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May 13, 2026
Republicans are sweating about the White House ballroom project
The billion-dollar request for the Secret Service isn't dead. But it is in doubt.Why it matters: Senate Republicans are struggling to get comfortable with providing $220 million to "harden" securit...
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May 12, 2026
Republicans turn ballroom fight into referendum on Trump's safety
Senate Republican leaders plan to turn the political fight over the $1 billion request for security upgrades tied to the new White House ballroom into a referendum on President Trump's safety.Why i...
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May 9, 2026
Panicked Democrats scramble to offset back-to-back-to-back redistricting blows
Republican chances of keeping the House are surging, as panicked Democrats scramble to offset back-to-back-to-back redistricting blows.Why it matters: Democrats feel good about their midterms affor...
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May 6, 2026
Senate Dems eager to force Republicans to vote on Trump's ballroom
Senate Democrats are salivating at the chance to force every Republican to vote on $1 billion for security upgrades tied to President Trump's new White House ballroom.Why it matters: A billion-doll...
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May 1, 2026
Pentagon calls timeout on War Powers
Senate Republicans are calling on the Trump administration to clarify how it is interpreting the 60-day clock under the War Powers Act in its military campaign against Iran.Why it matters: The 60-d...
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April 30, 2026
Janet Mills drops out of Maine Senate race, clearing way for Platner
Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign on Thursday, acknowledging she lacked the financial resources to win. Why it matters: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) worked hard ...
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April 29, 2026
Exclusive: Senators interrogate AI firms on China safeguards
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are demanding answers from major tech and AI companies over concerns that employees with ties to China could access cutting-edge U.S. AI systems...
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April 27, 2026
GOP leaders duke it out over DHS funding
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are openly clashing over Homeland Security funding, complicating Republicans' path out of the 72-day shutdown.Why it matters: Thune ...
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April 26, 2026
Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents Dinner after security incident
President Trump was hastily evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night after loud bangs were heard amid a security incident, the cause of which is unclear at this time....
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April 24, 2026
Scoop: GOP called Howard Lutnick to reverse crypto PAC's Texas move
Senior Republican officials called Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday after a new crypto super PAC seeded by his former firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, indicated in a FEC filing that it planned ...
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April 22, 2026
Dems' Virginia gamble pays off in redistricting wars
Virginia voters' narrow approval Tuesday of a plan to redraw the state's congressional map has swung the nationwide redistricting fight that President Trump provoked in Democrats' favor — for now, ...
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April 22, 2026
Thune nudges Trump to "wrap up" Fed probe
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is pressing the Trump administration to end the GOP staring contest over Kevin Warsh's confirmation as Fed chair.Why it matters: Frustration inside the Se...
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April 14, 2026
Scoop: U.S. suggests Cuba complicit in helping Russia fight Ukraine
The Trump administration has informed Congress that Cuba has contributed up to 5,000 fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine, while also providing "diplomatic and political support for Moscow," accord...
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April 14, 2026
Scoop: Collins plans to grill six Cabinet officials on Trump's budget
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) will summon members of President Trump's Cabinet to testify before her committee next week, part of an ambitious push to fund the government befo...
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March 27, 2026
Johnson calls out GOP Senate over "joke" of a DHS plan
Sharp differences between House and Senate GOP leaders burst into the open this afternoon, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-S.D.) two-step plan to fund the Department of Homeland Securit...
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March 27, 2026
Thune lays out next steps after Trump's move to restore TSA pay
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Republican senators Thursday night that they need to "work together to ensure that DHS, including ICE and Border Patrol, is funded in a sustainable manner for...
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March 25, 2026
Senate locked in staring contest on DHS as insults fly
Senate Republicans and Democrats are in a high-stakes staring contest over funding the Department of Homeland Security, with Democrats refining their demands to include "guardrails" on money author...
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March 23, 2026
Republicans seek elusive path to restoring DHS funding
House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington is in informal talks with Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham about a second reconciliation bill to fund the Pentagon — and potentially DHS.Why it matters: With DH...
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March 18, 2026
"Tell me to my face": Paul a "no" on Mullin after heated hearing
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) opened Sen. Markwayne Mullin's confirmation hearing with a remarkable challenge, daring the Homeland Security secretary nominee to "tell me to my face" why Paul deserved an a...
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March 18, 2026
Sen. Markwayne Mullin's secret war zone past
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) has privately hinted to colleagues that he was involved in dangerous private security work in Middle East war zones before running for Congress in 2012, according to...
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March 17, 2026
Scoop: Witkoff to brief bipartisan group of senators Tuesday on Iran
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is planning to brief a small bipartisan group of senators on the war in Iran in a classified setting Tuesday afternoon, according to three people familiar with the matter.W...
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March 13, 2026
Illinois' $50 million primary experiment
Data: AdImpact; Chart: Axios VisualsDemocrats will learn whether money talks in 2026 in the Illinois Senate primary Tuesday in a race that will almost certainly determine who replaces Sen. Dick Dur...
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March 11, 2026
Thune eyes marathon sessions to ease MAGA anger over SAVE Act
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is exploring an open-ended debate on the SAVE America Act that could run a week or longer, forcing Democrats to publicly defend their opposition to the bill, accor...
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March 9, 2026
Trump lays down law on Iran and SAVE Act in GOP pep talk
DORAL, FL: President Trump told House Republicans the conflict in Iran will be "over pretty quickly," without giving a firm timeline — and repeated his warning that he would not sign any legislatio...
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March 5, 2026
Senate GOP cheers Trump's decision to dump Noem
Republican senators celebrated President Trump's decision to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).Why it matters: Congressional Republicans — along w...
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March 4, 2026
Texas warning signs: 4 takeaways from the first primaries of 2026
Voters are on the verge of sending multiple House incumbents packing but gave four-term Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) hope that he can defeat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a runoff in May.Why i...
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February 20, 2026
Congress risks major loss to Trump over war powers vote on Iran
Barring a surprise, Congress and its elected leaders are on track to give President Trump the equivalent of a green light ahead of a potential major war in the Middle East.Why it matters: War Power...
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