The House for the first time has that would halt the , defying as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
Meanwhile, the Republican-led Senate is to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the Trump administration to say it will and stripping a from the bill.
And Trump said Wednesday that he’ll nominate to serve as attorney general, who’s aggressively pursued the Republican president鈥檚 agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.
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Buffalo named Donald Trump for his golden locks is a sensation at a Bangladesh zoo
With his shock of golden hair and trim 700-kilogram (1,500-pound) build, Donald Trump has been drawing crowds from across Bangladesh since he arrived at the national zoo last week.
The rare albino buffalo became a sensation when a farmer noticed that his blond tuft of hair resembled the distinctive locks of the U.S. president. After a video of the pale horned mammal went viral on social media, large numbers of people started showing up at the farm outside Dhaka to see him for themselves.
The animal was originally meant to be slaughtered for the Muslim festival of sacrifice. But citing security concerns, the government ordered him transferred to the zoo in the capital, where large crowds are now braving sweltering heat to see him.
鈥淭here is a resemblance to Donald Trump in its eyes, hairstyle, and skin color,鈥� said Mohammed Nasim, a student in Dhaka. 鈥淎nd just as Donald Trump has a distinctive personality and lifestyle, this buffalo, after going viral, is now living a similar kind of life, enjoying a lot of attention and special treatment.鈥�
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Trump slams the 4 Republicans who voted in favor of war powers resolution
The president says the symbolic House vote approving a war powers resolution that would halt the , was 鈥渕eaningless.鈥�
Still, Trump is livid that four House Republicans joined the Democrats in supporting the resolution.
鈥淭he Democrats are fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome,鈥� Trump said in a post on his social media site. 鈥淭hey would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories. The four Republicans, that鈥檚 a whole other story – They鈥檙e GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves.鈥�
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits
Bessent refused to say Wednesday whether Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president鈥檚 allies.
鈥淭here鈥檚 continuing litigation, and I鈥檓 unable to comment on ongoing litigation,鈥� Bessent told lawmakers at the Senate Finance Committee hearing.
It was a frustrating answer for Democratic lawmakers looking to get answers from Bessent at a hearing ostensibly focused on the Treasury Department鈥檚 budget and came a day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche seemed to indicate that the portion of the settlement dealing with the IRS audit immunity would still be in effect for the Republican president.
After several failed attempts to get Bessent to answer, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 been very clear you鈥檙e dodging this and you鈥檙e trying to use it as an excuse. It鈥檚 just outrageous on behalf of the American public.鈥�
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Trump says he’ll nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general
Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president鈥檚 agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.
Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide.
鈥淲e are going to make him permanent attorney general,鈥� Trump said at the Rose Garden event.
Blanche was brought into the Justice Department as deputy attorney general and was elevated after Bondi鈥檚 ousting over her failed efforts to prosecute Trump鈥檚 perceived political opponents. Blanche insisted he wasn鈥檛 auditioning for the permanent post but made clear through splashy moves since taking the reins his intent on proving his loyalty to Trump.
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Senate begins voting on funding immigration enforcement after Trump鈥檚 settlement fund is dropped
The Republican-led Senate is moving forward with legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the Trump administration to say it will and stripping a from the bill.
The Senate voted 53-46 on Wednesday to begin debate on the roughly $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. The legislation was delayed for weeks as Republican senators navigated the various obstacles to passage created by President Donald Trump and the White House, but they are now moving quickly to pass it after paring it back to its original form.
鈥淩ight now, the goal is to get the base bill across the finish line,鈥� said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
Still, Republicans will need to find enough votes to beat back multiple amendments that Democrats 鈥� and some Republicans 鈥� say they will offer to permanently ban Trump鈥檚 $1.776 billion settlement fund.
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With Trump in a holding pattern on Iran war, allies and critics worry he risks getting boxed in
is facing warnings from foes and allies alike that he鈥檚 getting boxed in on the , a conflict he sold as a brief military incursion but that has since settled into a holding pattern.
It鈥檚 been nearly a week since U.S. and Iranian negotiators to extend the in the conflict by 60 days and start a new round of talks that required Trump鈥檚 sign off.
But Trump has called for unspecified changes to the agreement and Iranian officials 鈥� perhaps calculating that he is reluctant to restart the bombardment after 鈥� are showing no signs they鈥檒l give in to new demands.
A series of this week has raised fresh concern that the ceasefire could collapse. Trump on Wednesday downplayed the significance.
There鈥檚 growing concern inside the administration and among key advisers and allies that Trump now finds himself in a bind, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the administration鈥檚 internal deliberations.
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House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran in a rebuke of Trump
The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the , defying Trump, as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
had tried to prevent an outcome that would show the mounting opposition to the war, two weeks ago when the resolution was on the verge of approval. But displeasure has only grown as the conflict drags on and as Trump a plan for peace.
鈥淓nough is enough,鈥� said Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who led the effort.
鈥淚t is time for the president to do the right thing,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he people are tired of suffering because of his war of choice 鈥� suffering at the gas pump, suffering at the supermarkets.鈥�
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