President Donald Trump is heading to the United Nations next week for a monumental foreign policy speech to world leaders, and unless the Republican-led U.S. Senate goes into hyperdrive, he&#8217;ll do it with a Biden administration official as his UN ambassador.
Trump nominated former congressman Mike Waltz to represent the United States at the United Nations nearly four months ago, and his nomination passed out of committee — for the second time — on Wednesday morning, leaving only a full senate vote between Waltz and confirmation. But with a packed legislative schedule and a wall of obstruction from Senate Democrats, many doubt the vote will take place in time to have him ready to go.
If Waltz isn&#8217;t confirmed, Trump&#8217;s speech will be carried out with <a href="https://usun.usmission.gov/ambassador-dorothy-camille-shea/">Dorothy Shea</a>, who was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed last summer, as the acting ambassador. Jason Miller, one of Trump&#8217;s closest advisors outside of the White House, says that should be unacceptable, and Republicans should make his confirmation top priority.
&#8220;Schumer and the Democrats have intentionally obstructed Senate action on the president’s nominees, the majority leader has the power to keep the Senate in session to assure that Mike Waltz and the president’s team is seated at the United Nations ahead of next week’s meeting of the General Assembly — and he should do so,” Miller told The Daily Wire.
Asked about the Waltz nomination, the White House reiterated the urgency to have his team in place.
“President Trump has been clear that he wants all of his nominees confirmed as quickly as possible,” a White House official told The Daily Wire.
Republican Majority Leader John Thune&#8217;s office wouldn&#8217;t comment specifically on efforts to confirm Waltz by Monday, but said it shares Trump&#8217;s urgency.
“Not only do we share the White House’s goal of confirming the president’s team as quickly as possible, we’ve demonstrated it — confirming the Cabinet at the fastest pace in 20 years and recently breaking the Democrats’ historic nominations blockade, which will allow us to begin clearing the mounting backlog,” a spokeswoman for Thune said.
Thune has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-republicans-implement-plan-to-push-through-federal-nominees-as-shutdown-looms">implemented plans</a> to break the Democrat blockade. His procedural change allows for an unlimited number of federal nominations to be approved “en bloc” — simultaneously — so long as they were not judicial or cabinet-level positions.
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But this doesn&#8217;t apply for the United Nations post, the most prominent unfilled cabinet post in the Trump administration. It was originally slated to be filled by New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who stepped aside during the confirmation process to return to Congress and bolster the Republican majority. Waltz was tapped by Trump in May after a stint as the president&#8217;s top foreign policy advisor in the White House.
Trump&#8217;s appearance comes as he works to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, as well as an end to Israel&#8217;s war on Hamas in Gaza. Trump has been a juggernaut on the world stage, and has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to negotiate the end of conflicts around the world.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has taken the lead on the United Nations ahead of the general assembly. Rubio <a href="http://dailywire.com/news/rubio-bars-mahmoud-abbas-from-entering-u-s-ahead-of-palestinian-statehood-push-at-un">blocked Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas</a> from entering the country, in anticipation of a push for Palestinian statehood at the gathering of world leaders.
Republicans almost certainly have the votes the confirm Waltz when the vote takes place. His nomination was delayed by Democrats, who managed to get Waltz and a handful of other nominees sent back to committee. He was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee despite a &#8220;no&#8221; vote from Republican senator Rand Paul.
Waltz has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/make-the-un-great-again-waltz-challenges-antisemitism-china-favoritism-at-united-nations">pledged</a> to &#8220;Make the UN Great Again,&#8221; if confirmed.

President Trump Meets With NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte In The Oval Office Of The White House

Trump Heads To The UN Next Week. Will He Have His UN Ambassador?

