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USTR Jamieson Greer told Senate GOP that countries are calling him to negotiate trade deals, and he is "optimistic" they will settle several of them in the next few weeks, according to two Senators who attended the meeting with Greer & Vice President J.D. Vance.

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Asked Sen Amy Klobuchar if she is interested in running to succeed Sen Dick Durbin in leadership: “I have a very important job to do right now. My job is to keep people unified and to keep them focused.” “There’s going to be dozens of people running for President, it appears.”

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Leader Thune defends Trump administration on tariffs, telling me: “At the end of the day again, this administration is going to be judged by the results that they get” He suggests Trump’s low polls on the economy are “short term”

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Senate GOP leader Thune on President Trump’s first 100 days in office: “I’d say it’s promises made, promises kept”

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Vice President Vance and the U.S. Trade Representative are expected to attend lunch this afternoon with Senate Republicans

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Democrats release tracker of federal funding blocked by Trump www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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We just caught up with Speaker Johnson after the recess… - Still eyeing MDW for House passage of reconciliation - Maintains debt ceiling lift WILL be included - Says Republicans “are going to save Medicaid” but is committed to $1.5T in cuts - Trump is “in a good mood” today

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I had the best day ever when I got to meet Poppy, the sassy baby pygmy hippo (even if she rejected me when I tried to feed her) We revealed a new, outdoor interactive experience at the Metro Richmond Zoo on the @todayshow.com — you can reserve your tickets now! www.today.com/video/see-th...

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NEWS: The House adopts the Senate budget resolution 216-214 Rep Thomas Massie & Rep Victoria Spartz are the only NO votes They still have a VERY long way to go before funding President Trump’s immigration / tax agenda, but a big step by the House this morning

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Dem Reps Pettersen & Jacobs called up their discharge petition for proxy voting for new parents even though it won’t go anywhere w/o Rep Luna & GOP buy-in “Speaker Johnson made it impossible for Republicans,” Pettersen said, baby in tow She criticized vote-pairing, the deal Luna & Johnson struck

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The latest on proxy voting for new parents... Speaker Johnson posted this morning that he spoke to Trump (they spoke yesterday and today, per source) and Trump is deferring to him on House procedure. "Mike, you have my proxy on proxy voting" is what Johnson said Trump told him.

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NEW: The DoD's Inspector General just announced an investigation into signal-gate, and Defense Secretary Hegseth's role in it It comes after a bipartisan letter from SASC leaders Wicker & Reed requesting an "expedited" probe www.dodig.mil/reports.html...

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Sen Fetterman tells me he voted to rebuke Trump’s tariffs: “I don’t understand why this administration is consistently punching our ally in the face over issues. Now, if you're going to pick fights, or you're going to have fights, I don't think it should be with Canada.”

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Thune & Budget Rs will meet with Pres Trump at the WH later this morning on reconciliation, with bill text expected as soon as today Meanwhile Treasury Sec Bessent will attend Senate GOP lunch per invite from Rick Scott... it comes as some Republicans are concerned over expanded tariffs

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Cory Booker told us he was aware Sen Thurmond held the longest speech record since 1957 to protest the Civil Rights Act “I just found it strange that he had the record, and as a guy who's grew up with the legends of the civil rights movement… it just seemed wrong to me, it always seemed wrong.”

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NAACP President Derrick Johnson on Sen Booker’s record-breaking Senate floor speech: “Despite Trump’s attempts to silence the voices, contributions, and history of Black people, a Black man just made history tonight in protest of Trump himself.”

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For the past 24 hours (& 19 minutes), Sen Cory Booker has been on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration He broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech EVER without taking a single break, as required by the rules: no sitting, no bathroom, no silence

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Leader Schumer said a shutdown would be “worse than the alternative” So I asked him: what if Republicans do away with the DOE, or district courts, in the next bill? “The bottom line is they are doing such horrible things to the country that we're going to fight it in every way”

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👀 Sen Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, just said he & top Democrat Jack Reed “agreed on an approach” to investigate Signal-gate They want an expedited report from the Inspector General and are requesting a briefing from a senior official

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I asked GOP Senate Intel Chair Tom Cotton if Pete Hegseth broke the law by disclosing specific military plans on that Signal chat: “Certainly, there was nothing called war plans, which was an embellishment and exaggeration by a known left wing partisan opponent of the President.”

