🚨BREAKING NEWS — top of @PunchbowlNews DOJ office of legal counsel has issued an opinion that would allow the president to claim executive privilege over communication between him and “private advisors.” Extends to “direct advisors” communication with outside advisers. Big implications if Dems take back the House and start investigating Trump.

🚨BREAKING NEWS: TEXAS PAC, the super PAC run by leadership-backed SLF, will have $100M in TV reservations by tomorrow in the LONE STAR STATE. they are currently at $65M. That means they are adding another $35M plus. @punchbowlnews text subscribers had it first.

There’s a clear disconnect between Trump & Thune over how much the Senate has delivered for POTUS. Thune says it’s “a reality I have to deal with.” But some Senate R’s say Thune is trying too hard to placate Trump while also seeking to defuse GOP infighting that Trump & his allies keep stoking. The implication: It’s impossible to do both. Thune was publicly doubting the utility of a doomed-to-fail budget resolution vote on Friday, but Trump was demanding it. Trump eventually went along with punting it to Sept after a call with RonJohn, who said Trump was finally nodding to the “reality” that the budget resolution needs to be changed. But Senate R’s think getting Reconciliation 3.0 done before the election is unrealistic. That would mean two vote-a-ramas in three weeks, right before final stretch to the midterms… Me & @bresreports in @PunchbowlNews AM:

🚨 WOW! Trump-endorsed Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton will now be at $100 MILLION DOLLARS in reserved TV ads from the Senate GOP-fueled TEXAS PAC, per Punchbowl News That's another $35M SURGE in ONE FELL SWOOP 🔥 Paxton can VERY MUCH defeat psycho leftist James Talarico with enough infrastructure behind him Keeping Texas red is how we win the Senate 🇺🇸

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats "would like to see a good crypto bill to pass" ahead of the market structure mark up this week — Punchbowl News Democrats are working "diligently" on it 🙌

CLARITY Act Campaign Set to Grow as Fairshake Allies Plan Ads The Fairshake-linked Cedar Innovation Foundation is preparing a major advertising push for the CLARITY Act. The group plans to spend seven figures across three national cable television spots. While two ads will focus on bipartisanship, the third ad will directly attack banking opposition. This is against the backdrop of banks’ concerns over stablecoin’s yields and their funding deposits. Supporters will also stress the endorsement from AARP and law enforcement agencies. The Senate is set for its first vote on the Clarity Act on September 15. Source: Punchbowl News