Rodents crash lunch at a downtown Dallas Chipotle — plus more morning headlines.

Here are the top headlines of the morning. [Here are the top headlines of the morning.] July 20,  2017 By [Dennis Jansen]( Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌡️ Weather: [Mostly sunny and hot](. High: 99° 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here](. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2017. (Al Drago/The New York Times) Politics Trump says he would have given AG job to someone else had he known Sessions would recuse himself President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Sessions would [recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation]( that has dogged his presidency, calling the decision "very unfair to the president." In a wide-ranging interview, Trump said Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel now leading the investigation into Russian meddling in last year's election, was running an office rife with conflicts of interest and warned that investigators would cross a red line if they delve into Trump family finances unrelated to Russia. Meanwhile: U.S. Sen. John McCain [has been diagnosed with a brain tumor](, his office said in a prepared statement Wednesday. Reorg: Tillerson's State Department reorganization [could affect work of war crimes office](. Cuts: Dallas program to prevent teen pregnancy [under threat after Trump cuts](. Commentary: Voters want Obamacare repeal, but GOP [may not be conservative enough to deliver](. Advertisement Lt. Governor Dan Patrick holds pizza and soda inside the Senators' Room just before the senate reconvenes at 12:01 a.m. for a third reading of the Sunset Bill during the third day of a special legislative session on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News) Pizza & Politics Midnight pizza meeting clears Texas Senate to push forward with rest of special session agenda The Texas Senate met at midnight Thursday at the call of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick [to approve Gov. Greg Abbott's "must pass" sunset bills]( — a prerequisite to opening up the rest of the staunchly conservative items on the special session agenda that Patrick has strongly pushed. Patrick and Republicans initially delayed final action on the sunset bills, but Patrick then stunned observers [by announcing senators would come back]( into session at 12:01 a.m. Thursday to resume their work — not in late morning or early afternoon, as is customary. "I'll bring the pizza and the soda pop," he quipped from the chamber's dais. "Thank you very much." Shortly after the Senate gave the sunset bills final approval during the midnight meeting, Abbott expanded his call to allow lawmakers to tackle any of the remaining 19 issues on his special session agenda. The Senate then moved to refer their proposed bills — which include items like property taxes, school voucher-type help for parents of kids with special needs [and the so-called 'bathroom bill']( — to committees for hearings on Friday. Commentary: Partisanship threatens efforts [to solve mail-in voter fraud in Texas](. Opinion: Increasingly anti-business, Republicans [have just about dismantled the Texas Miracle](. (Gene J. Puskar/The Associated Press) Lunch guests Rodents crash lunch at West End Chipotle in downtown Dallas Rodents were crawling around a downtown Dallas Chipotle in the West End Historic District on Tuesday. A Facebook video [showed one rodent scurrying across the ground](, another climbing the wall and a third limp on the ground at the restaurant in the 200 block of North Market Street, near Elm Street. Customer Bahadir Han Koseli uploaded the footage, which has been viewed nearly 115,000 times as of Wednesday afternoon. Earlier: Chipotle closes Virginia restaurant after patrons [become sick with norovirus symptoms](. Blue Bell: Two years after enduring the harsh glare of negative publicity, Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries [is inviting consumer scrutiny](. Amazon: Shareholder's suit aims to [block Amazon-Whole Foods merger](. Editorial: Grocers should turn their business innovation [to low-income neighborhoods](. Advertisement (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Photo of the Morning A close-up of the gold-leafed medallion at Fair Park in Dallas. Part of the  medallion represents the Confederacy as part of the six flags of Texas. With Mayor Mike Rawlings' blessing — or insistence — Dallas is digging into [how it should handle the Confederate symbols]( that dot the city's landscape and calculating what it would take to remove, relocate or alter the memorials to add historical context. Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) during OTA's at the Star in Frisco on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News) Around The Site Sports highlights - Cowboys: Dallas police investigation into Ezekiel Elliott altercation suspended [due to uncooperative witness](. - Mavericks: Don't just assume that 2017-18 [will be Dirk Nowitzki's last NBA season](. - Stars: How Stars are hoping Hanzal, Methot help improve [Dallas' historically bad penalty kill](. - Rangers: Counting down to Texas Rangers 3B [Adrian Beltre's 3,000th hit](. - Newsletter: Stay up-to-date with all things Rangers by [signing up for Rangers Rundown](. - FC Dallas: Acosta, Hedges & Grana [to face Real Madrid at MLS All-Star Game](. - Colleges: [The 12 biggest Big 12 media day stories]( you need to know, from UT-A&M to conference 'embarrassed.' - High schools: A timeline of the high school football stadium arms race: [How we went from $15-60+ million costs](. - Giving back: Jordan Spieth Family Foundation [funds six NTPGA scholarships](, junior golf ventures. - Photos: [Bryson DeChambeau overcome with emotion]( after John Deere Classic win, hoists trophy. Reed Robertson, of Dallas, walks to work at Forty Five Ten along Elm Street while The Dallas Morning News takes a look at style and fashion in the Dallas central business district Tuesday July 11, 2017. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News) Finally... Dallas' trendiest corner In Dallas' Central Business District — where Neiman Marcus, Forty Five Ten and the Joule Hotel form a trendy crossroads — [even hot temps can't wilt the cool factor](. Advertisement 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [djansen@dallasnews.com](mailto:djansen@dallasnews.com?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback). 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