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Speaker Johnson sends bipartisan housing bill to White House — but Trump says it’s a ‘yawn’
President Donald Trump is weighing whether to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill, signaling hesitation as he prioritizes a separate push for sweeping federal election reforms that has already stalled other congressional business.
Senate walks back rebuke of Trump over Iran war
Just one day after rebuking President Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict, Senate Republicans reversed course, blocking a renewed war powers measure as the White House intensified pressure on lawmakers to support ongoing negotiations with Tehran.
Senate votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers in rare rebuke
In a bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate approved a war powers resolution calling for the withdrawal of American forces from the Iran conflict, signaling growing congressional resistance to executive military action.
Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress
A House Republican is pushing to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms at the US Capitol, two weeks after history was made with the election of America’s first out transgender person to Congress.
Kyrsten Sinema announces she is retiring from the Senate
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will retire at the end of her term this year, blaming growing partisanship and mudslinging in Washington for driving her decision to not run for reelection.
Mitch McConnell to step down from GOP leadership position in the Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP leader in November, the Kentucky Republican announced on the Senate floor Wednesday, marking the end of an era on Capitol Hill and setting up a high-stakes race for his successor.
Senate passes $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel; sets up showdown with House
The Senate passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel in a vote early Tuesday morning, setting up a showdown with the House as Speaker Mike Johnson has criticized the legislation.
Senate Republicans, in key vote, expected to block bipartisan border deal/foreign aid package
Senate Republicans are expected to tank a major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package with assistance for Ukraine and Israel in a vote on Wednesday amid a torrent of attacks on the bill by former President Donald Trump and top House Republicans.
Speaker Mike Johnson to House GOP: Senate immigration deal ‘absolutely dead,’ members say
Speaker Mike Johnson privately told House Republicans the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal has “no way forward,” according to lawmakers who attended a closed-door meeting Tuesday – the latest blow to a major national security package intended to unlock critical aid to Ukraine as former President Donald Trump urges Republicans to kill it.