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White House Headlines - September 3, 2026

White House Headlines - September 3, 2026

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It’s Thursday. The deadlocked Lindsay Clancy jury is set to deliberate for the sixth day after it was unable to come to a unanimous decision on Wednesday.

Vance to hold White House press briefing 

Vance to hold White House press briefing 

The government is funded through the midterms 

The government is funded through the midterms 

Hegseth faces backlash 

Hegseth faces backlash 

Women weigh in on Gloria Steinem 

Women weigh in on Gloria Steinem 

Programming note: We’re Abigail Walker and Claire Leibowitz, filling in for Cate today. Please send me your tips, comments and story ideas to awalker@thehillcom or cleibowitz@thehill.com. 

Vice President JD Vance will host Thursday’s White House press briefing, the first since July and since the departure of Karoline Leavitt last week. 

The briefing, which will begin at 1 p.m. EDT, is the first in 42 days. Vance will act as placeholder for the still-vacant White House press secretary role.  

It’s not clear what the vice president will discuss with reporters. But given this week’s headlines, the public might expect Vance to comment on the turmoil at the Pentagon, the latest developments in the Iran war or Republican strategy heading into the midterms.  

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A potential shut down has been shut down…but don’t expect much else from the House: 

GOP House leaders on Thursday cancelled two weeks of their September session, creating an abbreviated legislative schedule as the midterms approach.  

The lower chamber was set to reconvene on Sept 14. but will remain out-of-office until mid-November.  

Members could be called back should the Senate pass a budget reconciliation package. 

Either way, they’ll now have plenty of time to campaign in their districts. 

KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON

President Trump on Wednesday signed into law a stopgap government funding bill which will keep the government open until Dec. 11. 

House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said on the House floor that while he didn’t approve of the entirety of the bill, he felt it necessary to avoid a shutdown ahead of the midterm elections.  

“But they don’t really........

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