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Senate makes fresh $55 billion request for Ukraine funding  Axios Bipartisan Pair of Senators Seeks $54.6 Billion in New Aid for Ukraine  The New York Times Senate panel OKs plans for $852 billion in defense spending next year  Military Times [2025-07-31] Ranking Member Shaheen and Senator Murkowski Introduce…  Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (.gov) US Senate committee backs more Ukraine funding, following Trump shift …

The Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t so efficient after all. In fact, it was extraordinarily wasteful, according to a Thursday report by the U.S. Senate’s investigations subcommittee. When Elon Musk spent the early part of this year ransacking the federal government, the billionaire promised that his mass layoffs of federal employees, his choking off of critical foreign aid, and his …

RNC’s Michael Whatley officially launches North Carolina Senate bid  Politico RNC Chair Michael Whatley to seek open Republican-held Senate seat in battleground North Carolina: sources  Fox News Roy Cooper breaks fundraising records as he kicks off expensive North Carolina campaign  Politico Roy Cooper is Democrats’ best hope for winning the North Carolina Senate race  MSNBC News Cooper’s North Carolina Senate bid will put Medicaid …

WASHINGTON — Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, in an Appropriations Committee vote that represents a clear rebuke of President Trump’s plan to dramatically reduce the agency’s spending. The administration had proposed slashing the NIH’s budget for the 2026 fiscal year by $18 billion, a 40% …

Democrats’ fight-or-flight dilemma comes to a head in the Senate  Politico Democrats Hold Up Appropriations in the Senate  NTD News Inside Congress Live  Politico Dems grapple with Trump resistance dilemma  Politico Source link

Senate votes down Israel arms sales ban, despite growing Democrat support  Politico Record number of Senate Democrats vote to block weapon sales for Israel  The Hill Australian minister says Palestinian statehood recognition ‘a matter of when, not if’  The Times of Israel Donald Trump  The Guardian Record number of Democrats join failed bid to block weapons sales to Israel  Al Jazeera Source link

Confirmation Slowdown Forces a Senate Showdown  The New York Times Republicans in ‘active conversation’ over whether to change Senate rules and speed up stalled Trump nominees  CNN Senate GOP threatens confirmations rule change amid Democrats’ “path of obstruction” on Trump’s nominees  CBS News Republicans consider changing Senate rules to speed confirmation of Trump nominees  AP News Senate Dems plotting next forced vote on Epstein …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday from Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of U.S. bombs and firearms to Israel, though the vote showed a growing number of Democrats opposed to the arms sales amid widespread hunger and suffering in Gaza. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has repeatedly tried to block the sale of offensive weapons …

Senate Dems’ bid to block $675 million Israeli arms deal fails  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Democrats invoke rare Senate rule to force release of Epstein documents  Axios Senate Democrats try to force release of Epstein files using arcane law  CNN Senate Democrats seek Jeffrey Epstein files from Trump administration through obscure law  CNBC Schumer invokes ‘Rule of Five’ to demand DOJ release of Epstein files  Fox News Senate Democrats hold press briefing on attempt to push for Epstein files …