Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Politics

Trump lays out new details on Reflecting Pool 'vandals'

President Trump on Wednesday went into greater detail about how he believes vandals were the cause of the damage to the newly renovated Lincoln...

Donald Trump blows up at Bill Cassidy over Iran war powers resolution

President Trump blew up at Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during an intense meeting behind closed doors in the Capitol Wednesday after the Republican senator...

GOP senators flummoxed by Trump’s housing bill threat: 'Inexplicable,' 'makes no sense'

Senate Republicans expressed shock and bewilderment over President Trump’s threat not to sign a highly touted bill to address housing affordability, describing the move...

Speaker Johnson says he will push SAVE America Act through reconciliation 3.0

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is aiming to push the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act through a third budget...

Trump cancels housing bill signing over Senate inaction on SAVE Act

President Trump cancelled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, saying he would not sign the legislation until the Senate passes the...

Bipartisan funding bills stall as Senate Republicans press forward without Democrats

Senate Republicans are preparing to push ahead on next year’s government funding bill without Democratic buy-in, with the stalemate threatening to fracture the historically...

GOP divided over Vance rebuke of Israeli critics on US-Iran deal

Republicans on Capitol Hill are split over Vice President Vance’s rebuke of Israeli officials who criticized the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S....

House sends sweeping bipartisan housing package to Trump's desk

The House on Tuesday passed a sweeping housing package with overwhelming bipartisan support, sending the legislation to the president’s desk and delivering a major...

Senate votes to direct Trump to withdraw troops from Iran conflict; four Republicans break ranks

The Senate on Tuesday approved a House-passed resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. armed forces from hostilities against Iran after four GOP senators...

Warner introduces bill to require Senate-confirmed acting DNIs in wake of Pulte controversy

Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would bar the president from installing an acting director of national...