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The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both parties who are invoking the law in an effort to block President Trump from further military action in Iran. Johnson has already rejected calls to stage a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution in …

Politico Playbook reports: Senate Republicans are scrambling to finalize their version of the GOP megabill, pass it this weekend and then get out of town. They’re not much concerned at the moment with what happens after that. The House, they’re convinced, will swallow the bill rather than defy President Donald Trump, who made clear today “NO ONE GOES ON VACATION …

“He doesn’t think that you should have law enforcement in dangerous parts of the city, that you should send in social workers. See how that works out for you. It ain’t going to work out well. I can tell you if this socialist mayoral candidate wins in New York City, you’re going to see real estate value skyrocket even more …

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Mike Lee announced intentions to rework his plan mandating the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land in the American West after bipartisan backlash and an unfavorable ruling by the Senate’s rules referee. “I’m doing everything I can to support President Trump and move this forward,” the Utah Republican wrote Monday in …

Fox News reports: A House lawmaker is nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., wrote to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, declaring Trump had an “extraordinary and historic role” in having ended “the armed conflict between Israel and Iran and preventing the world’s largest …

Politico reports: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics in the Senate GOP, said in a podcast on Monday that there are certain situations in which she’d consider becoming an independent and caucusing with Democrats. “There may be that possibility,” she told Galen Druke in an interview excerpt of his GD Politics podcast, scheduled to …

Axios reports: President Trump’s team huddled Monday to discuss a victory tour for shortly after July 4, following what they hope will be passage and signing of his Big Beautiful Bill, a White House source with direct knowledge tells Axios. A top Trump aide pointed out that this will likely be seen as Trump’s first big move of the 2026 …

“President Trump is going to win the Nobel Peace Prize, no doubt! You look at what he’s done with the Congo and Rwanda. You look where he is with Pakistan and India and what he has done there. And then you look at this — what everyone talked about but no one thought was possible. He has brought peace to …

The New York Times reports: The remote facility, comprised of large tents, and other planned facilities will cost the state around $450 million a year to run, but Florida can request some reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security. Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, a Trump ally who has …

“Too many of these folks will compromise, they’ll remain neutral. They’ll avoid you when you get in trouble. I got some senators who burned my phone up wanting me to come to their fundraisers. If they’re listening to this, they know who they are. “And some of them are in deep red counties. Deep red counties! Wouldn’t have lost a …

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 …

NBC News reports: One of the largest crisis pregnancy center support groups in the United States is telling its member clinics to avoid performing prenatal ultrasounds on women who they suspect have ectopic pregnancies, according to recordings obtained by NBC News of a recent presentation by a legal group that advises the faith-based nonprofits. The guidance comes in the wake …

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 …

“I don’t know anyone in America who has been the victim of a crime or killed by Iran, but I know many people who have been victims of crime committed by criminal illegal aliens or MURDERED by Cartel and Chinese fentanyl/drugs. Almost everyone in our country can relate to this fact. “However America has not dropped bunker busters on the …

“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 military operations in Iran should serve as a clear reminder to our adversaries and allies that President Trump means what he says. The President gave Iran’s leader every opportunity to make a deal, but Iran refused to commit to a nuclear disarmament agreement. “President Trump has been consistent and clear that a nuclear-armed Iran will not be tolerated. That …