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12 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 14, 2026.
A day after Anthropic's CEO said the industry needs to hit the brakes, and Musk and Altman agreed, the president told reporters in Ireland he won't cede America's edge to China. Kevin Hassett says White House meetings start this week.
Republican leaders scrapped the last two weeks of September, sending members home until after the November 3 election. Days earlier the speaker had promised the House would work every day on the calendar.
Senators cleared a bipartisan stopgap through Dec. 11 before leaving for a five-week recess, but the House passed its own partisan version — and one grant-rule provision could cost Republican votes.
Two razor-thin votes — 216-212 and 216-214 — sent the defense authorization and a reconciliation framework to a Senate where Republicans still need Democratic votes they do not have.
With government funding set to lapse Sept. 30 and Speaker Mike Johnson sending the House home without a defense bill, Republicans fear another Democratic opening just weeks before the November elections.
Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats to block a procedural rule, stalling the must-pass NDAA and forcing Speaker Mike Johnson to start the July Fourth recess without action.
A Christian revival event tied to America's 250th anniversary and headlined by the House speaker drew tens of thousands to the Mall, with critics calling it a 'government-run church service.'
Senate Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson announced a deal to separately fund DHS and ICE — with Trump backing the framework and demanding border agency funding by June 1.
Speaker Mike Johnson's deal to fund DHS without immigration enforcement money stalls amid opposition from conservative Republicans.
WatchWith no deal in sight after the House passed a bill the Senate calls dead on arrival, the standoff over immigration agency funding has shattered the record for the longest government shutdown in American history, leaving airports reeling.
Speaker Johnson rejected the Senate's partial DHS deal and moved to a procedural vote on a full-agency, two-month funding bill that includes ICE, CBP, and a voter ID requirement Senate Democrats have vowed to block.
WatchSpeaker Mike Johnson proposed a 60-day stopgap to fund ICE and border patrol — a plan Senate Democrats declared dead on arrival — as TSA call-outs hit a record 11.83% and 510 officers have quit.