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Why Trump’s meeting with Senate Republicans matters
Plus: The Senate is on the verge of passing one of the biggest housing bills in decades and a bipartisan House deal on children’s online safety…
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Vance tries to save the deal
Plus: A major housing deal heads toward the finish line while the House tackles guns, veterans and spending priorities and Senate appropriators continue…
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Senate college sports bill clears first hurdle
Plus: Democrats introduce new legislation to block troops and armed federal agents from polling places, arguing Jan. 6 taught them to take Trump’s…
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No one seems to know what Trump is doing except Trump
Plus: Senate Democrats are preparing a universal child care bill for a future majority as House Majority PAC expands its House battlefield map.
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Democrats warn of election challenges ahead of midterms
Plus: A major housing bill clears a key Senate hurdle, what to watch tonight as polls close across the South and D.C., and Cori Bush lands a familiar…
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Congress wants answers on Trump’s Iran framework
Plus: Elizabeth Warren raises alarms about AI-driven utility costs and John Thune offers the clearest sign yet of how Republicans plan to revive Section…
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Jeffries, NYC Democrats rally behind Espaillat in competitive primary
Plus: Skepticism greets Trump’s latest promise to end the war in Iran and a victory lap after the president’s name comes down at the Kennedy Center.
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Congress leaves town with FISA still unresolved
Plus: Senate Democrats reopen their fight against stock buybacks and Dems maintain a double-digit lead on the generic ballot while three Senate…
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Cruz defends college sports bill against CBC criticism
Plus: Johnson plans a FISA short-term extension vote that seems destined to fail.
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Trump doubles down on Pulte
Plus: Ted Lieu explains why Democratic AI leaders aren’t rallying behind a bipartisan framework and what to watch in tonight’s primaries, including…
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FISA deadline slips closer, Pulte fight deepens
Plus: Elizabeth Warren presses the Trump administration to defend its AI oversight strategy before Congress and a new poll offers Democrats fresh…
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A surveillance deadline and an immigration fight
Plus: New Dems explain how they’d pursue affordability and anti-corruption agendas in a Democratic House majority, and Hakeem Jeffries updates his…
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