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This week’s @POLITICOMag cover story: The Republicans running Trump’s Washington grew up on the rebellious culture of the ‘90s — discarding its politics while keeping its defiance. 🔗 politi.co/4wj0Kn3 🎨 David Milan Also in this issue 🧵👇

E. Jean Carroll receives the first of Trump’s millions vist.ly/5b94u

What's in store for Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing vist.ly/5b93g

Supreme Court justices plead with Congress for more security funding vist.ly/5b8z5

GOP governors, utilities join Trump data center pledge vist.ly/5b8w7

Scoop: Vice President JD Vance will meet with House Republicans at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Capitol Comes as WH + House GOP leaders are trying to rally Rs around a roughly $80B party-line bill with Iran war, farm aid and SAVE elements. House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain is hosting the members-only event. Vance is expected to make remarks. He was supposed to be at House GOP meeting this morning, but flew to appear on Joe Rogan. W/ @adamwren politico.com/live-updates/2…

Kagan says she didn't read disputed climate chapter she endorsed vist.ly/5b8rw

Vance to meet with House Republicans Wednesday dlvr.it/TTXY8k

House GOP schedules first step to launch party-line package dlvr.it/TTXXbw

House GOP leaders huddled with Susie Wiles + WH officials this afternoon on the latest recon 3.0 plans: $67 billion for Iran war and defense $11 billion now for farm aid (down from $20B) no offsets still discussing grants + plans for SAVE elements Budget resolution on the floor next week. Fiscal hawks still livid about the lack of spending cuts. politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico

White House launches cybersecurity clearinghouse to patch software flaws discovered by AI vist.ly/5b8nr

How to keep a soccer team alive in exile dlvr.it/TTXWs4

House Republicans home in on $80B reconciliation package dlvr.it/TTXW6Q

No end in sight for new Iran war vist.ly/5b8jy

Jack Smith obtained text messages from 44 members of Congress dlvr.it/TTXVG1

House votes to make daylight saving time permanent dlvr.it/TTXV93

It’s been a wild 24 hours in Hollywood. To make sense of the antitrust suit against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, I spoke w/ @lindseymholden for a Q&A. Check it out in the California Playbook PM: politico.com/newsletters/ca…

Oversight panel sets date to depose Leon Black in Epstein probe dlvr.it/TTXV3t

Lindsey Graham’s final Russia sanctions bill would broaden the scope of measures against Moscow. Graham said days before he died that the Trump administration had agreed to back the revised bill, which casts a wider net on mandatory sanctions across Russian entities and sectors. politico.com/news/2026/07/1…

Maine Democrats will square off in Senate debate Thursday vist.ly/5b8fk

Mikie Sherrill confronts FIFA in New Jersey turf battle dlvr.it/TTXSv3