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“Those are options I don’t want to have to worry about,” Thune says when asked if he needs to move forward with the vote procedurally or could pull it. Asked about his convo with Murkowski & if they have a deal, he said they were “just chatting”

BREAKING — The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Sen. Murkowski’s Alaska carve-out for SNAP is compliant with the Byrd Rule, but the Medicaid one is NOT compliant

NEWS: The Senate has removed AI moratorium from the reconciliation bill in a whopping 99-1 vote. Deals a massive blow to the effort to make this happen in the GOP package

Newsy update to the major jam Senate GOP leaders are in... I’m told that the leadership is prioritizing flipping Murkowski but there are discussions on the floor about lowering the debt-limit hike to $500 billion to potentially win Rand’s vote. Many R’s think this is a bad idea

Thune, Sullivan and staffers gave Murkowski some paper and could be heard saying “Okay,” before heading into GOP cloakroom

OBERNOLTE, leaving the meeting off the floor: “Most of us are concerned about the overall fiscal framework, the trajectory of federal spending and the deficit. We want assurances that the White House shares those concerns.” Senate’s removal of AI moratorium also an issue

Spartz, bafflingly, is a NO on the rule. And YES on final passage

From TECH: What type of Senate Commerce Committee chair is Ted Cruz (R-Texas)? Plus, what’s next on the AI rules freeze, the tech industry aims to kneecap more digital service taxes and more. Diego Areas Munhoz and Ben Brody in the Lookahead: punchbowl.news/archive/7625-t…

The battle over using reconciliation to stop states from regulating artificial intelligence is over. That doesn’t mean key Republicans are giving up on the idea. Ben Brody with more: punchbowl.news/article/tech/w…

Who is Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz? Six months into his tenure as chair, it’s a complicated question to answer. Diego Areas Munhoz with more: punchbowl.news/article/tech/w…

It’s not just Guthrie. Here’s what the other architects are thinking

Trump postou há pouco sobre Jair Bolsonaro. Disse q o Brasil o trata de modo "terrível", "ele não é culpado de nada a não ser lutar pelo POVO" e fala em caças às bruxas político."O único julgamento que deveria acontecer é o julgamento dos eleitores do Brasil - chamada de eleição"

The move to put the Kids Online Safety Act on ice follows Blackburn’s success last week in killing a House-passed provision in reconciliation that would’ve stopped states from regulating AI for a decade. Ben Brody has the details: punchbowl.news/article/tech/a…

huge story! KOSA fate unknown after moratorium debacle. Big Republican infighting going on here

ROUNDS wouldn’t say how he’s going to vote on the discharge of the rescissions package. Says he wants to see changes, particularly on the public broadcasting cuts.

“It's the worst, most economically illiterate bill ever to be presented in modern history,” Rand Paul on the Russia sanctions bill, which he called a “worldwide embargo.” Said it would dramatically impact trade with key US partners

President Brad Smith warned against export controls that would harm efforts to get other countries to use U.S. artificial intelligence technologies. More from Ben Brody: punchbowl.news/article/tech/m…

The Brazil tariff story isn't just about Bolsonaro, it's a tech story too. ICYMI punchbowl.news/article/tech/t…

.U.S. Department of Justice signs off on T-Mobile UScellular a day after wireless company DEI letter made public reuters.com/sustainability…