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Burgess Everett

Burgess Everett

Congressional Bureau Chief

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Immigration funding passes Senate, surveillance bill blocked

Senate Republicans passed their $70 billion funding bill for Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies shortly before the sun rose on Friday.
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaks during a press conference in Nuuk, Greenland.Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Democrats grapple with latest Platner hits

The New York Times reported that a former girlfriend said Platner had long known the skull tattoo on his chest was a Nazi image, and that he left marks on her.
Graham Platner Kylie Cooper/Reuters

Senate Republican defections pile up on Trump priorities

The Senate floor is showcasing deep Republican dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project and his paused “anti-weaponization” fund.
Senator Bill CassidyElizabeth Frantz/Reuters

House Republicans struggle to win promotions

Several lost Republican primaries this cycle.
Dusty JohnsonJonathan Ernst/Reuters

Trump to nominate Blanche as attorney general

Todd Blanche had held the job in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi’s departure.
Todd BlancheEvelyn Hockstein/Reuters

College sports bill’s momentum masks its hurdles

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have concerns.
Former University of Alabama football coach Nick SabanEvan Vucci/Reuters

Blanche announces end of Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The news could now unlock relatively quick action on Senate Republicans’ party-line immigration enforcement bill.

DOJ statement on Trump fund not enough to unstick funding bill

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., predicted a “robust discussion” at Tuesday’s party meeting about the bill and the fund itself.

Democrats stick with Platner while bracing for more dirt

The party is showing no signs of abandoning its scandal-plagued Maine Senate nominee.

Justice Department tables Trump fund and unsticks immigration bill

Senate Democrats are still planning to clobber the immigration bill with amendments related to the “anti-weaponization” fund.

Why groups are spending big in Montana’s Democratic Senate primary

Both Republicans and Democrats are backing candidates who have no shot at winning in November.

Republicans still stuck on party-line immigration bill

The so-called anti-weaponization fund “caught a lot of us off-guard,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

New activist pressure to defeat retail crime bill

The Vera Institute of Justice and Dream.org are launching a new campaign to stop bipartisan legislation to crack down on organized retail crime.

Murphy takes on college sports deal

The Connecticut Democrat told Semafor that his primary worry is the bill’s proposed compensation caps for athletes.

Republicans catch the Trump strain of tea party fever

The party is facing a remarkably anti-incumbent base ahead of a tough midterms, this time cheered on by a president who likes to pick winners

Republicans try to coalesce around Paxton after Cornyn loss

Party leaders in Washington had deemed Sen. John Cornyn the more electable candidate, but Republicans can’t afford to lose that seat and keep their majority.

‘Circular firing squad’: Democrats question state conventions after Michigan debacle

The party is reevaluating its nominating practices that some warn could result in activist-driven sideshows.

Sen. Schiff takes on Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The California Democrat called the fund “the most brazen act of self-dealing corruption we’ve ever seen.”