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Spy powers battle collides with World Cup, America 250 celebrations

In today’s issue: ▪ Foreign surveillance power to expire ▪ Trump takes a sharp turn on Iran ▪ Musk to become first trillionaire ▪ El Niño begins The likely expiration of a key part of America’s foreign surveillance arsenal is coming just as the World Cup and …

Senate GOP balks at Trump demand to boost defense funding in third reconciliation bill

Senate Republicans say they are in no mood to back President Trump’s demand that Congress use the budget reconciliation process a third time to provide another $350 billion to the Pentagon. The GOP senators, who just slogged through an overnight 18-hour serie…

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff sees presidential chatter grow among Democrats

Ask Democrats what they think about Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-Ga.) political future these days and they’ll likely give the same answer: He needs to win reelection in November first. But as the party searches for younger leaders and a wide-open race for the Democr…

Lawmakers ramp up scrutiny of political fundraising platforms

Lawmakers are ratcheting up pressure on major political fundraising platforms ActBlue and WinRed as both parties intensify scrutiny of online campaign donations ahead of this fall’s high-stakes midterm elections. Republicans, including top Trump officials, ha…

Democrats seek next ObamaCare ahead of midterms amid rising health costs

There is growing momentum within the Democratic Party to find its next ObamaCare heading into the midterms, as healthcare costs become more untenable and American anger over affordability persists. Healthcare has consistently ranked as a top issue for voters…

The Memo: Trump announces ‘great settlement’ on Iran, but the world awaits details

This time it’s different — maybe. President Trump announced a “great settlement of the war with Iran” when he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon. It was an abrupt turn, even by his standards, from a morning social media post in which he …

Judge rules Ken Paxton cannot move forward with ActBlue lawsuit

A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) cannot move forward with a donation-vetting lawsuit against progressive fundraising platform ActBlue. District Judge Richard G. Stearns blocked Paxton from “continuing …

Trump rips McConnell, Murkowski from Oval Office

President Trump offered stark criticism from the Oval Office of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday, calling him an “angry man” and launching into his grievances with the former Senate Republican Leader. Asked whether there would be enough support from R…

CDC activates emergency response to screwworm infestations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated a formal emergency response to the New World screwworm on Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed, after the parasitic fly was found in cattle for the first time in decades…

O’Reilly calls Iran negotiations a ‘farce’: ‘Everybody knows it’

Political commentator Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday dismissed peace talks between the U.S. and Iran as a “farce,” as the two sides resumed strikes this week. “The negotiations are a farce. Everybody knows it, [the] American public knows it,” O’Reilly told host L…