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AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - GOP fight to replace McConnell turns ugly over immigration

The race to replace retiring former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has turned ugly over immigration . Why it matters: The seat is safely Republican, but the primary is shaping up to be one of the cycle's most bruising intra-party battles. - Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), former Attorney General Daniel Cameron and businessman Nate Morris are leading contenders. - Though none has secured President Trump's endorsement. Driving the news: A Club for Growth-aligned super PAC, Win It Back, launched a new TV ad titled "Amnesty Andy" targeting Barr over immigration. - "In México, they call him Amnesty Andy and illegal aliens' best amigo," a narrator says in the ad . - In under a week, Win it Back PAC dropped nearly $750,000 on the…

AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - Republicans seek elusive path to restoring DHS funding

House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington is in informal talks with Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham about a second reconciliation bill to fund the Pentagon — and potentially DHS. Why it matters: With DHS talks stalled and a defense supplemental in limbo, reconciliation may be Republicans' only path forward. - "I need to have a strong partner in the Senate, and I've got that with Lindsey," Arrington (R-Texas) told Axios on Monday. "He's been as enthusiastic as anybody … on a reconciliation 2.0." - "Reconciliation is the only path to a defense supplemental," he said, adding that he is open to adding DHS funding to any reconciliation bill. "I'm not opposed to it. … It's going to become a public safety issue." The intrigue: Upon returning…

AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Pentagon revises rules for journalists after lawsuit loss, raising press group's ire

The Department of Defense announced a new media policy on Monday, three days after a federal judge ruled Trump administration restrictions on Pentagon journalists were a First Amendment violation. The big picture: The Pentagon said in a memorandum announcing the changes that it's complying with the ruling in the New York Times' lawsuit, but press groups accused the Trump administration of placing fresh restrictions on journalists with the new policy. Zoom in: Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced three new changes to the press policy in a statement saying the Defense Department "disagrees with the decision and is pursuing an appeal." - The Pentagon Press Association said in a Monday evening statement the new Pentagon…

NYTIMES (Rick Rojas, Pam Belluck and Susan Cooper Eastman) - A Murder Charge in Georgia Exposes Complexities of the Abortion Debate

A woman who took medication to induce an abortion, and then delivered the baby, was arrested on a murder charge. But on Monday, a state judge expressed deep skepticism about the case.

NYTIMES (Hamed Aleaziz) - Trump’s New Political Tool: ICE

President Trump has increasingly used Immigration and Customs Enforcement to push personal and political objectives, and on Monday sent agents to airports across the country to help deal with long security lines.