Putin is punting on a Ukraine ceasefire deal Trump seems OK with it POLITICO

Democrats are in touch with the White House to hash out a potential confirmations deal, Thune says.

The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was asked three times to clarify claims made by President Donald Trump earlier this month.

Trump signed the multitrillion-dollar legislation outside the White House, and then banged down the gavel that House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted him that was used during the bill’s final passage…