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Good morning.

I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

202 for Thursday, July 12th. In today's news, Donald Trump upends the NATO summit.

Brett Kavanaugh incurred tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt

by buying baseball tickets, and the Republican nominee

for Governor and Ohio flip-flops on Medicaid expansion.

But first, the big idea.

A toothless trade resolution demonstrates Congress's

unwillingness to check Trump. Trump is remaking the global order without

significant political resistance or penalty, unchecked

by a largely compliant Congress and bolstered by the loyalty of his supporters, even those likely

to be most hurt by his burgeoning global trade war.

Are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote?

If not, the a aes are 88, the nays are 11.

The Senate on Wednesday passed a non-binding measure calling for a greater

role in overseeing Trump's trade decisions. An implicit criticism of new tariffs

the president has levied on some of the country's closest allies and largest

trading partners. But this vote has no power to prompt a course change from the

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