• FBI Headquarters Battle – The Senate Appropriations Committee blocks Trump’s move to relocate the FBI HQ to DC’s Reagan Building. The plan to move to Greenbelt, MD stays alive, for now.

• Ken & Angela Paxton Divorce – After 38 years of marriage, Texas State Senator Angela Paxton files for divorce from her husband, AG Ken Paxton. The fallout lands squarely in the middle of a high-stakes Senate race.

• Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Stopped – A judge issues a nationwide injunction against Trump’s executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. The case is now a certified class action.

• Ukraine Peace Talks Emerge – Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Russia’s Foreign Minister in Malaysia and hints at a new diplomatic path forward. Could this signal the beginning of the end of a long and costly war?

 

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