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An impending long recess will force a lot of action in Congress this week

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<p><em>Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on </em><a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″><i>Apple Podcasts</i></a><em> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>.</em></p> <p>From a supreme court confirmation vote to Russian misbehavior, the House and Senate have a lot to do in the coming week. And there&#8217;s considerable time pressure to get it done. The <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”><em><strong>Federal Drive with Tom Temin</strong></em></a> got the outlook from Bloomberg Government deputy news director, Loren Duggan.</p> <p><em>Interview transcript:</em></p> <blockquote><p><strong>Tom Temin: </strong>Loren, let&#8217;s start with,well, let&#8217;s start with a schedule that&#8217;s kind of forcing the hand of Congress…

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Ukraine update: We were so focused on NW Kyiv, we didn’t notice all the action on the other side

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NBC’s Richard Engel got an unclassified look at the status map at a Ukrainian headquarters. Click the link for the full video, but here’s a screenshot of the map itself:  For all the talk about Ukraine encircling the Russian spearhead at Bucha, northwest of the city, it’s actually the northeastern side of Kyiv where counter-attacks are having the most success. Here’s @War_Mappers latest map of the area, updated last night:  Both of these maps have Bohdanivka, just northeast of Brovary, in Russian hands. But look at the thin tendril supplying…

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