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GOP senators ratchet up pressure on Speaker Johnson to quickly end DHS shutdown

Republicans in the upper chamber are ramping up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to swiftly approve a Senate-passed bill to fund most of...

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Fetterman: 'Iran must be so excited by the American media and the Democratic Party'

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is criticizing fellow Democrats and the media for not showing more support for military operations against Iran, quipping...

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Senate Republican predicts Democrats will shut down government ‘right before the midterms’

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted on the Senate floor that his Democratic colleagues will find a reason to block funding legislation and trigger...

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Republicans divided on whether to check Trump's Iran war power as 60-day mark looms

Senate Republicans are divided over how to handle the 60-day mark of the military conflict against Iran, with some arguing that Congress would need to...

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Two GOP senators break ranks on final Senate budget vote

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) broke ranks Thursday morning and voted against a budget resolution that could set the stage...

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Senate Republicans adopt budget resolution in late-night voting marathon

Senate Republicans adopted a budget resolution during a late-night voting marathon that lasted until early Thursday morning, setting the stage for...

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Four GOP senators vote against adding Save America Act to budget package

Four Republican senators voted against an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to instruct the Senate Rules Committee to find a way to add...

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Three GOP senators break with leaders over addressing insurance companies’ denial of medical care

Three Republican senators broke with the rest of the Senate GOP conference Wednesday night to vote in support of an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon...

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Collins, Sullivan break with Senate GOP leaders on amendment to reverse SNAP cuts

Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to lower grocery costs and...

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Two Republicans break with party as GOP defeats budget amendment to lower health care costs

Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted against an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to create a point of order...

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Senate Republicans defeat for fifth time resolution to halt military operations against Iran

Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution that would prohibit President Trump from...

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Graham: Iran oil blockade ‘could become global soon’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close Senate ally to President Trump, said the U.S. blockade of Iran’s oil shipments “will be growing” and...

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Fetterman on Democrats' redistricting win in Virginia: 'We all lose at this point'

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) reacted with dismay Tuesday evening when informed during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Cuomo” that a...

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Republicans fear succession of government shutdowns under Trump

Senate Republicans who are scrambling to end the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fear that Democrats will trigger an...

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GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots 'a mistake'

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said the Pentagon’s policy change to no longer require all U.S. troops to get flu...

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Senate GOP unveils budget plan to fund ICE, Border Patrol through Trump’s term

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) unveiled a budget resolution Tuesday that would fully fund Immigration and Customs...

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Republicans stress over economic whiplash from Iran conflict

Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm over how voters view President Trump’s handling of the economy after Iran announced over the weekend it...

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Fetterman: Democrats' response to Iran war 'disappointing'

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says the Democratic Party’s response to the military conflict with Iran has been “very disappointing” and marveled...

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Senate Republican knocks Trump over ‘holy war’ with pope

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is warning that if Republicans lose the November midterm elections it will be because they didn’t talk enough about...

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Senate Republicans hope Supreme Court 'surprise' could help save majority

Senate Republicans who fear their three-seat majority could be in danger in this year’s midterm election would welcome the retirement of...

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GOP Sen. Katie Britt: House-passed bill to extend Haitian refugee status DOA in Senate

Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and a leading GOP voice on immigration issues, says a...

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Senate GOP losing patience with Speaker Johnson as DHS faces crisis

Senate Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision not to put a Senate-passed bill to fund most of...

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White House budget director Vought declines to tell senators cost of Iran war

Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, declined to give senators an estimate of the cost of the military...

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White House budget director: ‘We’re working’ on funding request for Iran conflict

White House Budget Director Russ Vought told senators on Thursday that the White House is still working on a request to send Congress to fund the...

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White House OMB Director Russ Vought: DHS ‘disintegrating’

White House Budget Director Russ Vought told senators at a Budget Committee hearing Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is...

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Thune urges Trump administration to ‘wrap up’ investigation of Fed chair

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to “wrap up” its investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman...