Chuck Schumer

Congress

Donald Trump

John Thune

Mike Waltz

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White House

With just three weeks to go before the federal government runs out of money, Senate Republicans have taken steps toward a rule change that would at least allow them to navigate around Democratic roadblocks and push through a number of stalled federal nominations.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), as <a href="https://punchbowl.news/article/house/gop-need-shutdown-plan/">reported</a> by Punchbowl News, kick-started the process on Monday that would allow for an unlimited number of federal nominations to be approved “en bloc” — simultaneously — so long as they were not judicial or cabinet-level positions.
The outlet’s Andrew Desiderio explained on Monday, “Thune will file a resolution tonight that’ll include dozens of bipartisan noms awaiting confirmation. He’ll file cloture tomorrow, setting up Thurs vote at 60-vote threshold which will fail, at which point R’s will vote to overrule the chair. Vote on the res next Monday &#8230; Once the resolution is passed, Thune will file cloture on the bloc of nominees, setting up the first vote for next Wednesday. That’ll be the first time R’s will use the new rules to confirm a huge batch of Trump nominees simultaneously.”
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Once the resolution is passed, Thune will file cloture on the bloc of nominees, setting up the first vote for next Wednesday. That’ll be the first time R’s will use the new rules to confirm a huge batch of Trump nominees simultaneously.
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1965146114929414512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Desiderio then shared the list of 48 nominees named in Thune’s resolution — which included eleven War Department positions, five ambassadorships, and a host of other positions across multiple departments — and noted that all of them had already passed with bipartisan support in their respective committees.
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Here are the 48 (!) nominees listed in Thune’s resolution. Includes Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was nominated for U.S. ambassador to Greece
All of these were approved w/ bipartisan support in committee <a href="https://t.co/pVu7XPwn1d">https://t.co/pVu7XPwn1d</a> <a href="https://t.co/tbN3oBiIVg">pic.twitter.com/tbN3oBiIVg</a>
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1965205928271376659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Thune called out the Democrats for stonewalling President Donald Trump’s nominees from the Senate floor on Monday before filing the resolution, arguing that as former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had previously said, nominees should only be held up or blocked for “legitimate” purposes.
Noting that Democrats were supporting the nominees in committee and on the final votes, they were intentionally stalling the process by refusing to allow the nominees to be confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent, as is traditionally done with civilian nominees.
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Democrats have destroyed Senate precedent, and we’re going to fix it.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenateGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenateGOP</a> will ensure that in the future, duly elected presidents are able to get their teams in places without unnecessary delay so that they can fulfill their responsibilities to the American people. <a href="https://t.co/wYw7l2XNjd">pic.twitter.com/wYw7l2XNjd</a>
— Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1965140905100513469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Republican Lawmakers Work To Pass Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” On Capitol Hill

Senate Republicans Implement Plan To Push Through Federal Nominees As Shutdown Looms

Senate Republicans Implement Plan To Push Federal Nominees As Shutdown Looms

Government Shutdown

Politics

Senate Republicans

The GOP-led Senate began its August recess on Saturday evening after President Donald Trump condemned a potential deal between Republicans and Democrats on confirming his nominees.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114961522912167613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had been &#8220;demanding&#8221; more than $1 billion in exchange for Democrats not impeding the process of confirming a &#8220;small number&#8221; of his &#8220;highly qualified&#8221; nominees.
&#8220;This demand is egregious and unprecedented, and would be embarrassing to the Republican Party if it were accepted. It is political extortion, by any other name. Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL!&#8221; Trump exclaimed.
Trump also gave his blessing to Senate Republicans to begin the August recess, a change in tune by the president who had been pressing Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to stay in Washington, D.C., and keep confirming his nominees in the face of delay tactics.
&#8220;Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;Have a great RECESS and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!&#8221;
The Democrats had sought to unfreeze more than $1 billion in money for the National Institutes of Health and foreign aid, as well as a pledge for no more rescissions packages to claw back funds that have already been allocated by Congress, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tells-schumer-go-hell-over-senate-nominee-deal-funding-demands-after-negotiations-collapse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
&#8220;Let me clear what happened: Donald Trump attempted to steamroll the Senate to put in place his historically unqualified nominees. But Senate Democrats wouldn’t let him,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1951818011523924234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> in a post on X.
Senators <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1951802628465361130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a> to have pro forma sessions every few days during the August recess, preventing any recess appointments, and not return for votes until September 2. The House, which is also controlled by Republicans, already broke off for the summer.
The Senate did confirm a number of Trump&#8217;s nominees before leaving town, including a vote to keep Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and <a href="https://x.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1951670915214758045" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> some fiscal 2026 appropriations bills ahead of the September 30 deadline.
&#8220;Very proud of our great Republican Senators for fighting, over the Weekend and far beyond, if necessary, in order to get my great Appointments approved, and on their way to helping us MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114961147474079611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in another post on Truth Social.
He further exclaimed that &#8220;Radical Left Democrat Senators are doing everything possible to DELAY these wonderful and talented people from being approved,&#8221; and stated, &#8220;Thank you to Senator John Thune and our Republican Warriors in the Senate.&#8221;

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Trump Blesses Senate Recess, Blasts Schumer’s ‘Extortion’ Tactics

