Tag: Congress
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Why Two GOP Senators Are Blocking Trump’s AG Pick
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general after two Republican senators, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, refused to commit their support. Their objection is not personal, and it is not partisan theater aimed at the other party. It is aimed squarely at…
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Congress Passed the Biggest Housing Bill in 30 Years. Trump Wouldn’t Sign It.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law at midnight on July 11, 2026, without President Trump’s signature. Congress had passed it 85-5 in the Senate and 358-32 in the House. Those are the kind of margins Washington almost never produces anymore, on any subject. The president called the bill “a big yawn,” cancelled…
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Zero Election Commissioners, Four Months Before You Vote
On Thursday, July 9, President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland. The last Republican commissioner, Christy McCormick, resigned the same day. The other Republican seat had been empty since Donald Palmer left in April to join the Heritage Foundation. So, four months before the…
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$70 Billion for the Border: What the Secure America Act Actually Does — And What Conservatives Should Still Demand
Congress sent President Trump the Secure America Act on June 9, 2026, and he signed it the next day. It is a roughly $70 billion reconciliation bill. The law funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through fiscal 2029, the end of his term. Senators passed it 52-47 on Friday, June 5.…
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One Death Per Week in ICE Custody. 2026 Has Already Broken the All-Time Record. Here’s What the Data Shows.
Twenty-nine people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between October 1, 2025, and mid-April 2026, according to government data reported by NPR. That already passed the previous full-year record of 28, set in fiscal 2004, with five and a half months of the fiscal year still to go. Those are not just numbers. They…
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