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US Senator Bill Cassidy heads to a closed-door Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 18, 2026, 8:04 pm
Some Republican hawks in US Senate, usually allied with Trump, break with him on Iran deal
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana lambasts ‘worst foreign policy blunder in decades,’ says Reagan would be ‘rolling over in his grave’; others are less blunt, but warn of a ‘mistake’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump waves to reporters as he arrives for the G7 summit, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 16, 2026, 7:56 am
Trump’s Iran deal greeted with skepticism and scrutiny on Capitol Hill
Republican lawmakers, wary of trusting the Iranians, say they still don’t know exactly what’s in the agreement; Democrats question what has changed from Obama-era pact
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
From left; US Reps. Ro Khanna, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, and Thomas Massie speak during a news conference as the US House prepares to vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, at the US Capitol in Washington, November 18, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
November 18, 2025, 11:52 pm
US Congress approves bill calling for release of Epstein files after Trump U-turn
American lawmakers vote almost unanimously for release of files on the convicted sex offender, who the US president says he kicked out of his club for being ‘a sick pervert’
By Frankie TAGGART
People enjoy the weather at the closed National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
November 10, 2025, 7:52 am
US Senate takes first step toward ending record government shutdown
Breakthrough comes after moderate Democrats agree to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies; deal will fund government through January 2026
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO
Paul Ingrassia, US President Donald Trump's nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel, arrives at a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, June 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 21, 2025, 10:13 pm
Trump’s pick for whistleblower office faces GOP opposition over ‘Nazi streak’ texts
After report says Paul Ingrassia wrote MLK day should be ‘tossed into the seventh circle of hell,’ key Republican lawmakers say they will vote against confirmation
By KEVIN FREKING
US President Donald Trump waits to greet Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the White House, in Washington, July 16, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP)
July 17, 2025, 11:27 am
Senate passes $9b in spending cuts, including Trump requests for foreign aid slashes
Some Republicans are nevertheless concerned about opaque nature of cutbacks that will reduce cash for public broadcasting and food aid programs abroad
By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, center, meet with families of hostages held in Gaza, in Washington, DC, July 9, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
July 10, 2025, 11:14 pm
Netanyahu tells hostage families Hamas will pick which captives go free in deal
PM says Israel will agree to start talks on permanent ceasefire once 60-day truce commences; Hamas tells mediators it won’t accept updated Israeli maps of IDF partial Gaza withdrawal
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by American lawmakers before a meeting at the US Capitol in Washington on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 10, 2025, 2:32 am
PM says he’s in sync with Trump on hostage deal, won’t agree to one ‘at any price’
Netanyahu insists Trump’s strategy for agreement doesn’t involve pressuring Israel; Hamas says it will free 10 hostages during potential Gaza ceasefire, in rare statement amid talks
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan visits the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was hit by Russian shelling on July 8, 2024. (Handout / International Criminal Court / AFP)
November 22, 2024, 12:46 am
US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC arrest warrants, is working with Israel on response
Biden calls move ‘outrageous’; Trump’s NSA pick vows strong reaction to court’s ‘antisemitic bias’ as some lawmakers urge sanctions, though Tlaib says decision long ‘overdue’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-South Dakota, meets with reporters after he was elected to GOP leader, at the Capitol in Washington, November 13, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
November 18, 2024, 8:39 am
Incoming Senate majority leader threatens ICC with sanctions over case against Israelis
Senator John Thune warns US will impose restrictions on International Criminal Court if it moves ahead with arrest warrant requests against Netanyahu or other Israeli officials
By ToI Staff
Newly-elected Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, left, and newly elected Senate Majority whip, Sen. John Barrasso, right, arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
November 13, 2024, 11:15 pm
Now in control, Republicans pick South Dakota’s Thune to lead Senate majority
Lawmaker, who broke with Trump but patched things up, to replace long-serving Mitch McConnell after defeating Texan John Cornyn in secret ballot
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES
Then-US president Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, January 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 11, 2021, 11:39 pm
Trump goes after Pence, McConnell in speech to party donors
Former US president expresses ‘disappointment’ with his ex-VP; attacks Senate minority leader as a ‘stone-cold loser’ and mocks his wife
By Steve Peoples
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, December 14, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
December 15, 2020, 8:40 am
Conceding election result, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect
Sen. John Thune, second-ranking GOP leader, says that with Electoral College settling the result, it’s time to move on; others speak up, breaking ranks with Trump
By LISA MASCARO
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney departs after a television interview at the White House in Washington, September 13, 2017. (AP/Alex Brandon)
November 27, 2017, 10:58 am
Suit challenges Trump’s pick for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Leandra English, deputy director of the watchdog group, says it is her right to take over, and not White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney
By AP
Former Alabama Chief Justice and US Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a church revival meeting, Jackson, Alabama, November 14, 2017. (AP/Brynn Anderson)
November 16, 2017, 11:27 am
Silence from Trump as Moore storm grows louder
Calls intensify within the Republican party for Senate candidate to abandon campaign following sexual assault allegations
By Zeke Miller and Steve Peoples
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