POLITICO's Inside Congress newsletter details how Lone Star Rising PAC, partly funded by Reid Hoffman, spent $44 million boosting James Talarico to a 12-point Texas Senate win — anchored by an anti-ICE ad it says ran 244 days — the largest Democratic independent expenditure in Texas history. It also covers Sen. Chris Murphy's stroke recovery, Ron Johnson's push to delay GOP leadership elections, Scott Wiener's win, Maxine Waters's committee bid, and a year-end fight over Iran war funding.