The Senate’s ‘Unnecessary Exercise’

Donald Trump during a reception honoring Black History Month.

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Today’s notice: A sad trombone plays in the Senate chamber late into the night. Who got booed at the White House Black History Month event? Texas Republicans are fighting again. But first: the path from Dobbs to Trump’s IVF EO.

Trump’s IVF Surprise

Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that he’d make it so in vitro fertilization treatments would have zero out-of-pocket costs. But his recent executive order on the practice still came as a welcome surprise for IVF advocates, NOTUS’ Oriana González reports.

Two Trump allies in the Senate, Katie Britt and Ted Cruz, said they were largely not consulted on the EO despite being among the most prominent GOP faces in favor of improved access to IVF. Britt said she found out about the order hours before it was announced. Cruz said he didn’t get a call at all, but told Oriana he “certainly appreciated the announcement.”