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The GOP presidential primary is quickly taking shape.

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday became the latest candidate to officially throw their name into the ring, filing federal election paperwork ahead of an expected in-person announcement this week.

Pence, the most senior former Trump administration official to announce a bid challenging Donald Trump for the nomination, joins more than half a dozen others who have formally entered the race — with more coming.

A campaign announcement from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected Tuesday, while North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has also previewed a “big announcement” for Wednesday.

All of the candidates will have their work cut out for them gaining traction in the primary, with polls showing Trump the clear favorite for the GOP nomination.

Pence, his former second-in-command, joins other declared candidates such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) hoping to mount a serious challenge to Trump.

Not everyone is taking the plunge.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu told CNN’s Dana Bash he won’t run for the nomination. He mentioned the large candidate field and advised anyone lagging in the primary to not stay in it too long.

“If we do what we did in 2016, you’re going to have somebody win this nomination with 35 percent of the Republican support,” he said. 

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• White House national security spokesman John Kirby said six F-16 military jets were activated in response to a private plane that entered restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
  
  

• Apple unveiled its virtual reality headset, dubbed Vision Pro, during its Worldwide Developers Conference in California on Monday. It starts at $3,499 and will be available early next year.
  
  
• Maryland health officials confirmed a case of measles, the first in the state since 2019. Learn more about who may have been exposed and what to look out for here.

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said the committee will vote Thursday whether to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt for not handing over a document Comer and ranking Democrat Jamie Raskin (Md.) were shown in a briefing Monday.

Comer said “the FBI again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody of the House Oversight Committee.”

Comer subpoenaed documents from the FBI in May, saying they contained information on “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.”

Raskin said the document viewed Monday “should not be released publicly because it could endanger the confidential human source and then undermine our whole law enforcement system that the FBI has put into place.”

Read more about the briefing here

MEANWHILE…The House Foreign Affairs Committee will get access to a dissent channel cable regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced. McCaul had threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for not turning it over.

The State Department previously announced it’d allow the panel’s leaders to see the document. Read more about the dissent cable issue here

Philosophy professor and progressive activist Cornel West is running for president as the People’s Party candidate. A staffer for Sen. Bernie Sanders‘s (I-Vt.) 2016 Democratic presidential campaign founded the People’s Party in 2017.

West said he’s running “for truth and justice” and that “neither political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon, about big tech.”

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The Hill’s Daniel de Visé looks at the changing trends of marriage in the U.S. and some of the factors driving those changes. From the report: “The share of U.S. adults who are married by age 21 sank from about one-third in 1980 to 6 percent in 2021, Pew Research reports. The share who ties the knot by 25 plunged from nearly two-thirds to 22 percent.” Read more here

The layoffs, which amount to 2 percent of Spotify’s workforce, come amid changes to its podcast division. Sahar Elhabashi, vice president and head of Spotify’s podcast business, said the company is adopting “a tailored approach optimized for each show and creator.”

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is set to throw the first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ LGBTQ-themed “Night OUT” game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

The Hill’s Zack Budryk explains how Saudi Arabia cutting oil production may affect gas prices in the U.S.

“Is Kevin McCarthy just really that good at his job?” — Mick Mulvaney, a former congressman from South Carolina, is a contributor to NewsNation. He served as director of the Office of Management and Budget, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and acting White House chief of staff under President Donald Trump. (Read here)

“Debt-ceiling deal exposes Republicans’ greed agenda” — Juan Williams, an author and a political analyst for Fox News Channel. (Read here)

519 days until the presidential election.

10 a.m.: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology holds a hearing on AM radio.

The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs holds a hearing called “Help Wanted: Law Enforcement Staffing Challenges at the Border.”

The House Agriculture Committee holds a hearing called “The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for Digital Asset Spot Markets.”

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