The billion-dollar request for the Secret Service isn't dead. But it is in doubt. Why it matters: Senate Republicans are struggling to get comfortable with providing $220 million to "harden" security at the White House complex — including President Trump's new East Wing ballroom . Zoom in: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and the White House face a long week to learn if 50 Republicans — and the Senate parliamentarian — will sign off on the new funding as part of the $72 billion ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation package. - GOP senators were unmoved by a line-item lobbying effort from Secret Service director Sean Curran in a closed-door lunch on Tuesday, first reported by Axios. - "One of the biggest concerns on our…
King Charles III read out Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda in the traditional manner, even as the British prime minister’s leadership remained under pressure.
“The Right Squad” discussed the latest legal challenges facing Stacey Abrams, who is accused of violating campaign finance laws during the 2018 election cycle. Abrams and leaders from the New Georgia Project have been subpoenaed to appear before a Georgia Senate Special Committee.
North Carolina State's Wilson College of Textiles commencement speaker announced he and his wife will pay off all seniors' final-year loans, hoping to give graduates a debt-free start to their future.
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Louisiana senators voted early Wednesday to advance a congressional map that eliminates one of the state's majority-Black districts. Why it matters: The proposed map pits U.S. Rep. Troy Carter against U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields for their seats, which are currently in two different districts, writes Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator . The latest: Senate committee members stayed up overnight to hear hours of testimony from residents about the proposals. - The nearly 10-hour meeting ended around 4:30am Wednesday, Hutchinson writes. - The full Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the bill, before sending it to a House committee next week. The big picture: Louisiana currently has six U.S. House districts. Four are majority-white and…
