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07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Doubts abound for Thune’s aggressive megabill timeline

A host of concerns inside the GOP are threatening the majority leader's grand July 4 plan.

Padilla says Trump is on a ‘tour of retribution’ in first post-handcuffing floor speech

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) castigated President Donald Trump as a “vindictive president on a tour of retribution” and warned of what the administration was doing to Americans around the...

Interest-rate spike would push megabill cost to $2.8T, CBO says in ‘dynamic’ score

The sweeping domestic policy package House Republicans passed last month would increase the U.S. deficit by $2.8 trillion over a decade when considering economic effects, according to Congress’ nonpartisan...

‘Insensitive, to say the least’: Mike Lee deletes Minnesota posts amid GOP criticism

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings last weekend with "Marxists” and the state's Democratic governor....

Vance on the megabill: ‘We’re in a good place to get this done by the July 4 recess’

Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Congress could deliver President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” by July 4 as he left a closed-door lunch with GOP senators Tuesday at...

Massie, Democrats move to block US strikes on Iran

Rep. Thomas Massie said Tuesday he has filed a House resolution seeking to block U.S. involvement in the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel. Announcing the move on X,...

Senators get security briefing following Minnesota shootings

Senators used a closed-door briefing with law enforcement officials Tuesday to push for more funding for lawmaker security in the wake of the past weekend's fatal shootings in Minnesota....

Former Sen. Bob Menendez reports to prison for 11-year sentence

The onetime powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now at Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania.

Capitol agenda: Thune’s biggest megabill fires

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has some “big beautiful” conflicts to resolve — and fast — if he wants to pass his party’s tax-and-spending package next week as planned....

Mike Lee confronted by Minnesota colleague over shooting comments

Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was confronted by a Senate colleague Monday over his social media post that blamed the Minnesota shootings over the weekend that killed a former...