Trump brings the heat on Tillis, who is up for re-election and already pissed off a bunch of the MAGA base with the way he handled the Hegseth confirmation

Entirely predictable. Drama aside -- When push comes to shove, most GOP lawmakers don't want to stand in Trump's way.

What did Senator Ron Johnson get last night after playing hardball in the Senate? He say he and conservatives Lee & Scott "won a promise of an amendment vote related to the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Their proposal would end the 90 percent federal cost-share

Hear that sound of laughing? It's Arthur Schwartz doing a victory lap. ->

NEW: Kentucky state Sen. Aaron Reed plans to head to the White House in coming wks to discuss primarying Rep. Thomas Massie, ppl familiar w/meeting tell me Rachael Bade Ben Jacobs. Trump's political team already has super PAC attacking Massie POLITICO politico.com/live-updates/2…

NEW: White House officials eyeing Kentucky state Sen. Aaron Reed as possible Massie challenger Lisa Kashinsky Rachael Bade Ben Jacobs politico.com/live-updates/2…

.Chip Roy, with the reminder of the adventure we're still in for when this comes back to the House. ->

☝️In light of Thom Tillis's retirement, a throwback to the ticktock Dasha Burns & I did earlier this year (link below), about Tillis' secret investigations of Hegseth during the nomination process — and plan to sink his nomination. Until the Trump World activated the online

Tillis, freed.

$$$ The Senate megabill is on a collision course with House fiscal hawks $$$ Nice Benjamin Guggenheim look at the $651 billion gap that could doom the July 4 timeline... politico.com/news/2025/06/3…

NEW: I just asked the president about his July 4th deadline for Republicans - and whether he's open to moving it back. There are signs he is. “I’d love to do July 4th but I think it’s very hard to do July 4th…. I would say maybe July 4th or somewhere around there.”

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You want to know what was up with Lisa Murkowski voting for the reconciliation bill? Read former Anchorage Daily News Capitol Hill reporter Riley Rogerson's in-depth story: notus.org/congress/lisa-…

The White House leg affairs team should prob clip and save this video -- and distribute to holdouts. ->

Change July 4 to Memorial Day and you have the same story we wrote like 5 weeks ago. How many times are we gonna go thru this same dynamic? Conservatives balk, say it can't be done by such-and-such deadline, that they are a no -- and then whoop! Change their minds...

REP. ANDY HARRIS, Freedom Caucus Chair, to me: If the speaker calls the Rule vote today, it will fail. He wants time to send another offer to the Senate. “Let the legislative process play out!” he said.

☀️NEW: I caught up w/ President Donald Trump by phone on the eve of passage of his “big, beautiful bill." He seemed to be in a buoyant mood. And no wonder: In a span of abt 2 weeks, he … ->Green-lit an unprecedented U.S. strike on Iran, then brokered an almost immediate

Love him or hate him, President Trump is on top of his game right now. -strike then ceasefire -nato 5% -recent scotus ruling on injunctions -now the "big beautiful bill" The Rs in his way have caved -- or will be retiring or are being primaried

My latest column: On the inevitability of the BBB, Trump as Kool Aid Man and our tribal times 🇺🇸🇺🇸 politico.com/news/magazine/…

Skyla's first fireworks. 🎆 Happy 4th! 🇺🇸