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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Frank Thorp V |Raquel Coronell Uribe
Updated Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., is traveling to El Salvador today to try to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia and urge for his release. A U.S. district judge will hold a hearing today to seek information on what the Trump administration is doing to facility the release of Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported, according to the administration. Yesterday, the judge said she was considering contempt proceedings.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Megan Lebowitz |Frank Thorp V
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers led by Sen.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Megan Lebowitz |Frank Thorp V
7 hours agoDonald Trump and his cabinet hit out at a CNN journalist during a tense Oval Office showdown after she asked about a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s chief White House correspondent asked if Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be returned to the United States, during a media round with Trump and El Salvador leader President Nayib Bukele on Monday (14 April). President Bukele said it was “preposterous” to suggest he return Garcia, calling him “a terrorist”.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Julie Tsirkin |Kyle Stewart |Frank Thorp V
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said House Republicans would try again Thursday to adopt the budget plan needed to jumpstart work on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, one day after conservatives threatened to sink it. Johnson appeared alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., at a news conference before the vote and projected confidence, even though he had to postpone the vote the night before.
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2 weeks ago | 
cnbc.com | Scott Wong |Julie Tsirkin |Kyle Stewart |Frank Thorp V
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., muscled a revised budget blueprint needed to advance President Donald Trump's agenda through the House on Thursday, beating back a conservative rebellion that had threatened to sink the measure just one day earlier. The vote was 216-214, with just two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Victoria Spartz, R-Ind. — joining all Democrats in opposition. Trump had endorsed the budget plan, which the Senate adopted it last weekend on a narrow 51-48 vote.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar |Bridget Bowman |Frank Thorp V
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to topple Republican Sen. John Cornyn in a Senate primary next year kicks off one of the most intense contests of the 2026 elections — a GOP-versus-GOP battle between two men who have been sparring for years and vying for President Donald Trump’s attention. Cornyn is a fixture of the Republican Party in Texas, serving in its highest offices for more than 30 years and becoming a key voice on Capitol Hill.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Frank Thorp V |Julie Tsirkin |Syedah Asghar
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted to approve their sweeping budget plan in the early hours of Saturday morning with the aim of eventually passing President Donald Trump's agenda along party lines in one massive bill. The 51-48 vote included support from every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Julie Tsirkin |Syedah Asghar |Sahil Kapur |Frank Thorp V
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans managed to proceed to debate their massive budget plan Thursday night, but not before an unexpected delay caused by some of their own who have concerns about their strategy on tax cuts and potential cuts to Medicaid. The delay occurred as those Republicans met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to talk through their concerns.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Frank Thorp V |Ryan Nobles |Julie Tsirkin
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Senate voted 52-48 on Thursday to begin debate on a budget blueprint for a multitrillion-dollar package to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda. The measure calls for a steep tax cut and a spending increase for immigration enforcement and a Pentagon expansion, alongside unspecified spending cuts and a $5 trillion debt limit increase. It is likely to substantially increase the budget deficit. Every Republican voted for the measure except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbclosangeles.com | Frank Thorp V |Scott Wong |Sahil Kapur
A group of Senate Republicans delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, helping to pass a resolution to block his tariffs on Canadian products as he escalated his broader trade war. The Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a Democratic-led measure to revoke Trump's Canadian tariffs. Four Republicans - Sens. Susan Collins of Maine; Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky; and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska - joined all 47 Democrats in supporting it. The resolution, authored by Sen.
