If the U.S. is going to levy the 5% tariff on Mexico come Monday, it has to issue a public statement today, sources tell us. Trump is slated to return from Ireland this afternoon, and will land around 4:25 p.m. More in Playbook:
topic, but both McCarthy and Scalise have cautiously embraced giving lawmakers a bump in their compensation. McCarthy told NBC in May that he is open to it, because it’s been a decade since Congress got a cost-of-living adjustment and lawmakers are leaving the job over the pay. Scalise has said “it ought to be looked at” because Congress shouldn’t be a place where only wealthy people can afford to serve.
under fire from his rivals in the Democratic primary, dropped his long-standing support of the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funds from being used to pay for abortions. The politics of this little dance are not great for Biden, though as we pointed out Thursday, pretty much every member of Congress has voted in favor of the Hyde Amendment at some point.
TARIFF UPDATE -- “Mexico aims to avoid tariffs with potential deal limiting migrants going north, allowing U.S. to deport Central American asylum seekers,” by WaPo’s Nick Miroff, David Lynch and Kevin Sieff: “U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing the outlines of a deal that would dramatically increase Mexico’s immigration enforcement efforts and give the United States far more latitude to deport Central Americans seeking asylum, according to a U.S. official and a Mexican official who cautioned that the accord is not final and that President Trump might not accept it.
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