Heather Caygle

Managing Editor @punchbowlnews. Roll Tide 🐘

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

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

[John Bresnahan @bresreports]

.@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

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

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

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

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

[Punchbowl News @PunchbowlNews]

.@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

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

Also probably worth noting: Democrats spent $65M on this redistricting referendum

SCOVA declined to stop the voting. Then struck it down after it passed

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

HAKEEM JEFFRIES says House Democrats "are exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision."

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

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."

[Ally Mutnick @allymutnick]

🚨🚨🚨 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

[Dave Clarke @davecclarke]

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.

[Rachel Scott @rachelvscott]

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.

[Matt Bradley @MattMcBradley]

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.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

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

[John Bresnahan @bresreports]

Cohen says he will sue to try to GOP redistricting effort, but he faces an uphill challenge post SCOTUS Callais decision

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

👀

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Jon Ossoff now has $32.5M in the bank.

He raised north of $3M in April

[Punchbowl News @PunchbowlNews]

⚖️ 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

[Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher]

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 —>

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

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

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

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.