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House Republicans are pressuring the Senate to advance their reconciliation package as President Trump pushes for quick action.

Why it matters: The roughly $95 billion package is House Republicans' latest effort to enact Trump's priorities without Democratic votes using the reconciliation process.

President Trump's lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to E. Jean Carroll, Axios has learned.

• The judgment stemmed from Trump's 2019 statements in which he denied Carroll's claim that he'd sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and attacked her credibility, accusing her of making up the allegation.

Driving the news: Trump's lawyers argue he's entitled to presidential immunity because he made the comments while he was serving as president in response to reporters' questions, which centered on his fitness for office.

Legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians in the U.S. have ended after the Supreme Court upheld the termination of their Temporary Protected Status, a ruling that could reshape the program's future.

The big picture: The justices limited courts' ability to review Homeland Security's TPS decisions — making challenges harder and leaving hundreds of thousands of people at risk of losing legal status, work authorization and protection from deportation.

While Democrats across the country are pulling their hair out over Michigan's brutal Democratic Senate primary, a key House race in the state is also quietly giving party leaders heartburn.

Why it matters: Infighting between establishment Democrats could create an opening for a progressive who many Democratic strategists and lawmakers are skeptical can win the seat in November.

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in the Oval Office Tuesday for a "productive" 90-minute session on the Iran war — free of any public sign of tensions that have marked their relationship over the past several weeks.

Why it matters: The meeting could have gone the other way, given Trump's frustration with the Israeli leader over the war, which he even alluded to publicly shortly before Netanyah arrived at the White House. The fact that both sides described it as positive is a win for Bibi.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) demanded in a blunt letter sent to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his staff that McConnell verbally address constituents and demonstrate his ability to serve or resign his seat.

The big picture: It's been more than 40 days since 84-year-old conservative stalwart McConnell was hospitalized and appeared outside photos released by his office. His lengthy absence and past health scares are fueling speculation about his capacity to serve.

While a handful of congressional Democrats have come out for Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin to resign this week, most simply don't want to broach the subject.

Why it matters: The apathy points to minimal momentum in the party for Martin's ouster despite bombshell stories revealing severe problems at the DNC ranging from its ongoing financial woes to an HR investigation.

Individual investors overwhelmingly oppose the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to ease the requirement that companies release quarterly financial reports.

The big picture: More than 99% of the comments opposed the proposal, according to a new tally.

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Republicans didn't decide to become President Trump's party. They surrendered to him, one stage at a time, over a decade, in plain sight.

• Democrats swear that socialism's growing grip on their party is different, and can be contained. The early signals suggest otherwise.

Why it matters: Party transformations follow a predictable six-stage evolution — recoil, squint, rationalize, submit, amplify, and purge. Each stage has language you can hear long before you see it in the votes. Republicans just finished the full cycle. Democrats might be starting it.

President Trump's planned tariffs for generic drugs are the clearest test yet of whether the administration can keep its promises to both increase U.S. drug manufacturing and lower prescription costs.

Why it matters: Tariffs could give the country more control over the supply chain, but they could also make some of the country's cheapest medicines more expensive at a time when consumers are clamoring for relief.

President Trump's controversial "self-deportation" program, which pays unauthorized immigrants to leave the U.S., is on pace to account for more than 200,000 departures, according to internal data shared with Axios.

Why it matters: Launched last year alongside a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, the initiative is virtually the only carrot in an aggressive immigration crackdown that has been long on sticks.

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump in the Oval Office Tuesday for the eighth time since the president returned to office. But the Israeli prime minister arrives at the White House weaker and less influential than the previous seven times.

Why it matters: On Feb. 28, Trump and Netanyahu went to war together and it looked like there was no daylight between them. But exactly five months later, their interests have diverged more than ever — and bad blood and frustration have deepened as they've grown suspicious of each other's intentions.

Canadian travel to the U.S. fell 25% last year, according to a new Canadian government report, which says early 2026 data show the decline has persisted.

Why it matters: The report provides some of the clearest measures yet of the economic cost to the U.S. tourism industry after trade tensions, tariffs and President Trump's repeated "51st state" comments led many Canadians to vacation elsewhere.