“Independent populist Dan Osborn, whose insurgent Senate campaign seriously threatened one of Nebraska’s Republicans from securing a third term last year, is now taking on GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts — one of the wealthiest members of Congress,” Politico reports.

“President Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Waltz is scheduled to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next Tuesday or Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to be ambassador to the UN,” Axios reports. “Waltz’s hearing will give Democrats an opportunity to put Trump’s

Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) is exploring a run for the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Politico reports.

Semafor: “As the Trump administration turns to selling its megabill, lawmakers turn this week to other priorities that fell by the wayside as Republicans beat the odds to muscle through their mammoth tax-and-spending package.” “The biggest task will be the White House’s ongoing push to claw back

Ron Brownstein: “For most of the 20th century, it was common for members of Congress to break from their party’s dominant position on key votes — even when that placed them in opposition to a president from their own side. That tendency was visible for years among Republicans from the East and West