NEW: The cost of President Trump's plan to repair the Reflecting Pool has jumped by 88 percent, to $13.1M, gov't records show.
The price appears to include a 20 percent profit margin for Trump's handpicked contractor, who got the job in a no-bid contract.
https://t.co/r17oy8J5eX
.@PunchbowlNews AM today
- Johnson, Jeffries face new political reality post Virginia, VRA decisions
- Inside the future of the $1 billion ballroom ask
- Warren spreads the wealth to state parties
- What we’re watching
- And there’s more
https://t.co/G5esZ2fioW
Great stuff in defense weekly, especially @AnthonyAdragna on all of the GOP Ukraine hawks leaving Congress at the end of this year & what it means for future aid
McConnell by far the most significant; the last big Ukraine aid package only got to Biden’s desk because of McConnell
The mystery Lead Left PAC is back! This time in the #TX35 Dem primary
This is an interesting one. The PAC spent $43K on mailers boosting Maureen Galindo (D), a "sex therapist" in a primary runoff w Johnny Garcia (D) for this new Trump +10 seat
DCCC/Blue Dogs are backing Garcia
.@NC_Governor Josh Stein, the state’s first Jewish governor, addresses the backlash and questions over Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol, which has since been covered.
📺 Watch the latest episode of Fly Out Day with @JakeSherman and @apalmerdc now! https://t.co/Jn7QDnntVz
Also probably worth noting: Democrats spent $65M on this redistricting referendum
SCOVA declined to stop the voting. Then struck it down after it passed
Tim Kaine on VA Supreme court: "The timing of this ruling speaks volumes":
"If the Virginia Supreme Court had legitimate concerns about this referendum, the time to stop it would have been before three million Virginians cast their ballots."
🚨🚨🚨 Supreme Court of VIRGINIA strikes down Dems' new congressional map
They ruled "the legislative process employed" to advance referendum was unconstitutional and
"incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy"
https://t.co/Ghai6m2wGi
I'm re-upping this because this morning I had to call the scoop police on Rosslyn. I hate to involve the authorities, but a crime was committed. I'll have no further comment at this time.
I asked the president why focus on these projects now amid the backdrop of the war in Iran and as gas prices soar.
He said the question was “stupid” and a “disgrace to the country” saying he’s “fixing” the reflecting pool.
BREAKING: Iran's Mehr news agency reports that the US "carried out air attacks against civilian areas along the coasts of Bandar Khamir, Sirik and Qeshm Island."
In retaliation the agency said "three American destroyers near the Strait of Hormuz were targeted" by Iran's Navy.
Southern Poverty Law Center has pleaded NOT GUILTY to the federal criminal case filed by Trump Administration in Alabama.
Attorneys -- including Abbe Lowell - are representing the organization.
Long, slow slog ahead
⚖️ A divided federal appeals court panel seemed poised to side with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in his ongoing battle with the Pentagon.
Our Congressional Defense Reporter @AnthonyAdragna was in the courtroom and takes you inside everything that unfolded.
👉 Check out his coverage here! https://t.co/Gp35vX5oWt
Kudos to @allymutnick for this, as someone who also had just looked up the website source data and saw the WinRed connection there.
Her report on new group intervening in Dem primaries in PA and NE —>
Fetterman says he won’t switch parties: “I’d be a terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats.”
Says “fringe” has taken over
“I remain strongly pro-choice, pro-weed, pro-LGBT, pro-SNAP, pro-labor and even pro-rib-eye over bio slop.”
https://t.co/eoG16nsqqF
From 8-1 GOP to 9-0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor signs into law a new US House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis.