Today in summay
The House passed a debt limit deal with bipartisan support, just days before the US is set to run out of money to keep paying its bills. Now, the Senate will take up the debt limit deal – and both the Democratic and Republican leaders have said they want to get it passed.
Here’s what else happened:
Donald Trump was captured on tape acknowledging that he kept a classified Pentagon document regarding a potential attack on Iran, CNN reports. According to report, federal prosecutors obtained the recording which was made during a meeting in summer 2021 at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Sources familiar with the matter told CNN that Trump made comments that suggested that he would like to share the information but that he was aware of his post-presidency limitations surrounding classified records.
A new poll, released a week after Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign announcement, shows Donald Trump with a narrowing lead. The Florida governor shouldn’t get too excited, though: Morning Consult puts the former president up by 34 points, 56%-22% and notes that though “Trump’s lead has shrunk … by 10 points … since mid-May, much of that dip came before DeSantis officially began his bid”.
At a rally in Iowa yesterday, the Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis used as his walkout music a song long used for the same purpose by Hulk Hogan, one of the most famous names in wrestling. DeSantis’s recent memoir is called The Courage to be Free. At 44, the Florida governor is a member of Gen X whose childhood coincided with Hogan’s heyday as a star of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Mike Pence is expected to launch his 2024 presidential bid within the next two weeks, The Messenger reports. The outlet reports that Pence is scheduled to headline a CNN town hall, in Des Moines, Iowa (a crucial early-voting state) on 7 June. Four Republicans familiar with the matter told The Messenger that Pence’s team have begun ramping up their outreach two weeks ago and have told supporters that his presidential campaign launch is imminent and is set to take place in mid-June.
Seems the Senate won’t be wasting any time to get the process going…
MOMENTS AGO: Sen. Majority Leader Schumer arrived back at the Capitol and headed toward his office.
— Nathaniel Reed (@ReedReports) June 1, 2023
His office tells me @scrippsnews the Leader will take steps to begin consideration of the Fiscal Responsibility Act TONIGHT.
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