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WH suggested The Atlantic lied about the Signal chat, so they published it "...we do not publish information about military operations if that information could possibly jeopardize the lives of U.S. personnel" but "people should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions" buff.ly/w3Bgy5Q

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New: Speaker Johnson, Leader John Thune are expected to meet tomorrow with WH officials to discuss the path forward on funding Trump's priorities They’ll be joined by the top tax guys Jason Smith and Mike Crapo They’re meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and head of the NEC Kevin Hassett

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NEW: Scammers are preying on vulnerable singles looking for love on dating apps, costing victims BILLIONS of dollars The issue is so out of control that Congress is stepping in... WATCH/READ our story for NBC News + Today Show:

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Lawmakers aren't even back in DC but House GOP leaders are already dialing up the pressure on Senate Republicans Johnson + his team "encourage" the Senate to "take up" the House budget plan to fund President Trump's agenda ASAP - even though Senate Rs have different ideas...

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Many Democrats are facing outrage from their constituents who believe their elected officials are not doing enough to counter the Trump administration's agenda. I spent time in NJ7, where Democratic Senator Andy Kim heard from a packed, fired up crowd:

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Democratic Sen Andy Kim holding a PACKED town hall in GOP Rep Thomas Kean Jr.’s district “You don't always have opportunities to have town halls. There's not a whole lot of opportunity… But I want to stand before you and say, I am your representative in Congress too. You are my constituents.”

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timeline cleanse 🧸

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The government shutdown hasn’t yet been averted and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s future is already in jeopardy — highlighting the party's deep divisions on how to take on Trump, and their identity crisis since November’s election Our latest @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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If you thought Senate Democrats would back away from their threat to shut the government down unless Republicans accept a 28-day funding bill… you’re wrong. From Sen Ruben Gallego to Sen John Hickenlooper, Democrats are a steady NO on breaking the filibuster & voting for House-passed CR.

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Sen Lindsey Graham plans to introduce sanctions against Russia that would impose tariffs on any country that purchases oil, gas & uranium from Russia - UNLESS Russia agrees to a ceasefire with Ukraine This would primarily impact China, Turkey & India, but EU allies as well

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Senate Democrats are holding yet another long meeting to figure out the path forward on the GOP funding bill Some are pushing for the passage of Approps top Dem Patty Murray’s 30 day CR Others think it’s too late with the shut down on Friday & many are hearing from their base to shut it down

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Guantanamo Bay troops guard empty migrant tents, suffer low morale, Rep Sara Jacobs told me after a bipartisan CODEL to the base “All of us had a lot of questions about the money, how few immigrants were actually there, in regards to how much money is being spent" www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Nearly 7 years after Tyler Shamash, a 19-year-old from California, died following a fentanyl overdose, a bill that his mother says could have prevented his death is getting renewed focus nearly 3,000 miles away in D.C. Senators Alex Padilla & Jim Banks reintroduced www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Speaker Johnson already lost 1 Republican on the CR: Thomas Massie But there are a handful of others still undecided on the interim funding bill... and some of them are hearing from Pres Trump, sources tell me @NBCNews Johnson will need nearly every vote if Democrats oppose it

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If it’s Monday of a potential government shutdown week… reporters want to hear from House Speaker Mike Johnson!

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Senate Democrats are holding a press conference now - Leader Schumer, Sens Murray, Sanders, Murphy & Peters - next to a sign with a headline that reads: “Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled”

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EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is considering a major change to the U.S.’ participation in NATO, a move he has discussed with aides and one that European allies are concerned about www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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It’s Joint Address time. Lawmakers, members of President Trump’s cabinet and guests are walking through Statuary Hall as they arrive to the House chamber.

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NEWS: Keith Siegel, the first American to be freed from Hamas captivity during the ceasefire, will attend Pres Trump's speech tonight as a guest of GOP Rep Lisa McClain. “It's my honor to bring Keith and Aviva’s impactful story to light for the world to see." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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“It’s like night and day,” Sen John Cornyn told me. “He’s had four years to plan his first six months,” Sen Mike Rounds said. How President Trump is using a softer touch this time around to influence the Hill @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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