“The House Freedom Caucus is no longer the most feared group of GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. And headed into the next fight with fellow Republicans over keeping the government funded this fall, members say they want to help make a deal, not tear one apart,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The group of roughly 30 lawmakers—there is no official list—has included many of the most outspoken dissidents in Trump’s second term, drawing putative red lines on major legislation ranging from President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax law to a recent crypto proposal. But when it comes time to vote, caucus members have lined up with Trump and party leaders, not torpedoing bills like in years past.”

“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is building a fundraising juggernaut that is rivaling some of the Democratic Party’s core infrastructure, prompting questions about both her future and the party’s,” CNN reports.

“Small-dollar donations – contributions of less than $200 – are the lifeblood of campaigns and a key measure of voter enthusiasm. And on ActBlue, Democrats’ largest online fundraising platform, the New York congresswoman received the third-most small-dollar donations in the first half of the year.”

“That trailed only the Democratic National Committee and the party’s Senate campaign arm, key party infrastructure. Ocasio-Cortez beat the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House campaign arm, and every other individual candidate.”

Voters at a rowdy town hall meeting in Missouri demanded that Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) denounce President Donald Trump’s “lies”—and told him to get his head “out of Trump’s ass,” the Daily Beast reports.

Other constituents complained about the president’s support for Russia and booed his mass-deportation policy.

“The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein for documents and communications on Monday, the latest salvo in Republicans’ ongoing quest to satisfy a vocal contingent of their supporters who are demanding more information from the disgraced financier’s case be made public,” NOTUS reports.

CNN: “The GOP-led committee issued the subpoena to Epstein’s estate Monday, demanding a slew of documents that include the so-called ‘birthday book’ – a reported collection of letters gifted to Epstein for his 50th birthday that included a note bearing President Donald Trump’s name.”

NOTUS: “The House Freedom Caucus, as Washington knows it, will look fundamentally different next year. Some staffers — particularly delighted Democrats — are speculating that with so many ideological leaders of the caucus looking for the exits, the group might functionally cease to exist, or, at least, cease to be a serious thorn in leadership’s side.”

“After more than a decade of upending life under the Capitol dome, leading members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus have decided their fortunes would be better in their state capitals,” the Washington Post reports.

“Four of the most prominent archconservatives in that caucus have said they are running for statewide office, the latest being Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who announced Thursday he will run for state attorney general.”

“Roy followed Reps. Andy Biggs (Arizona), Byron Donalds (Florida) and Ralph Norman (South Carolina) in saying they will run for the GOP nomination for governor in their states. They depart at a time when the Freedom Caucus’s swagger and negotiating credibility on Capitol Hill have taken a hit.”

“The ‘overwhelming majority’ of documents the Justice Department gave Congress in response to a subpoena for all information from its investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had already been publicly released, the top Democrat on the House’s principal investigative committee said on Saturday,” the New York Times reports.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said that testimony from former Vice President Kamala Harris would be “helpful” in his panel’s probe of former President Biden’s mental acuity and his White House’s use of autopen during his term, The Hill reports.

Said Comer: “I think that it would be helpful to hear from Kamala Harris. We haven’t decided whether or not we’re going to issue the subpoena or not, but certainly she’s welcome to come to the committee.”

After a video surfaced last week of Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the House minority whip, referring to Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, Clark walked back the remark on Monday — and maintained her endorsement from AIPAC, Jewish Insider reports.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was booed and picketed during an event honoring a late public servant in her state on Monday, with protesters calling her “a Nazi” and “a bully,” Mediaite reports.

“Over the first several months of his freshman term in Washington, Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., Republican of Pennsylvania, became one of the most active stock traders in Congress, despite having campaigned for his seat on a promise to end stock trading by lawmakers on Capitol Hill,” the New York Times reports.

“Now Mr. Bresnahan’s trading is attracting more scrutiny after he made several transactions that appeared to benefit from the consequences of his own votes on the House floor.”

“Democrats are working to weaponize Mr. Bresnahan’s trades against him as they plot a campaign to oust him in next year’s midterm elections, and some Republicans privately concede that the issue could hurt him in his highly competitive district as they attempt to hold onto their slim House majority.”

“House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) right flank is trying to bypass him repeatedly next month by forcing votes on releasing the Epstein files and banning congressional stock trading,” Axios reports.

“The tool these lawmakers are planning to use — the discharge petition — has been the source of growing controversy in the House in recent years.”

“I wish Marjorie Taylor Greene got on her knees for her lord and savior as much as she got on her knees for men who aren’t her husband. Just another fake Christian.”

— Laura Loomer, on X.

“House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Monday said former President Clinton’s alleged ties to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein should be uncovered during his testimony before members of Congress,” The Hill reports.

Said Comer: “Everybody in America wants to know what went on in Epstein Island and we’ve all heard reports that Bill Clinton was a frequent visitor there, so he’s a prime suspect to be deposed by the House Oversight Committee.”

He added: “So hopefully we’ll win that court battle with that subpoena and see President Clinton in October.”

“Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) got an earful at an in-person town hall in Chico, California, Monday morning — hearing it from attendees upset about his vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Epstein files and President Donald Trump’s tariffs harming Californian farmers,” ABC News reports.

CNN: “LaMalfa, whose district spans much of the state’s northern interior, is the latest Republican to face harsh in-person criticism, as members of the party attempt to sell Trump’s sweeping agenda back home during Congress’ August break from Washington.”