Colby to RSC lunch

Top Pentagon policy official Elbridge Colby is set to meet with the Republican Study Committee Wednesday, according to a person granted anonymity to describe the plans. Colby is likely to address a massive new military funding request with the sprawling group of conservative lawmakers — a day after his boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, testified

Security funding lobbying blitz

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and White House legislative affairs director James Braid will meet Wednesday with a key group of House Republicans as GOP concerns rise about a $1 billion administration request for Secret Service security funding that could help fund President Donald Trump’s ballroom project. Mullin and Braid will attend a lunch of