👽 1. Oil probe news: Top Democrats wrote a series of letters blasting oil companies for a "woefully inadequate response" to their inquiries about an alleged quid pro quo with the Trump campaign.
- Trump outlined a pro-drilling agenda to oil execs earlier this year and asked them to help raise $1 billion, prompting Democrats to investigate.
- " Your response did not attempt to refute the accuracy of this reporting. Accordingly, we offer you another chance to cooperate with this bicameral, multi-Committee investigation," they wrote.
😢 2. That was quick: House Speaker Mike Johnson's CR strategy is falling apart, Axios' Andrew Solender reports.
- Johnson had proposed to kick the spending deadline into next year and pass a controversial elections bill.
🔋 3. Banned batteries: The House yesterday passed by voice vote Rep. Carlos Gimenez's bill that would ban DHS from buying batteries made by major Chinese companies.
