Washington Real-Time Brief

Congressional Actions on Iran

• 🔥 House Resolution: House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump.
• War Powers Vote: House...

House passed a war powers resolution 215-208 to curb Trump's Iran conflict authority, with four Republicans joining Democrats in a rare bipartisan...

House Homeland Security Subcommittee holds its first dedicated AI security hearing on June 4, signaling the 119th Congress's intent to shape...

Senate navigated partisan clashes on a major GOP spending package:

• Advanced $72 billion reconciliation bill funding ICE and CBP through Trump's term...

The Court's Republican appointees are using the shadow docket to dismantle civil rights protections, most recently expanding the Callais decision to...

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse accused federal agencies of obstructing over 250 wind projects during a heated Senate hearing, calling national security...

The White House backed down on its $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 participants after Senate Republicans and Democrats applied pressure, yet...

Congress nears passage of the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD To Housing Act, backed by Virginia lawmakers, to spur supply via commercial conversions,...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on tax policy, economic growth, federal debt, and the Trump administration's financial agenda amid debates over tariffs and spending.

Congressional Actions

• 🔥 Iran War Powers Resolution: US House passed an Iran war powers resolution with bipartisan support to constrain Trump's...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, noting preparations for a...

The Supreme Court's Alabama redistricting decision cleared a GOP-favoring map that eliminates one Black Democrat district, reversing its own...

Kentucky's bipartisan data privacy law is emerging as a model for federal legislation, spotlighted during congressional testimony.

Trump's Oval Office announcement and new sanctions orders on Iran triggered swift congressional response.

• The House passed a war powers resolution...

Trump retains immunity from tax probes while scrapping a $1.8 billion compensation fund, pointing to shifting legal protections and fiscal choices.

President Trump’s new executive order creates a voluntary 30-day review for advanced AI models to flag security risks while avoiding mandatory regulation and creating a cybersecurity clearinghouse.

Senate Republicans removed up to $1 billion in security funding for Trump's proposed White House ballroom from an immigration enforcement bill to...

White House Developments

• Dr. Oz to host briefing: CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz will host the White House press briefing.
• 🔥 Iran proposal...

President Trump's decision to speak at the rescheduled July White House Correspondents' Dinner signals a return to normal routines after the April event was cut short by a gunman at a security checkpoint.

The Trump administration is tapping Dr. Mehmet Oz, the CMS administrator and former TV personality, to host Tuesday's White House press briefing while...