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Trump floats withdrawing Blanche AG nomination amid GOP resistance, Washington's equestrian statues regilded in 23.75-karat gold for $5.1M, Kennedy Center ends 55 years of free public tours days after NYT exposé

Iran launches missiles at U.S. Jordan base, CENTCOM intercepts all and retaliates, Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment 111 times at Senate COVID hearing, Trump pressures Thune on SAVE Act and filibuster ahead of August recess

Iran fires ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East, Trump meets Netanyahu as strategic divide over Iran war widens, Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing after diary release

Senate delays CLARITY Act crypto vote before August recess, Graham-named Russia sanctions bill faces Democratic resistance over tariff powers, Trump holds back-to-back meetings with Zelensky and Netanyahu on day of Graham's funeral

Senate eyes August 3 vote on Bitcoin Clarity Act before recess, Trump declines to discuss Iran strike plans publicly, resurfaced Lindsey Graham video raises escalation concerns

House passes symbolic Iran war halt while funding conflict with $73B, Stop Insider Trading Act clears House with presidential exemption, SAVE America Act voter ID provisions advance in reconciliation package

Federal government freezes over $1B in Medicaid funds for California and Minnesota citing AI-detected fraud, Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall near New Orleans with dangerous heat and flooding

SAVE America Act stalls in Senate with passage odds at 8%, Minnesota judge overturns unanimous fraud verdict, Hegseth puts U.S. troops before Ukraine aid

Trump holds maximum pressure stance as Iran conflict enters second week, Brent crude tops $91 and gas hits $4 nationally, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with administration over war

Thompson's bipartisan farm labor bill hits Jordan wall, Massie says SAVE Act is DOA, Trump's Qatari Air Force One pulled for security overhaul

Trump primetime speech revives election fraud claims and pushes SAVE America Act, DHS reinstates broad public charge rule affecting green card applicants, House passes Sunshine Protection Act for permanent daylight saving time

Todd Blanche faces Senate grilling over AG nomination, Senate Democrats block defense bill bundled with SAVE Act, 103 House Democrats vote to cut Israel military aid in historic shift

House passes SAVE America Act but Senate Democrats block it, ICE traffic stops reinstated within 24 hours after fatal shootings, Todd Blanche confirmation hearing ends without votes secured as Republican senators signal doubt

US escalates airstrikes on Iran near Strait of Hormuz, Iran threatens to halt all Middle East energy exports, ICE agent fatally shoots Colombian man in Maine

ICE suspends vehicle stops after two fatal shootings in Maine and Houston, Senate bill targets birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling, Senate blocks SAVE Act from defense bill

US launches third night of strikes on Iran targeting Hormuz naval sites, oil prices surge to $87 a barrel on Hormuz fears, South Carolina appoints Lindsey Graham's sister as first female senator

Bipartisan housing bill becomes law without Trump's signature after 10-day clock expires, SAVE America Act advances in House with Senate path unclear, FMCSA English proficiency crackdown embedded in federal law as 2000 drivers monthly placed out of service

US and Iran trade military strikes over Strait of Hormuz blockade, Brent crude surges toward $79, Senator Lindsey Graham dies suddenly at 71 from aortic dissection, South Carolina sets August 11 special primary, USPS raises Forever stamp to 82 cents in sixth hike since 2021

Graham dies of aortic dissection after returning from Kyiv, South Carolina succession scramble begins, world leaders pay tribute

Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members months before midterms, ICE wrong-target shooting in Houston ruled homicide amid body camera gap, landmark housing bill set to become law tonight without presidential signature

US launches second wave of strikes on Iranian military targets near Strait of Hormuz, Iran retaliates with missile and drone attacks on US bases across four Gulf nations, bipartisan housing bill set to become law automatically at midnight

US and Iran trade strikes as ceasefire collapses, Maine Democrats scramble after Senate nominee drops out, ICE shooting in Houston prompts calls for independent probe

McConnell hospitalized 3+ weeks with no diagnosis, Senate seat and Pentagon budget in limbo, Supreme Court rejects birthright citizenship order 6-3, spousal visa scrutiny intensifies, US national debt hits $38 trillion

Trump declares U.S.–Iran ceasefire over after exchange of strikes, Tubman $20 bill abandoned by Treasury, Senate warns crypto regulation window closing before 2030

Trump declares US-Iran ceasefire over at NATO summit in Ankara, Iran strikes US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait with air defenses activated across the Gulf, DOJ threatens election officials with criminal charges over noncitizen voting ahead of 2026 midterms

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faces sexual assault allegation, Democrats rapidly withdraw support and call for his exit, Trump arrives in Ankara for NATO summit with F-35 deal for Turkey on the table

U.S. declines to renew USMCA trade deal triggering decade-long review cycle, Supreme Court 6-3 rulings strip immigration courts of TPS review power and limit asylum claims, Congress negotiates spending bills and debt ceiling ahead of July deadline

Trump calls FIFA three times to reverse Balogun suspension sparking international outcry, Senate races to pass CLARITY Act crypto framework before August recess, Federal Reserve paper links Biden-era immigration surge to rising home prices

SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell donates stock to over 2 million children via Trump Accounts, Trump calls FIFA to lift Balogun's red card ban sparking international outrage, House Oversight contempt push compels Clinton Epstein depositions

Trump headlines Mount Rushmore fireworks for America's 250th birthday, ICE arrests surge to 10,000 in five-day push, Olympian David Hearn indicted over Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism