House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a growing rebellion from his centrist wing over cuts to Medicaid in the GOP's "big, beautiful bill." Why it matters: Moderate and swing-district House Republicans are trying to balance their loyalty to Trump with their increasingly imperiled reelection prospects.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is publicly denying claims that she spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) about the New York governor’s race. She says that the two have not had conversations about her plans to run and leave the House Republican conference.

In a curious series of remarks, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that he’d spoken to Rep. Elise Stefanik about her possible gubernatorial candidacy in New York, though the Republican congresswoman soon after claimed no such conversation had occurred.