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Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning he expects House Republicans “are going to pass” a bill to fund the government later in the day, ahead of the looming March 14 deadline to avoid a shutdown. His comments came as Vice President JD Vance is attending the House GOP Conference’s weekly meeting to rally members ahead …

Axios reports: President Trump said Monday he will “lead the charge” to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for his refusal to support Republicans’ government funding bill. A doctrinaire libertarian, Massie has been a persistent thorn in the side for both Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) by defecting on key votes and imperiling major GOP legislation. Trump said Massie …

NBC News reports: A Texas state bill could charge transgender people with “gender identity fraud,” making it illegal to identify as trans on official documents and potentially leading to jail time. The bill, which was filedby Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson, would make it a state jail felony if a person “knowingly makes a false or misleading verbal or written …

The Guardian reports: After voluntarily fighting in Ukraine to defend it from Russia’s invasion, and as the White House halts Ukrainian military aid, JD Vance’s first cousin has called the vice-president and Donald Trump “useful idiots” to the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin. “Donald Trump and my cousin clearly believe they can placate Vladimir Putin,” Nate Vance said. Nate Vance continued: …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Attorney General isn’t backing down from his criminal investigation of Andrew and Tristan Tate, even as they may no longer be in the state. “To the best of my knowledge, the Tate brothers are not in Florida right now. The investigation is still ongoing,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said while speaking to reporters in Tampa. “These …

Politico reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is breaking with his former boss, criticizing the Trump administration’s tariffs strategy and calling for free trade to lower the cost of goods. Pence responded to comments from Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent defending the tariff policy despite the possibility of it causing economic disruptions. “Access to cheap goods is not the …

CNN reports: Top acting State Department official deleted at least half a dozen tweets that ridiculed his now boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, including ones calling him “low IQ” and repeating a false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality. The deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, the acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy, were uncovered as part of a CNN …

Courthouse News reports: Former U.S. Representative George Santos’ campaign fundraiser Samuel Miele was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Friday for his role in the congressman’s scheme to inflate campaign fundraising numbers and redirect donor contributions for his personal benefit. The sentence comes over a year after Miele pleaded guilty to wire fraud and admitted to …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Offended that some Congress members displayed Ukrainian flags in the House of Representatives chamber during President Donald Trump’s Tuesday speech, U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno is introducing legislation that would ban flying foreign flags on Capitol Hill. “When I came to this country as a child, I swore allegiance to America and America alone, which is …

“I think what we can promise is that no one that is legitimately on Medicaid will lose their coverage, and I think that’s important. If you’re here illegally, you should not be on any federal assistance program. “That’s not what they’re designed for. They’re designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, …

“Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people. The president of the United States is Donald Trump, and the agency heads are the ones who manage each of their departments. You do your best every day. What they’re trying to do is rein in government, right? “Are they going to be perfect? No one is perfect. When they …

NBC News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday unveiled a short-term funding bill that would avert a shutdown at the end of next week and keep the government running through the end of September. Johnson has said he will bring the funding bill to the floor for a vote early next week, likely Tuesday, before money runs out …

The Texas Tribune reports: A bill that would give parents more power over which books their children can read in public school libraries will soon go before Texas senators for a full vote. The measure was approved Tuesday by a 10-1 vote in the Senate Committee on Education K-16. Introduced last month by Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, Senate Bill 13 …

Newsweek reports: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has not ruled out the possibility of deploying bounty hunters to assist law enforcement in apprehending suspected undocumented immigrants. “Governor Abbott fully supports law enforcement using every tool and strategy to aid in the Trump administration’s deportation of illegal immigrants,” Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, said. Republican lawmakers in Mississippi and Missouri have proposed …

The New Republic reports: Republicans have censured Representative Al Green and petitioned to strip him of his committee assignments for interrupting Donald Trump’s speech to Congress. But by Friday, Representative Lauren Boebert had decided to sling some mud on the situation for good measure. “For him to go and shake his pimp cane at President Trump was absolutely abhorrent,” Boebert, …

Florida Politics reports: Rep. Byron Donalds already has President Donald Trump’s endorsement for Governor. Now, the Naples Republican will host a fundraiser in Trump’s famed Florida home. Donalds’ gubernatorial campaign released an e-vite to an event at Mar-a-Lago, The May 1 event will include a poolside reception and dinner in the Palm Beach club. Tickets to the reception will be …

“They disrupted the proceedings of the House. So there’s some irony there. We have to keep decorum. We have to keep control of the proceedings, because we’re the greatest deliberative body in the world, and we need to act like it. And I think this went way over the line, by the way, these censures. “This is not a normal …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: A bill that would ban pride flags from Utah schools and on government property throughout the state has passed both chambers of the Utah Legislature and now awaits approval or veto by the governor. The bill, HB77, is sponsored by Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, and originally only applied to schools, but Lee released an expanded …

The Heartland Signal reports: Amidst a flood of concerned constituents descending on Republican town halls, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) told a local news station that he would prefer it if people stopped calling his office. During an interview with WWMT Kalamazoo on Tuesday, Huizenga said he believes most of his constituents support President Donald Trump’s actions so far, even …

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), accusing him of being a “complete and total fraud” over his vow to remove Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and others from committee assignments. Ogles said Thursday that he is looking to strip some of his Democratic colleagues from their posts after they sang a song …