At a White House dinner Trump shares plans to bring home more hostages captured by Hamas, predicts stronger GOP majorities in 2026 and celebrates legislative achievements of first 6 months.

On federal spending, Donald Trump's team says it wants less bipartisanship, while expressing indifference to Congress’ existence. That's not sustainable.

Sen. Thom Tillis stood on the Senate floor and warned White House aides to tread carefully as they cut foreign aid and to remember the promises they made to get a rescission bill approved by senators.

Murkowski said on Wednesday that she still opposes the bill after voting on Tuesday against advancing it forward.

"Though the House and Senate have much still to debate on full-year appropriations, this much is clear: Congress is rejecting the full extent of the unprecedented, unstrategic, and wasteful cuts to NASA and NASA science proposed by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget," the Planetary Society said in a statement.

OMB chief Russell Vought expressed excitement that Congress appeared to be on the verge of codifying into law roughly $9 billion in cuts.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the White House is on board with a substitute amendment to the