If Rep. French Hill can get a landmark housing affordability bill to President Donald Trump’s desk, it may go down as the legislative maneuver of the year. More for pros— subscriber.politicopro.com/a… The tldr from @samjsutton — politico.com/newsletters/mor…

New— Senate Banking RM Elizabeth Warren cited concerns Friday about Ex-Im Bank President John Jovanovic’s responses to questions about conflicts of interest, corruption and independence, among others, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO. For pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

President Trump surprised even his own health officials when he announced a pledge to end HIV by 2030 in his 2019 State of the Union address. It wasn't the most natural sell. A top health official told Trump in an Oval Office meeting "these are gay Black men in the South, and these are transgender women" — in other words "100 percent not likely your constituents" — but the president was all in. Now, with four years to go, progress has not only stalled — but backslid. New from me @AliceOllstein in the @POLITICOMag relaunch on how the HIV pledge happened — and then fell apart. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

NEW: I sat down with @CFTC's @MichaelSelig to talk everything prediction markets, including this week's proposal; pending legislation; state litigation; and institutional uses. We also discussed recent buyouts; commissioner vacancies; AI use; and more. Watch our full conversation here: youtu.be/9EfbOzF_Dzs?si=X-_f…

SBA on Thursday released a proposed rule that would no longer consider individuals “socially disadvantaged” and eligible for the 8(a) business development program “simply because they are a member of a racial minority group.” For pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

Sen. Scott and Rep. Hill met Tuesday to discuss a path forward on housing, per 3 people. Scott said today he was “optimistic” the two chambers could get a bicameral housing affordability bill to the president’s desk “in the next week or so.” For pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

HUD Sec. Scott Turner announced Thursday that the agency will suspend funding for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority due to fraud allegations. LAHSA is conducting a review of HUD’s findings and requirements. For pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

More news - House GOP leaders think they can pass on suspension what they believe will be small Senate tweaks to the housing bill. Then send to Trump in the next few weeks. That would end a long standoff over what was supposed to be a major affordability win for Trump Republicans months ago.

News: Thune says his hope is to pass an updated housing bill and send it back to the House before the Senate's July 4 recess: "That's my hope, yeah, but then my hopes often get dashed around here, as you know, but I actually think we're driving toward what I hope is the final solution on the housing issue."

HUD released a proposed rule Thursday that would remove the permanent chassis requirement for upper floors of manufactured homes more on Pro: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

House Financial Services Committee members of both parties on Wednesday pushed back against a bipartisan Senate proposal to permanently authorize a federal disaster recovery program (CDBG-DR) administered through HUD. subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

THREAD: For nearly five months, @adamwren and I dove into hundreds of screenshots, financial records and documents outlining a web of coordinated interests that sought to avoid a return to the “maximum pressure” that defined the first Trump administration’s Venezuela policy.

From @SamJSutton @Politico: "The push to ban large institutions from purchasing single-family homes should be thought of as an amuse-bouche for future fights over private capital’s role in politically sensitive industries." Tasty... politico.com/newsletters/mor…

NEW from me and @adamwren: A web of oil interests, a fallen congressmember, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump administration toward a more accommodating posture on Venezuela. It almost worked.

New from me in today's MM: The political will for economic interventionism is strong in both parties, and the push to ban large institutions from purchasing single-family homes should be thought of as an amuse-bouche for future fights over private capital. politico.com/newsletters/mor…

It was a blowout jobs number. The labor market looks like it's humming. And as was the case for President Biden, it hasn't yielded any political upside for the incumbent. politico.com/news/2026/06/05…

Sat down with @RepFrenchHill yesterday to talk the housing bill, crypto, inter-party dynamics and what’s next for the House Financial Services Committee this Congress. For pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

House Appropriators just advanced a provision to block HUD’s proposed rule that would have taken housing assistance away from families with mixed immigration status. The committee decided (via voice vote) to attach this amendment to it’s FY27 Transportation-HUD spending bill

Blockbuster IPOs - $SPCX, Anthropic and OpenAI - could give President Trump an irresistible market story. politico.com/newsletters/mor…

Democrats believe they have the best shot to win big in Iowa in more than a decade. Even some Republicans are sounding the alarm. politico.com/news/2026/06/03…