I’m so sad that my friend and CNN colleague Alice Stewart has passed away. It was only yesterday when she joined Maria Cardona and me for her always excellent political analysis. She was a very special person and we will miss her. May she Rest In Peace and may her Memory Be A

House now trying to move forward on aspects of the Wyden-Smith tax bill separately as the overall package stalls in the Senate.

BREAKING: Supreme Court decision on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure is out. SCOTUS sides with CFPB, payday lenders lose.

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News: President Biden is asserting executive privilege over the audio files of his Hur interview, the DOJ informed Congress today. This came at the request of AG Garland.

Move comes as House Rs are progressing today with holding Garland in contempt over the files dispute.

Tester & Brown will need to outperform Biden by massive margins if they have any hope of winning. Tester says he can outrun Biden by “unlimited amounts” & calls Schumer’s border strategy “an opportunity.”

Why that’s easier said than done…

w/John Bresnahan
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First in Punchbowl News AM: Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) are leading a group of House Democrats urging Speaker Mike Johnson to reconsider his decision not to invite Kenyan President William Ruto to address Congress.
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A tweet tailor made for Igor Bobic

Ranger Suarez is 8-0. The Phillies have the best record in baseball. We’re absolutely obliterating the stinkin Mets this week. This tweet will definitely jinx everything. I don’t care.

#RingTheBell

The White House has also been deflecting questions about its own executive order plans on the border, signaling it wants to see the final fate of this bill first.

Sen. Chris Murphy 🟧 says on the Senate floor that he’s reintroducing the bipartisan border security bill as a standalone. Schumer has been hinting that it could get a floor vote again soon.

And Matt Gaetz took the train up to New York today, per a source who saw him with a hat and sunglasses on.