Presidential nomination

President Donald Trump attacked Senate Democrats on Thursday for slow-walking nominees to serve in his administration.
“This is what the Democrats are doing to our Nation!” Trump wrote in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114950241999184378">post</a> on Truth Social, sharing a graphic showing that in his second term, none of Trump’s civilian nominees have been approved by either voice vote or unanimous consent.
The graphic compares Trump’s second term to his first, in which 65% were fast-tracked for approval. The graphic also shows stats for former Presidents Joe Biden (57%), George W. Bush (90%), George H. W. Bush (98%), Bill Clinton (98%), and Barack Obama (90%).
“They are refusing to approve some of the best Nominees in the History of our Country. If we had George Washington and Abraham Lincoln lined up, they would do everything in their power to delay and disapprove,” Trump continued. “This should never be allowed to happen, and it has never happened before!”
The graphic came from the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who used the chart as a prop on Thursday while knocking Democrats in a speech on the Senate floor. Thune said that at the current pace Republicans are forced to work to confirm Trump’s nominees, the president’s administration will not be filled by the time he leaves office.
The current backlog on executive nominees is about 1,100, according to Thune.
“This isn&#8217;t sustainable. We can&#8217;t keep on this track,” said Thune. “This has got to change – and it will change. Either Democrats are going to play ball, or we&#8217;re going to figure out a way to change it.”
“I hope that my Democratic colleagues will come to the table. Otherwise, we&#8217;re going to be spending a whole lot more time here on the Senate floor,” he said.
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We have a lot of bipartisan nominees available for consideration right now.
I hope that my Democrat colleagues will come to the table, otherwise we’re going to be spending a whole lot more time here on the Senate floor. <a href="https://t.co/zLgymMc6tC">pic.twitter.com/zLgymMc6tC</a>
— Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1950936556925018620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
Trump and Thune’s attacks on Democrats come after the president on Tuesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rips-unconstitutional-senate-custom-that-allows-democrat-sleazebags-to-stall-judicial-noms?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Rips+%E2%80%98Unconstitutional%E2%80%99+Senate+Custom+That+Allows+Democrat+%E2%80%98SLEAZEBAGS%E2%80%99+To+Stall+Judicial+Noms">pushed</a> Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, to scrap the committee’s “blue slip” tradition to speed up the confirmation process for Trump’s judicial nominees. Customarily, a judicial nominee must receive approval from both senators of the state where the nominee would serve before the nomination can move through committee.
“Chuck Grassley, who I got re-elected to the U.S. Senate when he was down, by a lot, in the Great State of Iowa, could solve the ‘Blue Slip’ problem we are having with respect to the appointment of Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys, with a mere flick of the pen,” said Trump in a Truth Social post. “Democrats like Schumer, Warner, Kaine, Booker, Schiff, and others, SLEAZEBAGS ALL, have an ironclad stoppage of Great Republican Candidates.”
Grassley’s office has said the senator has no plans to toss the custom aside for the president. 
“I was offended by what the President said, and I’m disappointed that it would result in personal insult,” Grassley <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/30/congress/trump-still-pressuring-grassley-00483116">said</a> at the start of a committee meeting earlier this week.

Trump Says Neither George Washington Nor Abraham Lincoln Would Survive Dems’ Confirmation Circus

Trump Says Neither George Washington Nor Abraham Lincoln Would Survive Dems' Confirmation Circus

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Senate

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) fired a warning shot at Democrats amid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/key-senator-backs-trump-on-nixing-summer-recess" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calls</a> for the upper chamber to cancel its August recess and confirm more of President Donald Trump&#8217;s nominees.
In remarks on the Senate floor, Thune explained how the Senate has confirmed 107 civilian nominees over the past six months — nearly doubling the pace seen during Trump&#8217;s first term. This is happening in spite of Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-republicans-erupt-over-dem-stalling-of-trump-nominees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeding</a> the process by forcing procedural votes in which many of them end up supporting the nominees in significant numbers, he added.
Thune described what he called a &#8220;historic level of obstruction&#8221; being waged by the minority party, noting how Trump is the only president on record not to have a single civilian nominee confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent at this point in his term. By comparison, the leader pointed out, former President Joe Biden had 44 civilian nominees confirmed by voice vote at this point in his first and only term.
&#8220;Democrats haven&#8217;t offered a shred of courtesy to President Trump, to the voters who elected him, or the people who have stepped up to serve our country in his administration,&#8221; Thune said. Yet ultimately, &#8220;the ball is in [the] Democrats&#8217; court,&#8221; he asserted.
&#8220;They can continue to drag out the process on even the most uncontroversial nominees, and we can spend a lot more hours with each other in the Senate chamber,&#8221; Thune said. &#8220;Or they can rein in their reflexive anti-Trump sentiment and allow some of his rank-and-file nominees to proceed by unanimous consent or voice vote — just as Republicans did when the roles were reversed. And I’d remind my colleagues about the dangerous and ugly precedent that they’re setting here. But the choice is theirs &#8230; whether it&#8217;s the slow way or the fast way, we&#8217;re getting President Trump&#8217;s nominees confirmed.
Earlier this month, after Congress passed the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; and a $9 billion rescissions package, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-on-senate-to-cancel-long-weekends-and-get-his-people-confirmed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Thune to keep the Senate busy cementing his second-term priorities.
&#8220;Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114882283904953607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;We need them badly!!! DJT.&#8221;
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks

Thune Warns Dems Are Setting ‘Dangerous And Ugly Precedent’ With Trump’s Nominees

U.S.

