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AXIOS (Justin Green) - House Ethics Committee investigating Eric Swalwell

The House Ethics Committee has begun a probe into Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) over allegations of sexual misconduct, it announced Monday in a statement. Why it matters: Swalwell suspended his California gubernatorial campaign on Sunday after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, which he denies. - Multiple House lawmakers have called for Swalwell to either quit Congress or face expulsion . - The Ethics Committee said it will examine whether Swalwell "engaged in sexual misconduct, including toward an employee working under his supervision." Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - MAGA allies say Trump is going soft on deportations, demand "Phase 2"

An angry coalition of conservatives say President Trump is flirting with betraying his biggest campaign promise on mass deportations — and the voters who put him there. Why it matters: The White House is backing away from deportations rhetoric ahead of the midterms, infuriating the once-fringe immigration hardliners who considered Trump their last shot at reversing decades of mass migration. - "Our basic goal of the mass deportation coalition is to actually provide Trump with what we call kind of a right flank, saying, 'No, Mr. President, you're listening to the wrong people,'" Mark Morgan, the former head of ICE and Customs and Border Protection, told Axios. The big picture: The Mass Deportation Coalition has wrapped in GOP think…

NYTIMES (Peter Baker) - Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”