,” the New York Times reports. “It also gives President Trump broad new powers to impose tariffs on imports from some of the world’s largest economies.”

“Two days before Senate lawmakers were scheduled to vote on advancing Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general, a million-dollar payout was announced for an anti-abortion activist he has called a victim of government weaponization by the Biden administration,” the New York Times reports. “The settlement given to Paul Vaughn, who was convicted by […]

“Republicans raised the debt limit by $5 trillion last year. Now they are already thinking about how to head off another dive over the fiscal cliff on President Donald Trump’s watch,” Politico reports. “Independent forecasters predict the U.S. will reach the ‘X-date’ — the ultimate deadline for preventing a U.S. debt default — sometime between […]

A new CNN poll finds a record-high 73% of adults believe that President Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems, with just 27% saying he’s had the right priorities.

“Sen. Rand Paul says Anthony Fauci can expect consequences for the former Covid czar’s decision to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to avoid testifying before Paul’s Senate committee on Wednesday,” Politico reports. Said Paul: “It’s against the law to obstruct an investigation of Congress. There will be repercussions for your refusal to testify.”

“Secret Service agents who questioned the former FBI director James Comey were told to send details of the interview to Air Force One so President Trump could review them,” the New York Times reports.

“A new analysis released Tuesday shows corporate boardroom diversity among S&P 500 companies has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade,” NewsNation reports. “The analysis from global advisory search firm Spencer Stuart found that diverse board appointments among S&P 500 companies have been on the decline since 2021, when it peaked at […]

“Nearly two dozen governors are throwing their support behind President Donald Trump’s push for a new party-line spending bill — the latest effort to build pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his GOP colleagues to move quickly,” Politico reports. Axios: What’s in the GOP megabill Trump is rallying behind.

“The U.S.’s conflict against Iran looks set to drag on, possibly for months, with the sides unable to break a deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz and achieve a lasting ceasefire deal, according to several current and former officials from the U.S. Iran and Europe,” Bloomberg reports. “The stark assessments from the people, who asked […]

“Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday, less than 24 hours before a critical committee vote, that he is ‘not prepared’ to support Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general as the two continue to tangle over the fate of a controversial DOJ-brokered settlement agreement involving President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. “Blanche did not appear for a planned […]

New York Times: “Behind each leap in AI are corresponding jumps in computing power. Today, there are about 20 million AI chips crammed into the data centers that underpin the technology’s growing abilities and usage worldwide… That figure is expected to double roughly every nine months, putting the world on pace to have about 200 […]

“Iran’s surprise missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan shows Tehran’s military leaders would rather risk ramping up the war than play defense or accept a peace deal that would expose them to greater domestic political pressures,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The teleprompter operator accused of unlawfully gambling on President Donald Trump’s speeches via a prediction marketplace is no longer employed by the White House,” NOTUS reports.

Lawyers for James Comey allege the U.S. Secret Service “knowingly conducted illegal electronic surveillance” of the former FBI director at the request of a high-level official on the same day President Trump claimed Comey was threatening “assassination” by posting a photo of seashells on a North Carolina beach forming the numbers “8647,” CNBC reports.

“Turkey detained a rising opposition mayor who wrested control of one of Istanbul’s most symbolically important conservative districts, widening a crackdown that has already reshaped the country’s political landscape,” Bloomberg reports.

“Idaho Democrat David Roth announced Tuesday he is ending his campaign for U.S. Senate,” the Idaho Capital Sun reports. “The candidate had faced pressure from some prominent Democrats to drop out and rally behind independent candidate Todd Achilles. However, Roth had previously told the Idaho Capital Sun he had no intention of supporting Achilles.”

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“Donald Trump vowed to deliver a ‘beating’ to Iran in retaliation for what the American military called a ‘surprise’ attack aimed at U.S. targets in the Middle East,” the Financial Times reports. Said Trump: “We’re going to beat the fucking shit out of them.”

“In one of this year’s most competitive Senate races, Republicans are refusing to spend money — so far,” the New York Times reports. “That peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. But Mr. Paxton has struggled to […]

“Anthony Fauci said he planned to invoke the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing Wednesday where Republicans plan to press the retired government scientist on whether he was sufficiently truthful in past testimony about the covid-19 pandemic,” the Washington Post reports.

Bloomberg: “These are fundamentally different people who see government and power in dramatically different ways.” “That reality hangs over their fraying relationship, and also their fading hopes of passing any major legislation while they try to hold GOP control of the Senate.” “The president and his allies have frequently derailed Thune’s priorities as they’ve ramped […]

“Less than three months ago, John Cornyn was championing a bill to rename a highway after President Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Now the senior Republican senator from Texas is threatening to block Trump’s nominees.” “And he says the fun is just beginning. ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet,’ Cornyn joked to reporters last week. […]

“Iowa Democrat Josh Turek got an assist Wednesday from former President Barack Obama, who endorsed his bid to flip a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat in a video of the two shooting hoops,” the Associated Press reports.

“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, not even eight months into his job, is full-throttling his Democratic Socialist agenda at a time when democratic socialism is on the march,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Roughly six weeks before the first midterm ballots are mailed out, the U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player in an election season that will determine control of Congress,” the Associated Press reports. “President Donald Trump is seeking greater control over mail balloting through an executive order while a change to how the […]

A new Tavern Research internal poll in Michigan shows Abdul El-Sayed (D) pulling away in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary by 10 points, leading the field with 46 percent to Rep. Haley Stevens’ (D) 36 percent, while 14 percent are not sure.

Politico: “The Senate last night confirmed Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence, teeing him up to relieve Bill Pulte of his acting duty. But anyone expecting a swift exit from Pulte, whose selection for the interim role roiled Washington, may need to reset expectations.” “Pulte is pressing Trump ‘to delay Clayton’s swearing-in, or […]