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Difference in the 216-214 vote? 2 Democrats died in recent weeks.

Questioning Biden’s Capacities Was Taboo a Year Ago. Now It’s Everywhere. Me, with a huge hat tip to the great Siobhan Hughes wsj.com/politics/quest…

Sen. Rand Paul Fights President Trump on Tariffs as Other Republicans Duck w/ Siobhan Hughes wsj.com/politics/polic…

An issue as House Democrats have a public conversation about age and health: “If they had term limits, if they had rotation, then they wouldn’t have these issues or have to have those conversations,” said political science professor Gregory Koger: wsj.com/politics/house…

My wife, Emily Glazer, just won the Pulitzer Prize. I’ve known this was going to happen since the day I met her. She is the best reporter in America and she’s also the best person I’ve ever met and an elite mom–here’s our son Teddy celebrating in the WSJ newsroom right now.

Where the Big Beautiful Bill Stands w/ Richard Rubin Siobhan Hughes : GOP spending hawks are demanding changes to the party’s tax-and-spending bill, freezing progress on the legislation over disagreements on Medicaid, clean-energy tax breaks and budget deficits. The panel

“I don’t suspect we’ll tear the whole thing apart, but we’re probably going to repaint some of the interior walls,” said Sen. Mullin. “We’ve got to put our fingerprints on it.” Read Siobhan Hughes Richard Rubin Lindsay Wise on the Big Beautiful Bill. wsj.com/politics/polic…

Former Ohio Sen. Rob Portman accidentally walked into the Democratic lunch instead of the GOP’s. “Portman, you’d fit better here than in that one right now,” Schumer told him

Scoop: Since launching his bid for governor - Tommy Tuberville has raised increasing alarm to GOP leaders over a controversial SNAP provision in the megabill It would hammer deep red states like Alabama and stick him as guv w/ billions in food aid costs politico.com/live-updates/2…

The Trump administration closed a controversial program that used undercover U.S. air marshals on flights to surveil passengers wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.

This @katystech profile of Rep. Cammack is one of those stories you read because the details keep pulling you in: wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

My thoughts on bombing Iran. 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

Trump and his advisers say the strikes were meant to impede Iran’s nuclear goals, but they threaten to drag the U.S. into a broader Mideast conflict, and further divide Trump’s political coalition  wsj.com/politics/polic…

Aboard Marine One, a Phone Call and the Decision to Strike Iran wsj.com/politics/polic… via Tarini Parti Josh Dawsey Siobhan Hughes Alex Leary

New w/ Natalie Andrews Siobhan Hughes : Rep. Thomas Massie says he has the “antibodies” after surviving President Trump’s previous attempt to oust him. Now his immunity theory is now being put to its biggest test. Massie says they are trying to make an example out of him: “They

Comms vs. Policy, floor chart edition.

Republicans are waving a $3.8 trillion magic wand over their tax-and-spending megabill, declaring that their extensions of expiring tax cuts have no effect on the federal budget wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

Our story from the weekend on Sen. Lindsey Graham wsj.com/politics/polic… w/ Siobhan Hughes Eliza Collins