Doug Krizner

That is Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul.

Meantime, more than a dozen oil executives are slated to meet with President Trump and other top officials at the White House tomorrow.

Thank you very much.

Separately, the White House excluded Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, from months of planning to oust Nicolas Maduro.

We are told it's due to Gabbard's previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.

Now, Gabbard's exclusion highlights tension over her position in the administration, along with skepticism over the role of director of national intelligence.

Some say the job should be abolished.

The Supreme Court is set to hand down some major decisions tomorrow.

We have a preview from Bloomberg's Amy Morris in Washington.

And that is News When You Want It with Bloomberg News Now.

I'm Doug Krizner and this is Bloomberg.

News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm Doug Krizner.

We begin in Texas, where the State House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to a new state congressional map backed by President Trump.

This caps a weeks-long political standoff, and it now sets the stage for a final vote.

State Representative Gene Wu is vowing to keep fighting.

That is Texas State Representative Jean Woo speaking there.

Now, Democrats delayed the vote for two weeks by fleeing the state.

However, they were brought back under police escort.

And now Democrats are planning to battle the new map in court once Republican Governor Greg Abbott signs it into law.

This new map may add five GOP seats in next year's midterm elections.