Capitol Hill

• Trump suffers rare back-to-back defeats in Republican-led Congress - The president’s grip on GOP lawmakers is slipping in ways he isn’t used to — and clearly does not like.
• Rep. Lawler letter asking Netanyahu to exempt dual citizens from draft dodging arrests resurfaces - Lawler’s letter, now circulating again, asked Israel to safeguard the mobility of US-Israel dual citizens impacted by attorney-general directives linked to haredi draft evasion. A letter sent by US Representative Mike Lawler (R-New York) to