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Live updates: Trump turns to campaign trail as frustrated Congress leaves DC
Key takeaways
- The president will then head to his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., for the weekend.
- Senate Republicans on Thursday blasted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the proposal to set up a fund to compensate MAGA allies prosecuted by the Justice Department.
- Elsewhere, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Sweden for a meeting with NATO foreign ministers as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran show few signs of progress.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Mike Lawler in the 17th Congressional District. The president will then head to his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., for the weekend.
Lawmakers left Washington for Memorial Day weekend without passing a budget reconciliation bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, due in large part to GOP backlash against the Trump administration s newly announced $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund.
Senate Republicans on Thursday blasted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the proposal to set up a fund to compensate MAGA allies prosecuted by the Justice Department.
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