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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks from the chamber to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Trump’s deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress

June 6, 2026 at 3:17 p.m.

The nearly $70 billion package, which cleared the Republican-held Senate in a middle of the night vote and now heads to the House, was declared a “rotten bill” by the...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by GOP leaders, prepares to talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran

June 3, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

The House approved a war powers resolution Wednesday that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives for a closed-door meeting with Republican senators who are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom after it has failed to win enough party support, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pushed to the limit, Republicans show rare defiance to Trump’s demands

May 22, 2026 at 8:41 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry, upset Republican senators, pushed to a breaking point by his seemingly insatiable and outlandish demands —...

The Ballroom construction site can be seen as President Donald Trump tours the area at the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Backlash to President Trump’s $1.8 billion settlement fund delays GOP immigration bill

May 21, 2026 at 9:10 p.m.

Senate Republicans have departed Washington for the Memorial Day recess without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

President Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown

April 30, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and send the bipartisan package to President...

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, right, talks with Mayor Peter O’Leary, during a trip to survey damage caused by Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, April 7, 2026 in Chimney Rock, N.C. This is Mullin’s first official trip since replacing Kristi Noem. (AP Photo Rebecca Santana)

White House says funds to pay TSA and other Homeland Security workers will ‘soon run out’

April 29, 2026 at 6:25 a.m.

The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will “soon run out.”

The U.S. Capitol is photographed Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

House moving ahead on bill to protect Haitian immigrants, in slap back to Trump administration

April 16, 2026 at 7:35 a.m.

In a rare bipartisan moment, the House has agreed to consider legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, pushing back against the Trump administration’s efforts to end the...

California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Rep. Eric Swalwell of California says he will resign from Congress after sexual assault allegations

April 13, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California announced Monday he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations that prompted loud bipartisan calls for him to step down.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attend an event marking the installation of a plaque commemorating Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing President Donald Trump from office after his Iran threats

April 9, 2026 at 7:14 a.m.

By the dozens, Democrats came out to say that Trump should no longer serve in the White House, either through the impeachment process or the 25th Amendment.

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

President Trump’s budget seeks $1.5 trillion in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs

April 3, 2026 at 4:19 p.m.

The White House is releasing details of President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget, including a $1.5 trillion defense spending request.

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