Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing sponsored by Chevron.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Just when it seemed EPA administrator Scott Pruitt's problems with his lobbyist landlord were over.

The New York Times is now reporting that Pruitt's chief of staff emailed Steve Hart, the lobbyist whose wife Vicki rented the condo to Pruitt.

Subjects the two discussed include refrigerant

chemicals on behalf of his client Coca-Cola, the Paris Climate Accord, and also potential hires that

he suggested for the EPA. Emily Holden also writes that Pruitt is facing another probe for

employee retaliation allegations. At least six current and former agency officials were

reportedly fired or reassigned to new jobs after questioning Pruitt's need for a 24-hour security

detail that has cost taxpayers at least $4.6 million. Congress has one week before it sends

lawmakers home for the July 4th recess, and it is still

wrestling with whether it can address the tumultuous situation at the southern border. Last week, House

Republicans shelved plans to vote on immigration, hoping to regroup this week for a vote on a bill

the Senate will ignore. President Donald Trump has expressed skepticism about the House's work,

asking, quote, what is the purpose of the House doing good immigration bills when you need nine

votes by Democrats in the Senate? And yesterday he tweeted, House Republicans could easily pass a bill

on strong border security. But remember, it still has to pass in the Senate, and for that,

we need 10 Democrat votes, and all they do is resist. We will see this week how easy it will

actually be. The New York Times is out with the top talker this morning with an in-depth look

at the affair between reporter Ali Watkins and a former top staffer at the Senate

Intel Committee. The Post and Courier reports that Katie Erington, who recently beat Mark

Sanford in a GOP primary, is expected to make a full recovery after a fatal car crash.

Here's what's on the president's mind. He was tweeting last night about Jimmy Fallon's

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