Vance #4 & '28
S7E51: “The Morning Meeting” at 9:00am ET today
“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
MONDAY, JULY 20, 2026
By Michael Dailey and Mark Halperin
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TODAY
* “The Morning Meeting” with Hyma Moore, Larry O’Connor, and me is LIVE at 9am ET.
* “The Morning Meeting” airs at 10am ET on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel (ch. 111).
* Author Lisa de Pasquale joins Meghan McCain LIVE at noon ET on “Citizen McCain.”
* Journalist Amie Parnes and Rob Crilly, US correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, join me for a conversation like no other LIVE at 5pm ET on “2WAY Tonight.”
* Strength and conditioning coach Jordan Syatt joins Ethan Suplee LIVE at 7pm ET on “LifeLONG.”
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Author Lisa de Pasquale joins Meghan McCain LIVE at noon ET on “Citizen McCain.”
To join LIVE and INTERACTIVE by Zoom, sign up here.
You can watch it on YouTube LIVE here.
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Journalist Amie Parnes and Rob Crilly, US correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, join me LIVE at 5pm ET on “2WAY Tonight.”
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You can watch it on YouTube LIVE here.
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Strength and conditioning coach Jordan Syatt joins Ethan Suplee LIVE at 7pm ET on “LifeLONG.”
To join LIVE and INTERACTIVE by Zoom, sign up here.
You can watch it on YouTube here.
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
JD VANCE
No known public events at this writing.
CABINET
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines.
CONGRESS
2:00pm: House Rules meets to consider the annual defense policy bill.
5:30pm: The Senate votes to advance Benjamin M. Flowers’ nomination to be a judge for the Sixth Circuit.
6:30pm: The House votes on legislation, including a bill to overhaul online political donation rules to try to block foreign donors.
2026
Rahm Emanual heads to Omaha, Nebraska, to campaign with Democratic congressional nominee Denise Powell.
INTERNATIONAL
Andy Burnham succeeds Keir Starmer as United Kingdom prime minister.
WEEK AHEAD
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.
Arizona’s 2026 primary election takes place Tuesday.
President Trump travels to Georgia on Wednesday, delivering remarks at Wheeler High School in Marietta before stopping at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
The House adjourns Thursday for a five-week recess.
The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet on Thursday and Friday in Washington, D.C., to continue evaluating proposals from 12 states competing for the four or five early primary slots on the 2028 nominating calendar.
The Maine Democratic Convention is scheduled for Saturday, July 25.
ESSENTIAL READING/VIEWING
Six-Chart Sunday – All Trust is Local, 2026 (Bruce Mehlman’s Age of Disruption Substack)
Israel has suffered a one-two punch. First from House Democrats… then from our vice president (My latest column in the Daily Mail)
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* Iran.
* Gas prices.
* Maine Senate.
* Michigan Senate.
* Congressional agenda.
* Mamdani and Bibi.
* The Bidens.
* Vance ‘28.
* Georgetown and MAGA.
2WAY TODAY
