Three additional Republican governors have ordered National Guard units to Washington, D.C., deepening what allies of former President Donald Trump describe as a coordinated show of force. The new authorizations add to an already growing military footprint in the nation’s capital.

In a sharply worded counterpoint, columnist Lucy Rehm urges Minnesota lawmakers to keep the state’s e-bike subsidy program. She argues the incentives “help build a state that works for everyone” and warns that abandoning them would amount to letting partisan bickering trump practical solutions.

A Republican-led resolution denouncing the recent Boulder attack has ignited a partisan battle in Congress. Democrats express outrage over the inclusion of contentious language praising ICE and labeling “Free Palestine” as an antisemitic slogan.

During a rare early morning hearing, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) decried Republican support for the president’s tax-cut package, calling it “unbelievably cynical” and emblematic of “why people hate Washington.”