First Read's Morning Clips: The GOP's anti-Pelosi playbook

MIDTERM MADNESS: GOP opens its anti-Pelosi playbook

Yes, Republicans will run against Nancy Pelosi again this cycle, Jonathan Allen writes.

ICYMI: Paul Ryan deleted a tweet that highlighted a woman’s $1.50 paycheck increase due to the new tax law.

CA: The Washington Post reports on how the political debate is being pushed to the left on the Democratic side.

If it’s a year of the woman, activists in California aren’t giving much of an assist to first time female candidates, POLITICO notes.

IL-3: And there’s this: “Arthur Jones — an outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white supremacist — is poised to become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat representing parts of Chicago and nearby suburbs.”

IL-GOV: Making a stir in Illinois: A “repulsive” anti-Bruce Rauner ad by primary challenger Jeanne Ives that includes an actor portraying a transgender woman.

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

Ives also retweeted and then deleted a message from an anti-Semitic and white supremacist account.

MO: Democrats are hoping to make some headway in the state House with special elections on Tuesday.

NJ-SEN: What exactly happened in the Menendez case? The New York Times looks at how the case against him fell apart.

PA-18: Joe Kennedy III quietly campaigned for Conor Lamb.

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

TX-GOV: The Dallas News and the Houston Chronicle are endorsing Andrew White over Lupe Valdez.

WV-SEN: NBC’s Kailani Koenig does a deep dive into Joe Manchin’s fight to keep his job in West Virginia.

TRUMP AGENDA: Republicans distance themselves from the Nunes memo

Reince Priebus told one of us(!) that he does not believe Trump ever tried to fire Mueller.

Democrats are pushing this week to release their own memo about the FBI.

And some Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump on the memo as the debate over the FBI’s role rages on.

John McCain and Chris Coons have unveiled a bipartisan bill to give permanent legal status to Dreamers and bolster border security without full funding for a wall.

Some lawmakers are floating a year-long patch for Dreamers.

Benjy Sarlin writes on how Richard Trumka is navigating this year’s immigration debate.