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•President Biden has not one, but two challengers for next year’s Democratic Party presidential nomination. Read about them here.

•The Republican-led House’s National Defense Authorization Act bill includes amendments that would curb armed services provisions for abortion services, transgender rights and racial equality programs. It will quickly die in the Senate.

•Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), says he will not run for retiring Sen. Ben Cardin’s seat next year, but will run for re-election instead.

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