Background Briefing (5am)

Tom Mockaitis / Robert Creamer / Michael Swaine

With Trump Attacking Free Speech on Campuses, Should We Expect Patel and Bongino to Order the FBI to Round Up Trump’s Critics and Those on Patel’s Enemies List?
The Dilemma Senate Democrats Face Whether to Vote For a Bad Bill or Stand up to Trump and Musk and Risk a Government Shutdown
Trump’s Losing Strategy of Wooing Putin Away From Xi and Musk’s Outsized Influence Over China Policy