2. There are signs of a bit of Senate realignment — and the direction is away from President Trump. The Senate health committee’s chairman, Lamar Alexander, above, said that he had urged Mr. Trump to continue paying subsidies to health insurance companies and that the panel would begin bipartisan work after the August recess to shore up the Affordable Care Act.

And 45 Senate Democrats sent a letter to the president and their Republican colleagues, urging a bipartisan approach on a tax overhaul.

Our congressional columnist says recent events hold a lesson for Mr. Trump: If he plays hardball with the Senate, he might lose.