POLITICSRepublicans Begin to Test the Limits of Trump’s Power by Flexing Their OwnThe president’s unilateral and retributive style of governing is starting to hit a wall in both chambers of Congress.NY Times·June 4, 2026
POLITICSSenate Republicans axe $1bn for Trump's new White House ballroomThe bill to fund immigration agencies has been delayed by opposition to Trump's 'anti-weaponisation fund'.BBC News·June 4, 2026
POLITICSMassie, 3 Other House Republicans Broke From Trump on Iran War Powers VoteFour Republicans from different ideological factions crossed party lines to vote with Democrats in favor of reining in the president’s power to wage war unilaterally.NY Times·June 4, 2026
POLITICSG.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump’s FundSeveral Republicans suggested they would insist on adding a measure to bar the president from creating a fund to pay people who claim to be victims of government persecution.NY Times·June 3, 2026
POLITICSReal Madrid will bring Mourinho back if Perez is re-electedReal Madrid president Florentino Perez says he will bring Jose Mourinho back as manager if he wins Sunday's election.Al Jazeera·June 3, 2026
POLITICSWho is Adam Hamawy? Doctor who served in Gaza is on the path to US CongressHamawy's victory in New Jersey likely to make him a rare US Congress member with firsthand experience in besieged Gaza.Al Jazeera·June 3, 2026
POLITICSHouse passes war powers resolution directing Trump to end hostilities with IranThe vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed.NPR·June 3, 2026
POLITICSSenate Republicans start debate on ICE funding packageThe Senate voted along party lines to start debate on a Republican bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of President Trump's term.NPR·June 3, 2026
POLITICSMI5 warns Chinese spies are using job websites to target government staffUndercover agents are posing as fake job recruiters to try and identify useful targets, MI5 warns.BBC News·June 3, 2026
POLITICSPark Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in GoldOriginally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day.NY Times·June 3, 2026
POLITICSDefense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government TechCrunch·June 3, 2026
POLITICSTrump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workersPresident Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.NPR·June 3, 2026
