• House Republican leaders are reportedly pressing to vote as soon as next week on the GOP’s plan to raise the federal debt limit ahead of a summer deadline. Leaders are expected to begin presenting a framework of the legislation to rank-and-file Republicans this morning as they plan to sidestep the committee process by using the House Rules Committee to assemble the bill, in a break from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) pledge for a return to regular order. (Punchbowl News)
• House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) told Republican donors this month that he would pursue the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as his panel prepares to attack the Biden administration’s approach to immigration at a hearing this week. (The New York Times) On the Senate side, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is said to have given the White House a list of recommended executive actions to address illegal migration at the southern border amid a standstill in Congress over the issue. (The New York Times)
• Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are said to be considering inviting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify at an upcoming hearing on the court’s ethical standards. (Politico) As details emerge about Thomas’ relationship with wealthy real estate magnate Harlan Crow, Thomas is reportedly expected to amend his financial disclosure forms to reflect a 2014 real estate deal with the GOP megadonor and his long-time friend. (CNN)
• Senate Republicans look poised to block Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on the Judiciary Committee, imperiling the New York Democrat’s attempt to break the logjam on a slate of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees. (NBC News)

Happening today (all in ET):

• 10 a.m. Mayorkas testifies to Senate Homeland Security Committee. 

• 10 a.m. Senate in session.

• 12 p.m. House in session.

• 2 p.m. Biden speaks about care workers and family caregivers. 

• 2:45 p.m. White House press secretary holds briefing.

Trump Maintains Lead Over DeSantis Among GOP Primary Voters
Morning Consult

White House threatens to veto GOP bills reversing D.C. police reforms, restricting transgender athletes
Adam Cancryn, Politico

House Republicans plan to bring both measures to the floor as early as this week.

Biden will sign executive order aimed at expanding access to long-term care and child care
Donald Judd, CNN

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order in the Rose Garden Tuesday aimed at bolstering the “care economy,” the White House said, issuing more than 50 directives across nearly every Cabinet-level agency in an effort to expand access to long-term care and child care.

Biden calls 16-year-old shot in Kansas City
Kelly Garrity, Politico

Ralph Yarl was wounded Thursday night after he approached the wrong house while picking up his siblings.

Biden DOJ wins transfer of lawsuit challenging student loan rule away from conservative Texas court
Michael Stratford, Politico

A judge ruled that a for-profit college group improperly filed the case in Fort Worth court and transferred it to Austin court.

Divided Biden administration nears agreement on key China trade rules
Gavin Bade, Politico

The White House is briefing industry on coming rules to govern American investments in China. But some key details remain up in the air.

Joint Chiefs shuffle: Biden’s top contenders to replace Trump’s military leaders
Lara Seligman and Connor O’Brien, Politico

Besides the chair, the Pentagon could also see new leaders for the Army, Navy, Marines and possibly the Air Force this year.

U.S. ambassador visits Evan Gershkovich in Russian prison
Rose Horowitch, NBC News

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said that Gershkovich is “in good health and remains strong.”

After American’s Killing in Syria, F.B.I. Builds War Crimes Case Against Top Officials
Katie Benner and Adam Goldman, The New York Times

The inquiry aims to hold to account Syrian officials considered key architects of a brutal system of detention and torture that has flourished under President Bashar al-Assad.

House GOP puts on united front as conflict brews behind the scenes
Marianna Sotomayor and Leigh Ann Caldwell, Politico

After 100 days in control, House Republicans have not reached consensus on how they will handle a vote on raising the debt ceiling — a critical piece of legislation that, if not passed, has global economic implications.

Biden’s Labor nominee plans to make it personal
Hans Nichols, Axios

President Biden’s embattled nominee for Labor secretary, Julie Su, will open her confirmation hearing on Thursday by recalling her upbringing as the daughter of immigrants who owned small businesses, Axios has learned.

Trump’s House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA’s turf
Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press

Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime.

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to set up legal defense fund amid criminal probe
Jonathan Dienst et al., NBC News

The Democratic chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee is the focus of a corruption investigation led by the U.S. attorney’s office for Southern New York.

‘Anti-corruption’ Rep. Dan Goldman has made hundreds of personal stock trades while attempting to create a ‘blind trust’ for his assets
Dave Levinthal, Raw Story

As a congressional candidate last year, Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) pledged to form a “blind trust” for his massive stock portfolio — a move designed to shield himself from financial conflicts of interest by giving an independent body control of the administration of his private business dealings.

Democratic congressman has surgery to remove cancerous tumor in his tonsil
Jack Forrest and Brian Rokus, CNN

Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan had surgery Monday to remove a small cancerous tumor in his tonsil, his office said.

F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York
William K. Rashbaum and Karen Zraick, The New York Times

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged the men with conspiring with the Chinese government and destroying evidence.

