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House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill

Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirements

The Guardian - US

Where has all the FISA fire gone?

Congress let a key spy power lapse over a month ago. In the few legislative days left ahead of August recess, lawmakers don’t appear to be in any rush to change that. Discussions in the House have stalled as they wait for the Senate to move — even though Speaker…

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Mike Johnson Says Pentagon Wants $350 Billion To Fight 'Communism On Our Own Shores' And Much Of The Request Is Classified

House Speaker Mike Johnson proposes a £261 billion defence funding boost, with details largely classified. The request, tied to domestic and global threats, faces scrutiny over its secrecy and scope.

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White House lobbies skeptical Republicans on reconciliation bill

Vice President JD Vance and White House aides waged a full-court press on Capitol Hill Wednesday, urging House Republicans to rally behind a $95 billion reconciliation package that would fund the Iran war, farm aid and voter ID measures. The House Budget Committee plans to mark up a fiscal 2027…

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SAVE America Act Could Force 69 Million Married Women to Prove Their Name to Vote, Experts Warn

House Republicans have tied the SAVE America Act to a must-pass spending bill, reviving warnings that 69 million married women could face new hurdles to prove they are eligible to vote.

International Business Times UK

Mike Johnson says he knows nothing about ICE killing man in Maine

Mike Johnson said that he knows nothing about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting in Maine as he’s “been a little busy”.

The Independent UK

Speaker Mike Johnson Defends $350 Billion Pentagon Request: 'Fighting Communism on Our Own Shores' — Who's Paying?

US House Speaker Mike Johnson defends a £270 billion Pentagon budget request, citing the need to combat domestic and global threats, amidst intense scrutiny and debate over national security expenditure.

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Johnson appeases holdouts and unfreezes House floor

Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly freed the floor from another standstill Tuesday — but it’s not clear how long the good feeling will last. The House adopted a rule for floor debate in a 215-211 vote after GOP leaders won over key holdouts by promising a markup of border security legislation…

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Trump Is 'Cheerleading' September Government Shutdown Over SAVE Act, Chuck Schumer Says

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused President Donald Trump of supporting a potential September government shutdown to pressure Republicans into passing the SAVE Act, which Democrats say could limit voting access ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Benzinga

Boosie Badazz Paid MAGA Operative $600K for a Trump Pardon They Never Delivered

Rapper Boosie Badazz is in a legal battle to recover $300K from lobbyists after spending $600K on a failed attempt to secure a Trump pardon for a federal gun charge.

International Business Times UK

Home Prices Reach Highest Level In American History As Trump Declares 'Unimportance' Of Affordability Bill

US home prices have reached record highs, with President Trump dismissing a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing affordability, creating a political flashpoint ahead of midterm elections.

International Business Times UK

‘Hakeem Jeffries’ office is sweating’: Ex-GOP speaker’s aide predicts leftwing pressure for Democrats

John Leganski, a longtime aide to Kevin McCarthy, recounts how far-right Republicans brought down speaker

The Guardian - US

Trump Urges Congress To Pass SAVE America Act, Approve $350 Billion Defense Package as 'Number One Priority'

President Donald Trump emphasized the strength of the U.S. Military and called for increased defense funding and the passage of the SAVE America Act.

Benzinga

Congress faces its own summer heat dome

The sweltering Fourth of July weekend is over, but for both parties in House and Senate leadership, the heat is still cranked up. Both chambers are likely to return next Monday to the same sweat-inducing tangle of legislative problems that left them stumped as they headed out of town at…

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In Congress, a bipartisan annoyance with the Supreme Court

The most recent Supreme Court term has left Congress grappling with how to respond to a court that experts say has grabbed considerably more power for itself. Conservatives were rankled by a Supreme Court decision quashing President Donald Trump’s effort to limit birthright citizenship, for example. Democrats, meanwhile, were outraged…

Salon

Media has a medical blind spot with GOP

The lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard

Latin Times

Roberts-Led Majority Preserves Birthright Citizenship, Splinters on Why

SCOTUS struck down Trump's order ending birthright citizenship 6-3, though the ruling split further than the vote count suggests.

The Independent UK

The ‘AOC effect’ is now officially sweeping the primaries — and Republicans are licking their chops

ANALYSIS: As more centrist Democrats fall to socialists and far-left progressives, Republicans smell an opportunity to retain Congress. But, Eric Garcia writes, it is not that clear cut

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International Business Times UK

Full List of 13 House Republicans Who Tanked Trump's Voter ID Defense Bill Rule

Thirteen Republicans plus Steve Scalise sank Speaker Mike Johnson's procedural rule 198-224 on 30 June, blocking Trump's SAVE America Act path through the NDAA.

The Independent UK

Tom Kean’s mental health plight draws sympathy — but Democrats still want him out of the House

ANALYSIS: Members of the minority party are giving their support to the formerly missing Republican congressman from New Jersey. But, Eric Garcia writes, they still want his seat

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson has stunning reaction to SCOTUS upholding birthright citizenship

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Recess to start early in House after GOP frustration boils over

House Republican leaders are giving up on trying to put the pieces back together for a rule needed to take up a raft of pre-recess legislative priorities after a group of GOP rebels blocked the procedural measure earlier, largely over lack of movement on voter ID requirements. The decision to…

The Guardian - US

Republican reveals he was absent from US House for months amid depression diagnosis

New Jersey’s Tom Kean Jr, who last voted in March, says he was diagnosed with depression after entering hospital

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson’s facial reaction as he gets word of birthright citizenship ruling draws chuckles from Hill reporters

Johnson’s reaction shows how the Trump administration had hoped to curtail the right enshrined in the 14th amendment of the Constitution

International Business Times UK

Trump Sparks Left-Wing Fury After Dismissing Affordable Housing Bill to Push Voting Crackdown

Trump's dismissal of a bipartisan housing bill as 'a yawn' has sparked backlash, highlighting tensions over cost-of-living issues and voting rights ahead of the midterm elections.

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