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Bill to claw back public media, foreign aid funds clears key Senate hurdle with Vance breaking tie  The Hill Senate GOP blows through 2nd hurdle of the night, teeing up Trump’s clawback bill for hourslong debate  Fox News Senate advances bill with Vance’s help to slash $9 billion from budget  The Washington Post Global AIDS funding to be pulled from Trump clawbacks request  Politico …

Democrats raked in money in the Michigan and Illinois Senate races  Politico Michigan Democratic Senate Primary: What Polls Show About Swing-State Race  Newsweek Rogers’ early fundraising lags that of top Democratic contenders in Michigan Senate race  The Detroit News EXCLUSIVE: Poll Shows Dem Primary Slugfest Brewing For Senate Seat GOP Seeks To Flip  AOL.com Bernie Sanders-Backed Abdul El-Sayed Rakes in Over $24K Per Day …

Senate GOP needs Vance on recissions vote  Politico For Some Republicans, Trump’s Shift on Epstein Is Just the Latest Breach  The New York Times US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash  The Guardian Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein  The Washington Post Democrats seize on Epstein files as a campaign issue and a …

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are making changes to a $9.4 billion package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump as they race to pass the measure by a Friday deadline. After a lunch meeting Tuesday with White House budget director Russell Vought, they agreed on one significant change: removing about $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR, the Bush-era foreign …

Key Senate Republican thinks deal in the offing over FBI HQ location dispute  Politico Van Hollen standing firm on FBI relocation fight  Politico Senate committee votes to block Trump FBI headquarters move  The Hill Fight over new FBI headquarters site stalls government funding bill  NBC News FBI Headquarters Fight Holds Up FY 26 Funding Bill  FEDmanager Source link

Senate confirms official who called Obama ‘a terrorist leader’ for Pentagon personnel chief  Politico Controversial NC secretary confirmed to top Department of Defense job under Trump  Raleigh News & Observer Senate confirms controversial vet to lead Pentagon personnel office  Military Times Senate confirms Tata, Trump’s controversial pick to lead Pentagon’s personnel and readiness directorate  DefenseScoop Source link

Senate Republicans divided over looming vote to rescind $9 billion in spending  The Washington Post WATCH LIVE: Senate convenes as Trump rescission package deadline looms  PBS Rounds on board with rescissions  Politico Will Congress cut funds to NPR/PBS and foreign aid this week?  NPR Republicans may slash $9.4bn for public broadcasting and foreign aid in days  The Guardian Source link

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is facing questioning Tuesday from lawmakers for the first time since he was ousted as national security adviser in the weeks after he mistakenly added a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans. The Republican former Florida congressman …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The confirmation of Hermandorfer, who worked for Tennessee’s attorney general, comes after the Democratic-led Senate under former President Joe Biden confirmed 235 federal judges and the Republican-led …

Senate Republicans scramble to lock down support for Trump’s spending clawbacks  Politico GOP infighting over Trump’s DOGE cuts to take center stage as deadline looms  CNN GOP leader faces showdown with Republicans on Trump-backed funding cuts  The Hill Republicans face deadline to claw back funding for foreign aid and public media  PBS A Senate vote this week will test the popularity of DOGE spending …