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Welcome to the Daily 202, PowerPost's morning briefing for decision-makers. Sign up to receive the newsletter. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes questions during her weekly news conference at the Capitol last week. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) -- White House and congressional nego

have pushed hard to retain the flexibility to do so. The exact resolution was uncertain." If the agreement is finalized and gets Trump's approval, Pelosi will have less than a week to muscle it through the House before the chamber adjourns for a scheduled six-week summer recess on Friday. The Senate

verything. Before turning on him, Trump had kind words for the governor of Puerto Rico in 2017: Tributes poured in for the late senator Wellstone (D-Minn.) on what would have been his 75th birthday: And Trump dropped in on a wedding at his New Jersey golf club. where he spent the weekend. Fox News ha

prompts outcry RACE IN AMERICA: -- Trump tweeted Sunday morning that four minority, liberal congresswomen who have been critical of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis report:

ez and Mike DeBonis report: "Trump's remark swiftly united a House Democratic caucus that had been torn apart in recent days by infighting between Pelosi and the four freshman women of color — Pressley (Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.). Pressley wa

've got to tell you: Thank goodness, thank goodness, that we have Nancy Pelosi speaking for the House of Representatives," said Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who flipped a suburban seat long held by the GOP in the Twin Cities. "I admit she has rehabilitated her image from 2006, 2008, 2010," said Rep.

ST or the BEST. He has set the tone for the tenor of his party's defense of him, most notably with the six-page letter he sent on Tuesday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials," Trump wrote. During yesterday's 11-hour debate on the House floor, tw

at the facts back all the time," he said. How the House impeachment vote unfolded THE WOMAN AND THE HOUR HAVE MET: -- Impeachment demonstrated how Pelosi has emerged as Trump's most powerful political adversary. Paul Kane reports: "A caucus filled with younger Democrats who questioned the 79-year-old

ocrat to Republican. Van Drew remained a Democrat at least for Wednesday and was joined in voting against both articles by Rep. Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.), who represents the most Trump-friendly district (Trump won it by 31 points) of any Democrat." The only other crossover was Rep. Jared Golden (D-M