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• Watchdog claims proof of 'harm' nonexistent in suit against Trump's ban on trans surgeries for minors - Records requests filed after the multistate lawsuit against Trump's executive order on minors' sex changes returned no responsive records related to allegations of harm.
• AOC accuses Trump of engaging in 'increasingly erratic' behavior - Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York claimed that President Donald Trump has been engaged in "increasingly erratic" behavior.
• Spanberger signals left bent after centrist campaign; GOP leader warns of ‘Fairfaxing the rest of VA' - Governor Abigail Spanberger's housing executive order raises questions about state intervention in local zoning, with Republicans warning of progressive overreach.
• Federal judge blocks Trump administration from enforcing mail-in voting rules in executive order - Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s executive order on elections, ruling the president lacked authority to impose the changes on Washington and Oregon.
• The Briefing: How Capitol Hill reacted to news of Nicolás Maduro's capture - Congressional Democrats allege constitutional violations following the military mission to extract Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, as their Republican colleagues praise a job well done.
• Mamdani disputes antisemitism definition amid blowback from Jewish community about Day 1 executive orders - NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested the IHRA antisemitism definition does not protect Jewish New Yorkers amid blowback over his Day 1 directives impacting that community, which included a measure to scrap the definition.
• New report reveals federal spending per person has ballooned by nearly 10,000% since 1916 - A new report shows that federal spending has ballooned for more than a century, raising questions about whether Americans are getting meaningful value for the ever-expanding price tag.
• SCOTUS takes up Trump’s bid to fire FTC commissioner at will — a showdown that could topple 90-year precedent - The Supreme Court will weigh Trump's authority to fire a sitting FTC member in a major test of presidential powers — and a 1935 landmark court ruling.