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House and Senate are in, with the House slated to vote on the SAVE Act and the Senate maybe considering its budget resolution … Iran says no to direct negotiations with the US over Iran's nuclear program … President Trump signs a new executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote … Speaker Johnson will get two more members of Congress this week — will they both be Republicans? … the Signal chat thread read around the world … all this and more.

Congress is back for a three-week work period before heading out for the Easter Recess … a district court judge is unhappy with the Trump administration’s actions to remove criminal illegal aliens from Venezuela, and is unhappy with the administration’s response to his unhappiness, and now a three-judge panel will hear oral arguments today on just what’s going on … the Trump administration decided to shut down the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Institute of Peace didn’t want to go peacefully … Trump signs EO dismantling Dept of Education to the greatest extent possible … all this and more.

House and Senate pass a government funding bill over Democrats’ objections, then go into recess … Trump asks Supreme Court for help on birthright citizenship rulings, and Supremes appear to consider his request … Senate confirms Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor, and that means every one of Trump’s cabinet nominees has been confirmed … SAVE Act coming back to House floor in a few weeks … EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces he’s reconsidering the 2009 “Endangerment Finding” that declared greenhouse gases harmful pollutants that could be regulated by EPA — this is BIG STUFF … all this and more.

House and Sedate have to pass a government funding bill by Friday or else — what, exactly? … Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress while Dems still cannot organize a two-car parade … is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Musk calls it one. Is he right? … … all this and more.

President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tomorrow night at 9 PM … the House passes a budget resolution, moving a key action item on the Trump agenda — now it’s time to make a deal with the Senate to prevent the biggest tax increase in American history! … government funding runs out next week — will Congress avoid a government shutdown? … Joy Reid out at MSNBC, as WaPo owner declares that henceforth, the editorial line will favor “personal liberties and free markets,” to the outrage of longtime liberal staffers … all this and more.

Senate passes a budget resolution, now it’s the House’s turn … more cabinet confirmations, including Kash Patel as FBI Director … Musk orders government employees to email him back five things they did last week, Dominant Media/Democrat freakout ensues … government shutdown watch: 18 days and counting … all this and more.

House and Senate Budget Committees both pass budget resolutions to open the door to reconciliation — but they don’t match. Which one will win out? Is it time finally for President Trump to step in make the call? … More cabinet appointees confirmed, including Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr. … DOGE starts making significant cuts in employee workforces … all this and more.

House and Senate are both in session, but still can’t come to agreement on reconciliation strategy to pass One Big, Beautiful Bill … USAID under the gun as Musk’s DOGE crew finds outrageous spending going on … Senate grinds its way through Trump cabinet nominees … Vought confirmed to OMB Director, takes over CFPB and shuts it down — temporarily, or permanently? … Trump tariffs are back, and Mexico and Canada immediately cave … Trump remakes US Middle East policy in one press conference … all this and more.

President Trump is back, and so are tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China … House Republicans mull a new reconciliation strategy, with hardliners demanding more savings … the Senate continues to plow through cabinet confirmations, but the Big Three are coming up for showdown votes … a new U.S. Attorney in DC turns the tables and launches a new J6 investigation — of THE PROSECUTORS … all this and more.

Trump is president again, and launches a shock and awe blitzkrieg against the Establishment; the Washington bureaucracy, the Dominant Media, and Dems are left gasping and grasping, asking for the license plate number of the truck that just hit them … Musk in, Ramaswamy out at DOGE … Rubio and Ratcliffe confirmed easily to new posts, while Hegseth’s confirmation requires a tie-breaking vote by new VP Vance … Joe Biden’s parting shots … all this and more.

What’s the latest on the reconciliation strategy? President Trump invites a whole bunch of House Republicans to spend time with him at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the various aspects of all that goes into it, and the discussions seem to have helped … the Senate takes up cabinet nominee confirmation hearings this week, with more than a dozen confirmation hearings scheduled … first up, Pete Hegseth in front of the Armed Services Committee tomorrow … Jack Smith files his final two-volume report with Merrick Garland, then quietly resigns his position … Biden’s Title IX regulation is overturned by a federal district judge … all this and more.

House and Senate return to a snowed-in DC to count Electoral College votes … House GOP members will visit President Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss legislative strategy for the reconciliation process … Trump settles the question of one bill or two, then unsettles it 12 hours later … Judge Merchan says he will sentence Trump Friday, but no jail time will be involved … all this and more.

House and Senate have until Friday to pass a bill funding the government. Maybe they’ll get around to it this week? … ABC News apologizes to President Trump for defaming him, and agrees to pay legal fees and make a $15 million donation to his presidential library! … DOJ IG report says there were 26 FBI informants in DC on Jan 6, 2021; none were arrested … Trump says GOP will get rid of Daylight Saving Time … still no decision on whether we’ll see one reconciliation bill or two next year … all this and more.

House and Senate are getting closer, but still haven’t publicly released details of the spending bill to keep the government open beyond Friday next week … DOGE leaders visit Republicans on Capitol Hill to get acquainted and open lines of communication … is Joe Biden really considering mass preemptive presidential pardons? What a TERRIBLE idea! … Pete Hegseth makes it through the week, and seems to have stabilized … all this and more.

House and Senate come back to work, but haven’t decided on government funding — STILL … OF COURSE Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter. Did anybody doubt he would, really? … with Gaetz withdrawn, negative attention is focusing now on Hegseth … all this and more.

House and Senate finish nothing, but take a Thanksgiving break anyway … they still haven’t decided how they’re going to fund the government … Trump moves boldly on the nominations front after the brief hiccup known as the Gaetz nomination … Musk, Ramaswamy, Vought, and MTG make DOGE a reality … will Biden surpass Trump in the number of judicial appointments confirmed? … All this and more.

ELECTION RESULTS AND ANALYSIS!!!! … Elections have consequences, learns Special Counsel Jack Smith and 1,400 members of a migrant caravan heading north to the US border … Judge in NY case against Trump considers ending case right here, right now … leadership elections taking place this week for both House and Senate GOPers … another judge strikes down another unconstitutional Biden action … all this and more.

Remember the IRS whistleblowers? Three House committee chairmen do, and they’re hoping the Office of Special Counsel does, too … the Supreme Court rules that Virginia can remove 1,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls, much to the chagrin of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice, which fought Virginia oin the matter … Pascoe's Guide to Watching Election Night: How to Track Election Results with Insight … all this and more.

With just 8 days to go until Election Day, Trump and Harris are holding final events — Harris hosts Beyonce, while Trump sits with Podcast King Joe Rogan and then rallies at Madison Square Garden … NYT blockbuster on NIH study that shows puberty blockers didn’t help the mental health of children with “gender dysphoria” — why wasn’t the study released? The answer may surprise you. (Or may not!) … a deep dive on the House and Senate races … VA will go back to court over noncitizens a federal judge ordered it to put back ON its voter rolls … all this and more.

Bill Clinton inadvertently tells the truth, causes angst for Kamala … FBI revises its crime data, reveals villent crime is rising rather than falling … Kamala drops by FOX News for interview. Who won? … all this and more.