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Axios reports: The House fell into uncertain territory Wednesday evening after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a scheduled vote on a key budget measure in the face of intractable right-wing opposition. It is not clear what Johnson’s next steps are, with the speaker conceding to reporters that a Thursday vote is not assured. The GOP speaker said he doesn’t …

NOTUS reports: At a fundraiser for the NRCC last night, Donald Trump wisecracked about House Republicans feeling angsty about his tariff plans. “I just saw it today, a couple of your congressmen, sir, ‘I think we should get involved in the negotiation of the tariffs,’” he said, pointing at Speaker Mike Johnson, who was sitting at a table near the …

NBC News reports: Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he had selected Nov. 4 as the date for the special election to fill the House seat that had been occupied by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, who died unexpectedly in March. The decision means the deep-blue, Houston-based congressional seat will be vacant for roughly eight months. House …

The New Jersey Globe reports: “Congressman Donald Norcross was traveling over the weekend and suffered an emergency medical event likely related to his gallbladder,” Norcross’s office said. “He was admitted to UNC Rex Hospital in North Carolina on Sunday and is in stable condition where he is receiving exceptional medical treatment. He is currently in good spirits and wants to …

The Daily Beast reports: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace issued a warning to “hateful” constituents flooding her office with phone calls after she declined an invitation to participate in a town hall event in her district last month. In a video posted to X Monday, Mace clapped back at constituents calling her office about the town hall, saying that only …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the House will provide Trump with “space” to carry out his massive global tariff regime, even as some GOP lawmakers openly plead with Trump to negotiate off-ramps before the levies kick in on Wednesday. “We’re going to give him the space necessary to do it, and we’ll see how it all develops,” …

“We have a total of seven Republicans in the Senate and I have some beginning support on the House side, which we’ll unveil tomorrow. It will be harder to pass this in the House, no doubt. I think if we get 60 votes in the Senate, they’ll put pressure on the House to look at this. And if we continue …

Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: When asked why he has not called for a special election to fill the vacant seat left by the passing of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Governor Greg Abbott said Harris County will need “adequate time” to conduct the election after “repeated failures” in the past. But Democratic lawmakers at the state and federal level say …

The Associated Press reports: Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” …

Axios reports: House Democrats are making an unusual plea to billionaire Trump lieutenant Elon Musk: Come campaign for our Republican opponents next year. Democrats see the Republican-aligned candidate’s wipeout in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election as a clear signal that Musk has become electoral poison for the GOP. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), asked if he wants Musk to campaign for …

The Pensacola News-Journal reports: Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will be Northwest Florida’s next Congress representative. The Associated Press called the race for Patronis at 7:20 p.m. as Patronis was leading Democrat Gay Valimont by about 9 points. Patronis had 96,717 votes, 56.97%, and Valimont had 71668 votes, 42.22%, as of 8:50 p.m. Non-party affiliated candidate Stephen Broden took …

NBC News reports: Republican state Sen. Randy Fine has prevailed in a special congressional election in Florida on Tuesday, NBC News projects, though the race is shaping up to be closer than November’s results in the deeply Republican district. The 6th District race was giving some Republicans heartburn, with Weil vastly outraising Fine and Fine slow to launch TV ads. …

The Associated Press reports: In the 1st Congressional District, Republican Jimmy Patronis and Democrat Gay Valimont are running to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz. Patronis is the state’s chief financial officer. He received Trump’s endorsement in the crowded 10-person primary. Valimont is a gun control activist. She challenged Gaetz for the seat in November and received 34 percent of the …

The Hill reports: A band of Republican lawmakers on Tuesday brought the House floor to a halt over a bitter dispute with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and conservatives in their own party over a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents. A procedural rule vote to advance the House GOP’s package of bills for the week …

The New York Times reports: Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House leader, on Monday accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of deliberately delaying a special election in a solidly Democratic district in Houston in order to cushion the House Republicans’ slim majority. Mr. Jeffries said in an interview that Mr. Abbott had been “feverishly working to deny …

NBC News reports: A number of congressional Republicans are publicly voicing concern over the potential for a prolonged trade war and its effect on American farmers as President Donald Trump prepares to announce a new wave of tariffs.  Several GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking last-minute carveouts to blunt the impact of those tariffs. House Agriculture Committee chair Glenn Thompson, …

First, this report from BBC Africa: A global health organisation has warned that one million children could die from preventable diseases if the US terminates its financial support. Dr Sania Nishtar – head of Gavi, an alliance that buys critical vaccines for developing countries – told the BBC a cut in US funding would have a “disastrous impact on global …

Axios reports: President Trump’s dramatic rug pull of Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) UN ambassador nomination has given House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) a new series of headaches. Johnson has to reassure GOP lawmakers after their president said he’s nervous about a Trump +20 district. He also must reintegrate Stefanik, who was planning to bolt town next week, into a leadership …

Politico reports: Rep. Cory Mills, a Florida Republican, allegedly held weapons contracts with the federal government while serving in Congress, according to a report from the Office of Congressional Conduct, the nonpartisan entity tasked with receiving and reviewing ethics complaints against sitting House members. The Office of Congressional Conduct — up until recently known as the Office of Congressional Ethics …

Axios reports: The Trump administration will leave Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) in the House, just days before the Senate was finally ready to move on her nomination as UN ambassador. Stefanik has waited for months on her nomination due to the House GOP’s tiny margin. The Florida special elections are Tuesday, but the administration has gotten cold feet about its margin …