Would members of Congress use Taylor Swift's new album to 'mastermind' online posts with plenty of puns and references? 'Dear Reader,' they sure would. 
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Mitch McConnell is sounding a different tune on Ukraine than Kevin McCarthy, and vowing the Senate GOP will work to ensure “timely delivery of needed weapons.”

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Republican lawmakers are homing in on a new immigration pressure point: updated border crossing figures from CBP. But is the data late, or on its usual schedule?
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A super PAC closely aligned with Nancy Pelosi is devoting more funds to a key battleground race in Oregon. It's going toward a candidate the group worked against in the primary.
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Ukraine’s defense minister isn't too worried about Kevin McCarthy's comments on cutting  military aid to Kyiv.

Oleksii Reznikov tells POLITICO he isn’t concerned about a GOP-controlled House turning off the spigot.

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New Jersey Republican House candidates are hitting Democrats on the SALT deduction, a key issue in the state with the highest property taxes in the nation.

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Elizabeth Warren fumed after an appeals court ruling found CFPB's funding mechanism unconstitutional. Republicans, on the other hand, hailed the decision.
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Republicans are hammering Joe Biden's move to release millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Many of them supported similar moves from Donald Trump.  
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Raphael Warnock is celebrating new funding for economically distressed farmers — a few weeks before Election Day in his tight midterm race. 

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A majority of voters say they see external politics influencing the DOJ's prosecution of federal crimes, according to a new Morning Consult/ POLITICO poll. 
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As the GOP hones in on education ahead of the midterms, Debbie Lesko introduced a constitutional amendment to codify parents' rights.

It's unlikely the bill will move in the Democratic-majority Congress, but the push gives insight into GOP priorities.

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Mike Gallagher predicts defense and deficit hawks can 'meet in the middle' on the Pentagon budget if the party wins control of the House.

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Nancy Pelosi said that as rioters raged inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, she was concerned about the Secret Service's treatment of then-Vice President Mike Pence.
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As a new poll shows the Iowa Senate race tightening, Chuck Grassley says his age isn’t a problem.

Sixty percent of likely voters in the new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll said Grassley’s age is a concern.

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A Kevin McCarthy-aligned super PAC is investing $4 million in New York to take down DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney. 
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A Mike Lee campaign op-ed for the Salt Lake Tribune made headlines — for appearing with Lee's byline as a third-person endorsement of himself.
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The White House is criticizing Steve Scalise for doubling down on Republicans' plans to reform Medicare and Social Security — a burgeoning common line of attack for Democrats.
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The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service excessive hotel rates on dozens of trips, the House Oversight panel said in newly released documents.

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Just after nudging Jewish Americans to appreciate Israel 'before it's too late,' Donald Trump endorsed Jewish American Rep. Lee Zeldin in the New York gubernatorial race. 
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