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Politico reports: Several House Democrats are posting replicas of a commemorative plaque for police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — needling Speaker Mike Johnson for the prolonged delay in installing the official plaque that was commissioned by Congress more than three years ago. The plaque honoring U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers …

The Hill reports: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to enforce its new immigration law as an appeal plays out in a lower court. The new law, SB 4-C, makes it a state crime for people to enter Florida after arriving in the U.S. illegally and evading immigration authorities. “Illegal …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis says former President Joe Biden’s open border policy could lead to dire consequences for Americans from violent Iranian assets. “They operate through these proxy groups, through these militia groups, through Hezbollah, through all this stuff,” DeSantis said of Iran at Clearwater’s Island Way Grill. “Who knows who they sent across the southern border during …

The Hill reports: The Senate parliamentarian has rejected several more provisions in the Republican megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda, including language authorizing states to conduct border security and immigration enforcement, which traditionally have been duties of the federal government. Additionally, the parliamentarian advised against a section of the bill that would allow the executive branch to reorganize federal government …

The Associated Press reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill Sunday to ban all THC consumables, allowing the booming market flush with THC-infused vapes, gummies and other products to continue to be sold across the state. Abbott, a Republican, waited until the final moment to veto the bill in what would have been one of the most restrictive THC …

Axios reports: President Trump’s political operation has launched an aggressive effort to unseat Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, its first such effort to defeat a sitting Republican incumbent, Axios has learned. Massie has attacked Trump over his strike on Iran, saying on X that it was “not Constitutional,” prompting the president to fire back on Truth Social that the congressman is …

“Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him. He is a negative force who almost always Votes ‘NO,’ no matter how good something may be. He’s a simple minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the …

The Huffington Post reports: A provision in the GOP’s tax-and-spending bill that would make it nearly impossible for anyone to sue the Trump administration for breaking laws is on track to be stripped from the bill after the Senate parliamentarian said it violates the chamber’s rules. This provision, which is in Senate Republicans’ version of the One Big Beautiful Act, …

Axios reports: While most congressional Republicans and some pro-Israel Democrats are praising President Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, pockets of opposition are already emerging in both parties. The objections center on the argument that Trump needed congressional authorization for such a provocative use of military force, with one House Democrat pushing for a vote to restrict further unilateral action. …

The Associated Press reports: Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday that he signed the bill, which is expected to draw a legal challenge from critics who consider it an unconstitutional …

The Texas Tribune reports: Former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, a four-term Republican congressman from Corpus Christi and local radio host, died this week from a heart attack after struggling with chronic liver disease, according to a close friend who worked on his radio show. He was 63. Farenthold’s time in Washington came to a fraught end in April 2018, when …

The Washington Post reports: The Postal Service in 2022 embarked on plans to purchase 66,000 electric mail delivery vehicles, many of them bespoke “Next Generation Delivery Vehicles” from the defense contractor Oshkosh. The Senate’s version of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill would see the General Services Administration take possession of the nearly 7,200 new postal EVs and associated infrastructure and …

Politico reports: Senate Republicans’ plan to force states to share the cost of the country’s largest nutrition program to pay for their policy megabill has been halted by the chamber’s rules. The Senate parliamentarian determined that the cost-sharing plan would violate the so-called Byrd Rule, which limits what can be included in the reconciliation process, and would be subject to …

Axios reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is warning that the Senate’s version of “one, big beautiful bill” can’t pass the House with the Medicaid changes it unveiled this week — urging leadership to change it fast and not to let the fight drag on. “It seems to me that now we’re in a place where this provision is threatening the …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Texas court has temporarily stopped the City of San Antonio from funding efforts to help residents travel out of state to get abortions. In April, the San Antonio City Council voted to allocate $100,000 to its Reproductive Justice Fund to help support abortion-related travels. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city the following day, …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Louisiana’s controversial law requiring public schools and colleges to post the Ten Commandments violates the U.S. Constitution and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled unanimously Friday, upholding a lower court’s decision and raising the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. …

“Florida’s been leading on immigration enforcement, supporting the Trump administration and ICE’s efforts to detain and deport criminal aliens. The governor tasks state leaders to identify places for new and temporary detention facilities. I think this is the best one. As I call it, Alligator Alcatraz. The 30-square-mile area is completely surrounded by the Everglades. It’s the perfect place to …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that an Ohio man has been arrested after Rep. Max L. Miller (R-Ohio) alleged that the man threatened him on the road in his district Thursday. Miller said he filed a report with both U.S. Capitol Police and local police. In a statement Friday, U.S. Capitol Police said 36-year-old Feras S. …

CNN reports: Facing the possibility of losing control of the U.S. House next year, Republicans are weighing aggressively redrawing congressional districts in two states in hopes of ousting several longtime Democratic lawmakers. In Ohio, a quirk in state law is giving Republican state legislators another run at drawing new lines for the state’s 15 congressional districts. The goal would be …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) sparked outrage online for a tweet in which he compared New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) to the Supreme Leader of Iran. At the time of writing, Mamdani was the second-leading Democratic candidate in the state behind former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In his tweet posted Thursday evening, Fine urged voters in the …