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May 22, 2026

MJL Morning Briefing — Fri, May 22

From Matt Leonard · Friday, May 22, 2026
TOP STORY
Senate GOP rebellion forces Thune to punt ICE/Border reconciliation bill
Majority Leader John Thune abruptly punted the party-line ICE/Border Patrol reconciliation package Thursday after Acting AG Todd Blanche spent nearly two hours being grilled by about 25 GOP senators over Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization" fund; Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the White House "dropped a bomb."
— Punchbowl News
National Politics
  • House GOP yanks Iran war-powers resolution mid-vote — Punchbowl News
  • Trump adds 5,000 troops to Poland, reversing planned European drawdown — Politico Playbook
PA & NJ Politics
  • Fitzpatrick leads bipartisan push to kill Trump's $1.8B anti-weaponization fund — PoliticsPA
  • Federal walkback unlocks PA broadband buildout for 130,000 unserved homes — Spotlight PA via PoliticsPA
  • Fetterman loses third chief of staff since 2023 — PoliticsPA / Daily Beast
Energy Industry
  • FERC Commissioner Chang: "not thinking about" breaking up PJM — Utility Dive
  • New Mexico regulators scrutinize Blackstone-TXNM stock trade in merger review — Utility Dive
Pittsburgh Sports
  • Pirates beat Cardinals 6-2 behind Ashcraft's nine-strikeout gem — ESPN
  • Aaron Rodgers tells Pittsburgh media this is his final NFL season — CBS Pittsburgh / Yahoo Sports
RTO LMP $30.05 · Western Hub $33.20 · Load 84.1 GW · Source: PJM, 8:08 a.m. EPT
Curated by Matt Leonard. Numbers from real endpoints only.

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