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The Senate Rebuked Trump on Iran — Now Both Sides Are Calling It Useless
The Senate Rebuked Trump on Iran — Now Both Sides Are Calling It Useless The United States Senate voted 50-48 on June 23, 2026, to approve a war powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to halt military operations against Iran or seek formal congressional authorization before resuming them. The vote marked the first time both…
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After Years of Gridlock, the Senate’s Farm Bill Finally Drops — and It Already Has Something for Everyone to Hate
After Years of Gridlock, the Senate’s Farm Bill Finally Drops — and It Already Has Something for Everyone to Hate Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the text of the Senate Republican farm bill on June 23, 2026, setting up a major legislative push to reauthorize the five-year package that governs agriculture support…
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Trump’s $14M Reflecting Pool Renovation Is Peeling Apart — He’s Threatening 10-Year Sentences for Bystanders
Trump’s $14M Reflecting Pool Renovation Is Peeling Apart — He’s Threatening 10-Year Sentences for Bystanders The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which received a $14 million federal renovation under the Trump administration that coated its basin in a blue paint described as matching the American flag, has developed a significant algae bloom and is now shedding…
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Gabbard Dropped COVID Origin Files on Her Way Out as Intelligence Chief — Now Congress Wants Fauci Back Under Oath
Gabbard Dropped COVID Origin Files on Her Way Out as Intelligence Chief — Now Congress Wants Fauci Back Under Oath Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a tranche of previously classified documents on June 18, 2026, in one of her final official acts before departing the Trump administration, alleging that Dr. Anthony Fauci…
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Congress Just Passed the Biggest Housing Bill in 30 Years — Now the Fight Over Who It Actually Helps Begins
Congress Just Passed the Biggest Housing Bill in 30 Years — Now the Fight Over Who It Actually Helps Begins The U.S. Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644) by a vote of 85-5 on Monday, June 22, 2026, clearing the most comprehensive federal housing legislation in roughly three decades to…
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Vance Says Iran Agreed to Nuclear Inspectors — Iran Says He’s Wrong — The 60-Day Clock Is Already Ticking
Vance Says Iran Agreed to Nuclear Inspectors — Iran Says He’s Wrong — The 60-Day Clock Is Already Ticking High-level negotiations between the United States and Iran concluded on June 22, 2026, at the Burgenstock resort complex in Switzerland with the two sides immediately issuing contradictory accounts of what had been agreed to [1]. Vice…
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The Democratic Civil War Is Real: Progressives Are Winning Primaries, Centrists Are Winning the Seats That Decide the Majority
The Democratic Civil War Is Real: Progressives Are Winning Primaries, Centrists Are Winning the Seats That Decide the Majority An analysis published Sunday by CNN and confirmed by independent research from Brookings found that the 2026 Democratic primaries have produced a paradox: progressive candidates have won more than 60% of Democratic primary races this cycle,…
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Conservative Dark Money Secretly Poured $48 Million Into Democratic Primaries to Pick Easier Opponents
Conservative Dark Money Secretly Poured $48 Million Into Democratic Primaries to Pick Easier Opponents Federal Election Commission filings published Saturday reveal that a network of conservative-backed super PACs with deliberately misleading liberal-sounding names covertly injected tens of millions of dollars into Democratic primary races across the country, strategically boosting candidates they calculated would be easier…
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Senate Passes Landmark Housing Bill 84-8 — and Everyone Still Thinks It’s Not Enough
Senate Passes Landmark Housing Bill 84-8 — and Everyone Still Thinks It’s Not Enough The U.S. Senate passed the final compromise version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on Sunday, June 21, with a cloture vote of 84-8 before advancing to final passage — the largest bipartisan housing legislation in approximately 30 years.…
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Vance Flies to Switzerland for Iran Nuclear Talks as Trump Threatens to “Hit Iran Very Hard Again”
Vance Flies to Switzerland for Iran Nuclear Talks as Trump Threatens to “Hit Iran Very Hard Again” Vice President JD Vance arrived at a mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland on Sunday to hold the first direct high-level talks under a memorandum of understanding that paused a 100-day military conflict between the United States and…