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🟡 Semafor Principals: Whiplash
In today’s edition: Congress may need to pass more disaster relief for Texas.
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Trump reverses course on weapons shipments to Ukraine
The developments created a sense of whiplash in Ukraine, which had been caught off guard by the original pause on critical munitions.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters
Republicans try a novel pitch: Make Virginia 2021 again
Abigail Spanberger and her Democrats are dubious that a state hit hard by DOGE will buy what Glenn Youngkin’s heirs are selling.
Hannah McKay/Reuters
After floods, Texas might need Congress’ help
If more cash from Congress is required, lawmakers may look to hitch it to a must-pass spending bill.
Sergio Flores/Reuters
Rescissions vote could affect government funding fight, Schumer warns
The Senate minority leader said passage of the funding clawbacks “would be an affront to the bipartisan appropriations process.”
Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn runs for Senate again
Osborn said he’d continue to run outside either party, but would have opposed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Ramseywill/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 4.0
North Carolina’s Senate hopefuls in holding pattern
Lara Trump is the president’s “first choice” to succeed outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis.
Brian Snyder/Reuters
Trump resumes hardball tariff posture with higher rates
President Donald Trump said the US would impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea, effectively imposing “Liberation Day” rates on two major trading partners.
Tesla shares fall after Elon Musk pushes forward with new political party
Elon Musk is pushing ahead with his plans to form a new political party, but myriad obstacles stand in his way.
Uncommon bonds: Speeding transit projects
A bipartisan group is pushing for changes designed to build more roads and railways.
Congress returns in post-megabill daze
Republicans’ next task will be clawing back and slash billions of dollars in federal spending.
How the GOP’s bill broke the Democrats
Republicans relied on the campaign politics of a “golden age” tax bill.
Trump’s megabill squeaks through Congress
The vote is a testament to the president’s sway over his party, and a victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump’s signature tax bill passes
The president’s signature tax and spending bill passed in a 218-214 vote, after hours of debate and the quelling of a revolt by congressional Republicans.
Digital content moderation law figures as part of US-EU trade talks
Brussels insists it will not water down laws, but the bloc believes it can capitalize on a deregulation drive to address Trump administration concerns.
Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown weighs next political move
The Democrat is still weighing where he wants his political career to take him next: to the governor’s mansion or back to the Senate.
Republicans round up votes for a ‘big, beautiful’ blur
The president’s “big, beautiful bill” does not achieve some of what he ran on. That has not stopped Republicans from saying it does.
Republican megabill faces tallest hurdle yet
Votes on the House version of the bill are expected as soon as this afternoon.
Republicans test a new red line: Denaturalization
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the possibility of revoking Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship status and didn’t say no.