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Think about this — Qatar may be about to gift a $400 million Boeing airplane to the U.S. Government … the U.S. and China may have come to a trade deal that ends the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies … Ukraine may have turned the diplomatic tables on Russia … the U.S. Government may have figured out a way to lower drug prices, or maybe it hasn’t … and the latest on the budget reconciliation fight … all this and more.

House GOP leadership, still in search of consensus on its “Big, Beautiful Bill," holds up markups on reconciliation … Pentagon IG expands investigation into Signalgate … Trump ousts National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, replaces him temporarily (?) with Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Trump releases 2026 budget, with $163 billion in cuts to domestic discretionary spending and a whopping 13% INCREASE to national security spending … all this and more.

House and Senate return, and take up the task of actually drafting legislation on the reconciliation bill … Pentagon Chaos, Week Two unfolds, but President Trump thinks the Secretary of Defense is doing just fine, thank you … Just what, exactly, did President Trump say about raising taxes on high earners? … a Milwaukee judge helps an illegal alien evade arrest by ICE and gets arrested herself by the FBI … George Santos sentenced … all this and more.

House leadership releases reconciliation committee markup schedule … what’s going on at the Pentagon … will Putin get what he wants just by waiting out Trump? … White House prepares a spending cuts package for Congress’ return … all this and more.

The House follows the Senate in passing a budget resolution to unlock the magic of the reconciliation process and then gets out of town for two weeks … we’re in Week Two of Liberation Day, and the world is still reeling … DOGE has new numbers on how many MILLIONS of noncitizens were granted Social Security numbers during the Biden administration, and it’s not a pretty picture … all this and more.