Kentucky's cantankerous lawmakers create headaches for Trump

• Massie: Trump has vowed to get personally involved in ousting Massie, who was the only House Republican to vote against the Trump-backed short-term spending bill.
• Paul is expected to be the only Senate Republican to vote against the short-term spending package this week. He also voted against two Trump nominees on Tuesday. Paul's relationship with Trumpworld has deteriorated over the years.
• McConnell: For the fourth time, the former Senate GOP leader voted against one of the president's nominees this week, opposing Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor secretary.

Between the lines: Massie is fundraising off Trump's primary threat.

• "He's attacking me and Canada. The difference is Canada will eventually cave," Massie told reporters.

Zoom in: Trump allies are carefully watching the race to replace McConnell when he retires next year.

• McConnell took aim Tuesday at the administration's handling of the war in Ukraine. "Freezing lethal assistance and intelligence support to Ukraine made Russia's job easier," he said in a Senate floor speech.
• "Daniel Cameron is literally Mitch's protégé," Donald Trump Jr. said of the former Kentucky attorney general in a podcast with Nate Morris, who is viewed as the outsider contender.
• "We can not replace Mitch McConnell in the US Senate with someone who is entirely controlled by Mitch McConnell," Trump Jr. posted on X.