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Burgess Everett

Burgess Everett

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Trump shifts course — somewhat — in Minnesota after shooting

The president is shaking up enforcement and talking more about working with local officials. Whether it means long-term deescalation is another matter.
President Donald TrumpKevin Lamarque/Reuters

Shutdown looms as Republicans press on with homeland security funding

Senate Democrats are vowing to tank a six-bill funding package if it includes a bill with billions for ICE.
Chuck Schumer Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Second Minnesota shooting by ICE raises chances of a partial government shutdown

Some Senate Democrats who had supported reopening US agencies after last fall’s record closure are vowing to vote no this time.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

DHS funding bill might pass despite Democratic opposition

The bill passed the House with just seven Democratic votes on Thursday.
Chuck SchumerEvelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The four Senate seats Republicans are eyeing for 2026

One of them still remains a reach for the GOP.
Michele TafoyaChuck Cook/USA TODAY Sports

Conservative group drops millions on ads for Collins in Maine

The Republican senator has recently drawn President Donald Trump’s ire.
Screenshot from adScreenshot/One Nation/YouTube

US senators face mounting primary threats

Three senators face major primary challenges this year.

Trump administration blocks funding for public broadcasting, rail projects

The Gateway Tunnel project is among those affected.

Talarico makes rounds with Democrats as Senate primaries near

The Texas state lawmaker is piquing Senate Democrats’ interest.

Trump swerves on health care subsidies

The president’s new health care plan doesn’t mention the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that lapsed at the end of 2025.

Forget abolishing ICE — the real Democratic divide is shutting down ICE

While the rest of government funding is a bipartisan affair, the operation in Minnesota is making even party centrists wary of more DHS money.

How Rubio blunted Senate momentum on Venezuela

The secretary of state and Senate GOP leaders lobbied two Republican senators to defect from signing on to a war powers resolution.

Congress starts to prepare fallbacks as Trump keeps eyeing Greenland

The president’s top advisers are forming a working group with Danish and Greenlandic officials, but the stalemate — and threat — remains.

How a Democratic senator used his rare White House invitation

Democratic Sen. Peter Welch headed to the signing of a bipartisan milk bill, but focused on health care.

Democratic senator pushes to redirect $75B ICE funding

The Trump administration is “not going after hardened criminals with this money,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said.

Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach

The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”

Trump’s economic pivot becomes a battle against his own party

As top Republicans openly dismissed the president’s credit card interest cap, another party lawmaker shrugged: “Let him say whatever he wants.”

Progressive Democrats urge party to go populist in midterms

The senators used polling from both Democratic-aligned and GOP-aligned groups to argue that “bland policy proposals” won’t work.