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GOP senator calls on House to impeach Boasberg after contempt hearings halted

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on House Republicans to impeach James Boasberg, the chief judge of...

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Senate GOP divided over Trump push for Iran war funding

Senate Republicans are deeply divided over how to handle an expected request from President Trump to fund the military conflict with Iran, which some...

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Senate Republicans plan to vote next week on budget plan to fund ICE, Border Patrol

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday that he plans to bring a budget resolution to the Senate floor as soon as next week...

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GOP senator: Trump’s proposal to slap US tolls on ships in Strait of Hormuz would be ‘crazy’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said it would be “crazy” for the Trump administration to impose tolls on ships carrying oil, natural gas and...

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GOP senators grow uncomfortable with Trump rhetoric, endgame for Iran

Senate Republicans facing worsening polls want President Trump to rein in his extreme rhetoric, which included an attack on Pope Leo XIV for being...

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GOP sources see Trump shifting to back Senate bill funding most of DHS

Senate Republican sources expect President Trump to get behind a Senate-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but not...

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GOP’s DHS funding battle turns up the heat on House-Senate Republican civil war

Republicans in the House and Senate are in a battle over how to move forward with funding the Department of Homeland Security after the two chambers...

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Senate Republicans working on GOP-only bill to fund DHS through Trump’s term

Senate Republicans are working on a budget reconciliation package that could pass without any Democratic support and would fund the Department of...

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Booker: Democratic Party ‘has failed this moment’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who is eyeing a potential presidential run in 2028, said on Sunday that the Democratic Party “has failed this moment”...

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Rick Scott joins House conservatives in panning Senate Homeland Security funding deal

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), one of President Trump’s closest Senate allies, said Friday he opposed passing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

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Schumer: House GOP plan to pass DHS stopgap is ‘dead’ in the Senate

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Friday said that a two-month Homeland Security funding stopgap being proposed by House Republicans...

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Senate agrees to fund TSA and most of DHS, but not ICE

Senators agreed by unanimous consent early Friday morning to a proposal that funds the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical...

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Democrats block Homeland Security funding just before Easter recess

Senate Democrats voted on Thursday to block a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), setting the stage for President...

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Trump expected to announce action to solve TSA problems amid DHS shutdown

Senate Republicans expect President Trump to announce an executive action Thursday afternoon to solve the shutdown of the Transportation Security...

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Senate Democrats defeat amendment to require photo ID to vote

Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted (R), Ohio’s former secretary of state, to require voters to show...

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Democrats worry centrists will undercut them on DHS shutdown amid TSA meltdown

Senate Democrats insisting on major reforms to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations in exchange for ending the 40-day...

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Hawley bill to end FDA approval mifepristone picks up Senate GOP support

Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) bill to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the drug mifepristone for use in terminating...

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Graham says he's moving ‘expeditiously’ on ICE, Iran funding under reconciliation

The Senate Budget Committee is moving “expeditiously” to draft a second budget reconciliation bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...

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Deal to fund DHS draws fire from right and left as shutdown continues

A proposal endorsed Monday by President Trump to end the 40-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking fire from Democrats...

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Senate Democrats reject GOP offer to reopen Homeland Security, partially fund ICE

Senate Democrats on Tuesday rejected a new proposal from Senate Republicans endorsed by President Trump to fund almost all of the Department of...

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Senate Republican bashes GOP proposal to partially fund DHS as a ‘pipe dream’

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), one of President Trump’s strongest allies on Capitol Hill, is bashing a proposal that some GOP colleagues are floating to...

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Senate GOP says Trump signals shift to backing DHS compromise with Democrats

Senate Republicans believe that President Trump is willing to accept a potential deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security following a White...

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Trump says he is a ‘BIG proponent’ of ICE wearing masks

President Trump on Monday prominently rejected a core Democratic demand in the negotiations to reopen the Department of Homeland Security by declaring...

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Graham invokes Iwo Jima in call for Trump to 'take Kharg Island'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for the Marines to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, which lies about 20 miles off the coast of...

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