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May 21, 2026
Republicans Delay Budget Votes as They Balk at Trump’s Fund
The G.O.P. abandoned its plan to quickly pass a $72 billion immigration crackdown bill as senators revolted over his plan to pay people who claim government persecution.
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May 21, 2026
Republicans Seize on a Budget Exemption to Push Through Immigration Enforcement Funding
Republicans are using a special mechanism that was created to reduce deficits to push through immigration enforcement funds that should be provided in a regular spending bill.
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May 20, 2026
Trump Gets His Payback in Primary Elections, but It Comes at a Cost in Congress
Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.
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May 19, 2026
Republican Senators Are Livid at Trump’s Endorsement of Paxton
News that President Trump had snubbed Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the four-term incumbent, was met with shock, anger and fear that the G.O.P. could lose his seat.
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May 17, 2026
Lamar Alexander Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump
In a new memoir, the former senator, governor and cabinet member says President Trump committed an impeachable offense on Jan. 6 and calls on Congress to assert its power.
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May 17, 2026
Senate Ruling Threatens Ballroom Funding in G.O.P. Budget Bill
Democrats announced Saturday night that the Senate’s top parliamentary referee had determined that the $1 billion provision did not comply with budget rules.
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May 11, 2026
Senate G.O.P. Stands by Security Money for Trump’s Ballroom
Democrats are trying to stoke public opposition to the project as they take aim at legislation to provide nearly $72 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown.
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May 9, 2026
How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.’s Southern Ascendancy in Congress
The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress. They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.
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May 6, 2026
G.O.P. Proposes $1 Billion in Immigration Bill for Trump’s Ballroom Project
The money would go toward security improvements as part of an East Wing construction project, including a new ballroom that President Trump has said would be built with private dollars.
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May 3, 2026
In Mississippi, a Democrat Challenges the Senator Who Blocked His Judgeship
Scott Colom, a state prosecutor, is running against Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican who denied him a seat on the federal bench. In a tough year for the G.O.P., Democrats see hope for his lon...
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May 1, 2026
Schumer and Platner Talk After Mills Suspends Her Campaign
The top Senate Democrat and the Maine contender had what was described as a cordial conversation despite Schumer’s backing of his primary opponent.
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April 30, 2026
House Passes Stalled Homeland Security Funding Bill, Ending Shutdown
Republicans were forced to use a special maneuver to steer around opposition in their own party and speed the measure to the floor, relying on Democrats to push it through.
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April 30, 2026
G.O.P. Congress Struggles to Do the Basics Amid Party Infighting
House Republicans toiled to pass major measures as lawmakers scrambled to fund homeland security, extend spy powers and deliver a farm bill.
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April 27, 2026
Republicans Push for Trump’s White House Ballroom After Gala Attack
The attack on a press dinner in Washington, which is being called an attempted assassination of President Trump, has also renewed the fight over reopening the Homeland Security Department.
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April 22, 2026
With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress
Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade.
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April 22, 2026
With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress
Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade.
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April 1, 2026
Senate and House Republicans Strike Deal to End DHS Shutdown
A bill to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday. It was a sharp turnaround by the lawmakers and President Trump.
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March 31, 2026
Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.
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March 30, 2026
Senate Republicans Make No Move to End DHS Shutdown in Brief Session
With Congress in recess, much of the Homeland Security Department remains without money because of the impasse on Capitol Hill, even as airport security workers are to begin getting paid.
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March 28, 2026
G.O.P. Rift Leaves Congress With No Clear Path to End the Shutdown
The deadlock that left the Department of Homeland Security shuttered highlighted Republican divisions that are flaring ahead of the midterm elections.
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March 28, 2026
House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security and passed a rival bill, dimming the chances of a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.
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March 25, 2026
With Their Voter Bill Stymied, G.O.P. Leaders Ponder a Plan B
Republicans are eying a last-ditch procedural maneuver to overcome united Democratic opposition, but the chances for success are slim.
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March 18, 2026
Following Trump, Republicans in Congress Propose to Ban Most Voting by Mail
A restrictive voter I.D. bill under consideration in the Senate could severely limit mail-in voting. Conservatives are pressing to end the practice outright, taking aim at an option that is widely ...
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March 17, 2026
Senate to Take Up Voter Bill Sought by Trump but Opposed by Democrats
The Republican leader said he couldn’t overcome a filibuster but, under relentless pressure from the president and the far right, would put Democrats on the record against the restrictive voter I.D...
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March 11, 2026
Thune Is in a Vise as Trump and the Far Right Demand a Fight on SAVE America Act
The majority leader is getting pounded for not pushing hard enough, but he says the votes just aren’t there to circumvent the filibuster.
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March 5, 2026
Senator Blumenthal Pushes to Investigate Kristi Noem for Perjury
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Democrats had evidence to suggest Kristi Noem lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
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March 4, 2026
John Cornyn’s Biggest Challenges as Republican Senate Primary Heads for Runoff in Texas
The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.
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February 24, 2026
Trump to Address a Complacent Congress Badly Split Over His Agenda
President Trump will speak to a legislative body that has ceded much of its power to him but has recently pushed back gently, and where partisan divides are deeper than ever ahead of the midterm el...
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