Read ⁦@ericbradner⁩ on Jack Ciattarelli’s strategy for winning an uphill race as a blue-state Republican in the Trump era.

Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.” https://t.co/khqA8YbsQa

Good read from @ericbradner on 2026 Democrats increasingly highlighting their faith in campaigns: "I think the challenge is to be precise and specific and not preachy about why you believe what you believe, and why it will help people" https://t.co/r683jZrywy

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told me he’s talked to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox every day since Kirk’s assassination. “He doesn’t change depending on who the audience is, and he doesn’t change depending on who he’s standing in front of. And that’s one of the things I love about him most.”

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s message to ‘disagree better’ faces its biggest test https://t.co/MKhndq7Nr4 from @ericbradner @jeffzeleny

Read ⁦@ericbradner⁩ and ⁦@ArletteSaenz⁩ on the bets both parties are making with the new TX and CA maps on which way voters are headed in 2026.

On his way out, this happened:

Vance has been kept away from press on this trip. I shouted a couple questions at him on his way past reporters’ shacks, through tunnels into the governor’s office, but he didn’t answer.

Vance is now at a fundraiser after the hour-long meeting. Indiana Republicans have avoided saying much at all about whether they’re open to redistricting. Braun is noncommittal:

Good morning from the Indiana Statehouse. Vice President JD Vance is here — he ignored my questions about redistricting on his way into a meeting with Gov. Mike Braun and GOP legislative leaders. Democrats are rallying today on the same floor as Braun’s office.

These are the estimated tsunami arrival times in the US https://t.co/bjhCSMdMRx

When AG Pam Bondi briefed Trump in May on the findings of DOJ’s review of the documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, she told him that his name appeared in the files, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN, confirming WSJ

“Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.”

“I told the president, I really do believe it could be his Obamacare,” Sen. Thom Tillis tells @jaketapper about the sweeping tax and spending cuts package that President Trump signed into law last week. “I think it’s politically just devastating.”

Four reporters in four pockets of the state covering Gavin Newsom's travels through rural South Carolina for the @postandcourier this week. Pickens seemed lively. But 2028? Irrelevant, he said. “It’s so far down the line,” he said. Read all about it: https://t.co/eJCOjueQyr

Looking forward to this one @cbrennansports

NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. https://t.co/kpTbcBzfMl

“The behind-the-scenes story of a WNBA controversy: Caitlin Clark, DiJonai Carrington & a journalist’s questions.” Excerpts from ON HER GAME: Carrington’s backstage behavior; DeWanna Bonner’s role; WNBA official’s quote: “Your questions were fine…our players just don’t get it.”

Graham’s message to Murkowski during Senate’s process on Trump’s bill: “Are you good? If you’re not good, tell me why and see if we can fix it.” Inside the pressure campaign to get Murkowski to yes w/@ericbradner @sarahnferris ⁦@FoxReports⁩

Scoop: The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will tell hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked and they should leave the country, according to a copy of the notice.