The big picture: Warren, the twice-elected state attorney for Hillsborough County, refused to enforce the state's 15-week abortion ban and condemned laws criminalizing gender-affirming health care.
A large number of Americans say a second term for President Biden or former President Trump is the "worst thing" that could happen to the country, according to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll out this week.
What to watch: A rematch of the 2020 election could be in the making, with Biden insisting he will run despite concerns from some fellow Democrats. Trump hasn't formally announced a run but has endorsed the work of groups laying the groundwork for him to serve a second term.
Former President Trumphas been paying a lot less attention to House races than he has to statewide races — and lots of Republicans don't mind a bit.
Why it matters: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his allies are boosting the fortunes of more-mainstream-than-MAGA Republicans in pivotal primaries, often working under the radar.
West Virginia Rep. Alex Mooney, fresh off winning a hotly contested Republican primary, is already targeting Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) as he mulls running for Senate in 2024.
Driving the news: Mooney will go up with a new ad Monday blasting Manchin for his support of the climate change and health care spending package.
Senate Democrats on Sunday passed their sweeping, $740 billion tax, climate and health care reconciliation package after an all-night session, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
Why it matters: The 51-50passage of the bill, just three months before the midterm elections, is a massive victory for Democrats who have spent 18 months working toward delivering on their longstanding dreams of helping address climate change, lower the cost of prescription drugs and hike taxes on large corporations.
A fourth Muslim man was fatally shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday night — the latest in a series of murders that the Albuquerque Police Department believes may be targeting men of Middle Eastern descent.
Driving the news: Two other Muslim men were shot and killed in Albuquerque within the past two weeks, and a third was killed in November 2021, police said. Investigators said they believe the four murders may be connected.
The nation's gun manufacturers use "disturbing sales tactics" to sell assault weapons to civilians while failing to track deaths or injuries that result from the use of their products, according to a report issued in late July by the House Oversight Committee.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said she believes the Republican Party is "very sick" and may not be able to recover in the near future, The New York Times reported.
The big picture: Cheney, who serves as the vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee, has long questioned the party's attachment to former President Donald Trump.
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Saturday made his first public appearance since his retirement, speaking to the American Bar Association Conference in Chicago about his views of the future and the work judges do.
The big picture: Breyer officially retired from the high court at the end of June, where he was replaced by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. It was announced last month that Breyer will be returning to Harvard, where he attended law school and previously taught, to teach as a professor of administrative law and process at the law school.
Democrats on Sunday morning overwhelmingly voted against Sen. Bernie Sanders' attempt to revive the child tax credit to the party's most promising iteration of the reconciliation package.
Driving the news: The independent Vermont senator was the only one to vote in favor of an amendment to include the tax credit, as the rest of his party feared that adding it would derail the entire bill.
Nearly half of U.S. voters say they would be more likely to support candidates that favor keeping abortion legal, a ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday indicates.
Senate Republicans blocked the $35 cap on out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance in the reconciliation package.
Why it matters: The drug costs eight times more in the U.S. than 32 other high-income nations, according to a 2020 study commissioned by the Health and Human Services Department.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday he believes recognition of same-sex marriage should be decided on a state-by-state basis and not by the federal government.
Driving the news: Democratic lawmakers have in recent weeks pushed to pass legislation codifying marriage equality. The bill has passed the House and currently sits in the Senate.
President Biden traveled to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware on Sunday, following his COVID-19 isolation.
Why it matters: This is the first time the president has left the White House in 18 days and the first time he has seen first lady Jill Biden since July 20, according to the White House.
Inexperienced Republican candidates are threatening to cost Mitch McConnell a long-anticipated Senate majority in this year's midterms.
The big picture: The GOP roster is filled with Trump-endorsed celebrities who've never run political campaigns — former NFL star Herschel Walker in Georgia, Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania and best-selling author J.D. Vance in Ohio.
