Good morning!🙋🏼♀️ I'mNicole Fallert. Among her many talents, Selena Gomezexcels at makingOreos. The House Rules Committeeheld an unusual 1 a.m. hearinginvolving Trump's major tax bill. Five escapeesfrom a Louisiana prisonare still on the loose. A civil suit against Sean "Diddy" Combshad fabricatedrape kit evidence. President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill faces a critical stress test Wednesday as Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives try to overcome internal divisions about cuts to the Medicaid health program and tax breaks in high-cost coastal states. Lawmakers see the sunrise:The House Rules Committee started work just after midnight Wednesday with a hearing that is expected to run well into daylight hours as members debate details of the measure. If the bill clears the sleep-deprived committee, House Speaker Mike Johnson could push for a vote on the House floor as soon as Wednesday Trump was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to persuade GOP holdoutswithin his party to get in line on what he calls a "big, beautiful bill," but the visit failed to sway the wide array of lawmakers who object to specific features. What's in Trump's "big, beautiful bill"? It's packed with GOP priorities, spanning from energy and border security to taxes and new restrictions on popular benefit programs that could see more than 7 million people denied federal health care coverage. A fifth inmate was captured Tuesday after last week's New Orleans jail break, Louisiana authorities announced. The capture comes the same day a maintenance worker was arrested in connection with the case that has sparked a massive manhunt. A jail employee has admitted to investigators he complied with a demand from one of the inmates to shut off the water to a cell, allowing the escapees to rip out a toilet and sink unit and climb through the hole in the wall that was created, authorities said.The inmateshad an 8- to 10-hour leadbefore their absence was discovered. Trumpwill meet with South Africa's presidentWednesday amid clashes on trade and refugees. Federal prisonsare falling shortof standards on colon cancer screening and treatment. Elon Musksays he's going to spend"a lot less" moneyon politics. The GOP's SAVE Acthas "poison pills"for Native American voters. Inside the $175 billion"Golden Dome"missile defense plan. What's the weather today?Check your local forecast here. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again commission report is set to release by Thursday, gathering data on how toxins may be contributing to widespread diseases. The report will offer a comprehensive look at how Americans have become sick from exposure to toxins in food, environment and pharmaceutical drugs. For instance, it will highlight a 2022 Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention study, which found that 87% of 650 children tested had herbicide glyphosate in their urine.Most of ourexposure to glyphosate, which is used in weed killers like Roundup, occurs through food. ~ Aisha Adkins, 40, a full-time caregiver in Georgia who went several years without a job and without health insurance while caring for mother. Adkins told USA TODAY she also found it difficult to maintain friendships and other relationships while caring for her parents.Adkins' story illustrates how nearly half of America's statesare on the brink of a caregiving emergency, with the worst conditions being in the South. Angel Reeserespondedto the WNBA's hate speech investigation. Emilie Kiser'sson Trigg's deathshows how little privacyinfluencers get. This trendhas studentsdestroyingschool laptops. "The Bear"is so back. NFL playersarecleared to play flag footballat 2028 Olympics. Wore sunscreen,got burnedanyway. Claims of a sexual assault and a backlogged rape kit that resulted in a $100 million default judgment against Sean "Diddy" Combs are not true, USA TODAY has confirmed. And as the rap mogul's criminal trial unfolds in New York, his lawyers have succeeded in having the civil award thrown out. The civil suit against Combs was filed by a Michigan prison inmate who alleged Combs sexually assaulted him in 1997. The inmate, Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, claimed his rape kit – like hundreds of thousands of others around the country – had sat untested for years.USA TODAYexclusively confirmedCardello-Smith's allegations were false. Pale yellow is all the rage for fashion this spring, and Princess Kate was no exception to the trend. The Princess of Wales donned a buttery tailored dress for the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.Wills switched it up with a beard. Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY,sign up for the email here. Want to send Nicole a note? Shoot her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Daily Briefing: 1 a.m. meeting time
