Said one U.S. official: “After all this time, there is no unity.”

“Two others familiar with the White House discussions on the war also described the president as increasingly frustrated over Iran. Despite public displays of confidence, neither he nor his top aides are pleased with the status quo.”

Said a person close to Trump: “The president is exasperated. I don’t think he believed it was going to be this difficult to get the Iranians to agree to a deal… There was not a real strategy for how long or what they should do to get to the endpoint.”

New York Post: Netanyahu says he’s “definitely” going to New York despite “hate-spewing” Mamdani’s call for his arrest.

The last question on the recent member survey invited members to share anything else on their minds.

The overwhelming message was gratitude — and a striking sense that Political Wire has become part of your daily routines.

Said Trump: “That was surprising. I mean, things like that happen, but that would be surprising.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students. 

“Polling this week shows that state Rep. Francesca Hong is well-positioned to win the five-way primary on Aug. 11.”

“For months, Wikler has had discussions with insiders about running for future office, according to three people who spoke directly to him, including one who said he regularly talks to Wikler about his timing around a potential Senate campaign.”

“Under the terms of that so-called memorandum of understanding, America and Iran should be almost done negotiating a comprehensive pact to end five decades of hostility. Instead they are back to haggling over the strait.”

“Trump has spent months considering how to overhaul the airport, hearing pitches in the Oval Office from rival construction and design firms and looking at mock-up designs. Under his plan, the current underground train would be fully built out to take passengers to their terminals — rather than relying on the airport’s shuttles, nicknamed ‘people movers’ — and five terminals would be built to replace the four existing ones.”

And this is brutal: “Twenty-nine percent of voters think Donald Trump is focused enough on addressing the problems most Americans are facing, while 68 percent think he is not focused enough on addressing the problems most Americans are facing.”

CNBC: Warsh’s plan for a more opaque Fed will get put to the test by markets on edge.

Said Marshall: “I mean, who didn’t have a friend that took this vaccine and had some type of complication? A stroke, a blood clot, a young man getting some type of heart inflammation, as well. That’s what destroyed the trust in the American people for our government.”

Marshall says vaccine complications destroyed trust in government. But public officials presenting rare events as nearly universal may have had something to do with it.

“Blanche’s nomination for the permanent AG job is supposed to get a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee in less than 24 hours, but it’s no longer clear whether that’s going to happen.”

Said Cornyn: “To me, it’s pretty simple. But for some reason — I don’t know whether it’s the staff of the DOJ or who it is — but they simply know what they need to do, but they simply refuse to do it.”

Politico: Blanche nomination hangs by a thread as Cornyn stands by settlement ultimatum.

“Homeland Security Chair Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the committee will vote on a contempt resolution against Fauci next week.”

Axios: The most fiery moments from Fauci’s Senate hearing. 

“Senate Republican leaders have been skeptical that there is the time — or the votes — to get it done. President Trump and his team disagree.”

“White House officials want the Senate to build in flexibility to jam through as much of the SAVE America Act as possible, and they are insisting it can be crafted to avoid tough amendment votes.”