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Mike Johnson unleashes on MAGA trio for not backing surveillance of non-Americans

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The Independent UK

The Latest: House considers whether to approve funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security

The House is considering whether to approve funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other Homeland Security agencies after the Senate unanimously passed the measure

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson faces a rocky path to funding DHS

"Could the Senate be any more lazy than to send to us a bill that doesn't do the job and then leave town?" Chip Roy said.

Axios

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Jimmy Kimmel on Mike Johnson’s new award for Trump: ‘You can almost feel his spine exiting his body’

Late-night hosts discussed the Republican party’s inaugural ‘America First’ award and a disturbing new animal story involving RFK Jr

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson unloads at Boebert and other MAGA faithful for not backing spy act: report

‘I was getting a spanking on the floor,’ Rep. Anna Paulina Luna told Axios

The Independent UK

Trump Backs Section 702 Reauthorization After Once Calling To 'KILL FISA'

The president is much less concerned about the law's potential for overreach now that he's in charge of the government wielding it.

Reason

‘Something we’ve never done before’: Guys, what reality is this? Mike Johnson just created a whole new award just to honor Donald Trump

A masterclass in brown-nosing.

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US House speaker gives Trump so-called ‘America First’ award amid global chaos

Critics mock Mike Johnson and Republicans for presenting the president with the newly concocted award

The Guardian - US

America's Deeply Unserious Federal Government Is Becoming a Real Problem

From long TSA lines to air traffic control issues to the chaotic war in Iran, it's all the result of a government that won't take its powers or responsibilities seriously.

Reason

Scoop: Johnson, conservatives head to White House for FISA briefing

The House speaker may not have the votes to pass a clean extension of the surveillance law.

Axios

Seth Meyers on Donald Trump’s ‘present’ from Iran: ‘Is the president getting catfished?’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s hypocrisy over mail-in voting and his insistence that the US is not actually at war

The Guardian - US

Washington and Silicon Valley have found their common enemy: China

Lawmakers and tech executives may not agree on how to regulate AI, but they agree who the enemy is.

Fortune

Iran-US war latest: Trump extends pause on energy plant strikes and says talks with Tehran going ‘very well’

The US may send an additional 10,000 troops on top of the thousands of service members already dispatched to the region, according to a new report

The Independent UK

Trump receives yet another prize while addressing Republican fundraiser with rambling speech blasting Democrats

The president’s hour-long speech touched on voter ID, mail-in ballots and the war with Iran

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

House Speaker Mike Johnson still says US isn’t at war with Iran — troop deployments be damned

ANALYSIS: Republicans are uneasy about sending ‘boots on the ground,’ Eric Garcia reports from Capitol Hill ... and that has them in a tough spot with President Donald Trump

Roll Call

House sets precarious path for renewing surveillance program

Speaker Mike Johnson previewed a floor strategy Wednesday that would leave little room for Republican defections as he pushes to renew a powerful surveillance authority, with chamber leadership navigating a precarious path amid objections from GOP critics of the program. The Trump administration wants to extend Section 702 of the…

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson defends Trump sending 2,000 troops to Middle East as message that Iran needs to ‘get their act together’

But House speaker won’t say deploying troops into the region constitutes US ‘boots on the ground’

Roll Call

In the Senate, Thune resurrects idea of reconciliation

For Senate leaders, pursuing another budget reconciliation bill this year was once considered a no-go. But in a matter of days, it’s become a distinct possibility. Using the often arduous budgetary maneuver would represent a shift for both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, necessitated by Republican needs to reopen the Department…

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Roll Call

Week ahead: Senate SAVE and shutdown ‘show’ continues

Lawmakers face a final sprint this week before a mini spring break recess — that is, if leadership lets them leave. With new urgency to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the focus will be on off-the-floor negotiations to end the partial government shutdown. And President Donald Trump is further…

The Times of India

‘What are we trying to accomplish?’: Trump faces pressure from lawmakers over clear Iran war strategy as costs and casualties mount

Three weeks into a military campaign against Iran, President Trump faces congressional scrutiny over strategy and funding. Lawmakers demand clear objectives as 13 US service members have been killed. Trump is considering winding down operations, but the War Powers Act necessitates a clear exit strategy or authorization after 45 days.

The Guardian - US

Trump is eager to disclose details on others’ health – but not his own

President revealing congressman’s terminal diagnosis follows caginess about his own health, such as recent rash

Reason

Trump Just Released a Framework To Govern AI. Here Are 7 Key Takeaways.

The National AI Policy Framework is a return to the administration's pro-AI position.

Roll Call

Photos of the week | March 13-19, 2026

St. Patrick’s Day, a hearing on worldwide threats and a confirmation hearing for the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security highlighted this week in the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

The Mary Sue

Director of Counter-terrorism abruptly resigns, after alleging the Iran war was ‘manufactured’

Joe Kent, the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, has officially stepped down over the US and Israeli war on Iran, making him the first senior official to openly break ranks with the White House on the conflict. Kent announced his resignation on X in a letter to President Donald…

The Mary Sue

Trump cries over Iran, says it’s ‘unfair’ that they are retaliating after he attacked them unprovoked

On February 28, 2026, Donald Trump joined forces with Benjamin Netanyahu and attacked Iran because he believed they were planning to attack the United States. While that remains debatable, Trump’s efforts in Iran since they first began continue, and if you go by what he has said during his speeches…

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