Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• The Democratic presidential candidates filed their financial reports for the second quarter of the year last night. The biggest surprise: Beto O’Rourke, once seen as a financial powerhouse, raised only $3.6 million. That’s far less than the front-runners — and less than he raised in the first 24 hours of his campaign.

• A day after telling four Democratic congresswomen to “go back” to their countries, President Trump increased his attacks on them, saying that they hated the United States and were free to leave. He then broadened his criticism to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of making racist comments.

• Mr. Trump defended his remarks against the congresswomen by assailing one, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, for what he said were remarks she had made praising Al Qaeda. Our fact check shows that’s not true.