Fox News-Dominion libel case set to begin after brief delay
David Bauder et al., The Associated Press

The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News delayed the opening of the trial Monday, raising the prospect that the two sides might attempt to settle before the eagerly watched case goes before a jury.

The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal
Matt Stieb, New York

Over the past month or so, the far right has been embroiled in a scandal involving the alleged grooming practices that its loudest voices have claimed are rampant among liberals. According to two accusers who have come forward, Stop the Steal founder Ali Alexander allegedly came on to them when they were teenage boys, asking for nudes from a 17-year-old and pressuring a 15-year-old to have sex with him.

DeSantis Tried to Bury Her. Now She’s Helping Trump Try to Bury Him.
Matt Flegenheimer et al., The New York Times

Susie Wiles helped Ron DeSantis become governor of Florida, but he turned against her and banished her from his orbit. Donald Trump was all too happy to bring her in from the cold.

Trump remains silent on DeSantis’ six-week abortion ban
Natasha Korecki and Jonathan Allen, NBC News

It’s not clear where Trump, a Florida resident, stands on the question of whether abortion should be illegal at six weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law last week.

Pence Criticizes DeSantis for Escalating Disney Battle Ahead of 2024
Mark Niquette, Bloomberg

Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential rival, saying the Florida governor went too far in his fight with Walt Disney Co.

Trump picks up two more endorsements from Senate Republicans
Julia Mueller, The Hill

Former President Trump has picked up two more endorsements from Tennessee’s Republican senators as he campaigns to reclaim the White House in 2024.

Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6
Michael Scherer, The Washington Post

Attorneys from two nonprofits plan to argue that the U.S. Constitution bars Trump from office because he engaged in an insurrection during the attack on the Capitol.

Liz Cheney’s book plans
Mike Allen, Axios

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — vice chair, and key driving force of the House’s Jan. 6 committee — will be out Nov. 14 with “Oath and Honor,” which publisher Little, Brown calls a memoir, a call to action and “urgent warning.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times

Mr. Kennedy, a Democrat who plans to kick off his campaign this week, says he wants to make vaccines safer, but he is spreading misinformation by twisting facts out of context.

Republicans worry the Club for Growth could cost them the Senate
Ally Mutnick, Politico

Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don’t agree on much, but there’s still one thing that unites them: A disdain for the Club for Growth.

George Santos Says He Will Run for Re-election in 2024
Michael Gold and Grace Ashford, The New York Times

Mr. Santos, a Republican House member from New York, has admitted to lying about parts of his biography and is facing several ethics and criminal inquiries.

How DeSantis became Florida’s most powerful governor in a generation
Tim Craig and Lori Rozsa, The Washington Post

State lawmakers are passing the governor’s legislative agenda with a speed some find alarming.

DeSantis escalates battle with Disney in new legislative push
Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine, Reuters

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday fired another shot in his battle with Walt Disney Co, saying the state’s Republican legislature would take steps to nullify the company’s effort to circumvent state oversight of Walt Disney World.

Oklahoma officials accused of talk of killing journalists
Sean Murphy, The Associated Press

Oklahoma’s governor is seeking the resignation of four county officials after a newspaper’s audio recording apparently captured some of them complaining about two of the paper’s journalists and knowing hit men and where two holes are dug.

Judge Who Could Shift N.Y.’s Highest Court Left Sails Through Hearing
Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Grace Ashford, The New York Times

Judge Rowan Wilson, a prominent liberal jurist, would become the state’s first Black judge to lead the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.

A Message from the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs:

Big drug companies keep raising their prices and continue to charge Americans more for their prescriptions than they charge in foreign countries. Pharmacy benefits protect small businesses from Big Pharma’s out-of-control prices and save each consumer $1,040 every year. It’s no surprise that Big Pharma is pressuring Congress to prevent pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from negotiating savings. Congress should focus on the real cause of high drug prices – Big Pharma’s anti-competitive pricing practices. Learn more.

How Bud Light became a microcosm of America in 2023
Mike Allen and Eleanor Hawkins, Axios

Few events capture so perfectly the cultural, political and social toxicity of America as the Great Bud Light Debacle of 2023.

A boxing-style rematch has been a long time coming in presidential politics
George E. Condon Jr., National Journal

Yet voters aren’t keen to see Biden-Trump II, which would be the first such rematch since 1956.

America’s Looming Conflict: Red Judges vs. Blue Governors
Alexander Burns, Politico

As conservative judges strike down liberal policies, state lawmakers are left to decide how to get around adverse rulings.

Partisan cable news viewership is more common than you might think
Philip Bump, The Washington Post

As it stands, Fox News will be forced this week to defend its 2020 post-election coverage in court. That coverage, which included various unfounded allegations of voter fraud, prompted a massive defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, a company whose election-related products were maligned by Fox News hosts and guests.