Political Brief: Defense Secretary debacle, budget/border negotiations, GOP debate this week, Blinken in the Middle East

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The 5 things you should know this week:

1. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized in the ICU did not inform the White House or Congress for days. He had had complications from an electiv…