Fresh off the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-house-delivers-trumps-9b-cut-to-global-aid-and-public-broadcasting-gets-final-approval" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passage</a> of a $9 billion rescissions package and other legislative victories during the first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/six-months-in-trump-celebrates-revival-of-hottest-country-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">six months</a> of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says Republicans are &#8220;anxiously&#8221; waiting to see whether Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats will eschew bipartisanship and push the government toward a shutdown at the beginning of October.
During an interview on Fox News, Thune spoke to &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; host Maria Bartiromo about the dozen 2026 fiscal year appropriations bills which lawmakers on Capitol Hill are putting together ahead of a September 30 deadline.
&#8220;We have got a couple, three or four of them now reported out of the Appropriations Committee. We&#8217;re going to try and get one up on the floor next week. And I hope we will find that the Democrats want to work with us,&#8221; Thune said. &#8220;They haven&#8217;t demonstrated much of a willingness on anything so far. I mean, they are making it extremely difficult to get any of the president&#8217;s nominees through the process here. It&#8217;s obstruct, it&#8217;s delay, it&#8217;s block. That&#8217;s been the pattern. And it&#8217;s Trump Derangement Syndrome on full display here in the United States Senate.&#8221;
Schumer <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-republicans-ruthless-rescissions-package-that-would-undermine-bipartisanship-and-gut-critical-programs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> earlier this month that Democrats would not be willing to cooperate if the GOP-led House and Senate chose to claw back $9 billion in funds allocated to foreign aid and public broadcasting for programs that Republicans deemed to be wasteful and idealogical driven.
&#8220;If Republicans cave to Donald Trump and gut these investments agreed to by both parties, that would be an affront — a huge affront — to the bipartisan appropriations process,&#8221; Schumer said on the Senate floor. &#8220;It is absurd to expect Democrats to play along with funding the government if Republicans are just going to renege on a bipartisan agreement by concocting rescissions packages behind closed doors that can pass with only their votes, not the customary 60 votes required in the appropriation process.&#8221;
Both the rescissions package and the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which contained many of Trump&#8217;s spending and tax cut priorities, passed through Congress via processes that allowed the Senate to bypass the filibuster. However, other measures to come may not be able to avoid the hurdle.
When Bartiromo asked Thune if he believes Schumer would like to see a government shutdown in the coming weeks, the majority leader did not dismiss the idea.
&#8220;I think he probably thinks that it&#8217;s beneficial to their political base, the far left of the Democrat Party, and you see it on — you can kind of see what&#8217;s happening up there in New York politics,&#8221; Thune replied, alluding to socialist Zohran Mamdani winning the primary in the race for New York City major.
&#8220;This is a party struggling for an identity. This is a party that&#8217;s completely out of step with the mainstream of this country. And I think, frankly, although it&#8217;s not going to be in their interest in the long term to do it, we&#8217;re going to be waiting to see anxiously what Chuck Schumer and other leaders on the Democrat side decide to do,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Because, ultimately, keeping the government funded is good for the country, and hopefully we will have bipartisan cooperation to do that. But if their recent track record is any indication, they&#8217;re under a tremendous amount of pressure from that far left wing of the Democrat Party to shut the government down.&#8221;
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Thune Warns Schumer May Cave To Far Left, Push For Govt Shutdown In Coming Weeks

Spending Bill

President Donald Trump called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Saturday, asking him to push ahead and confirm his &#8220;incredible nominees&#8221; even if that meant cancelling a few long weekends or the scheduled August recess.
Trump made the request via his Truth Social platform, boasting about the accomplishments already made by his administration and the Republican-led Congress and encouraging Thune to keep the momentum going.
&#8220;Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!! DJT,&#8221; he posted.
The president&#8217;s request came just one day after his Director of National Intelligence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-admin-suppressed-intel-showing-russia-didnt-impact-2016-election-tulsi-reveals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a> revealed efforts  made by former President Obama&#8217;s administration to suppress intelligence showing that Russia had not impacted the 2016 presidential election.
Trump&#8217;s Rapid Response Team also shared video of Gabbard discussing her recent findings on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;The Big Weekend Show,&#8221; where she explained, &#8220;We had, in President Obama and his leadership team, people who did not want to accept the will of the American people in electing Donald Trump in 2016 — and therefore cooked up this treasonous conspiracy to … effectively launch a years-long coup against the sitting President of the United States.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/DNIGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DNIGabbard</a>: “We had, in President Obama and his leadership team, people who did not want to accept the will of the American people in electing Donald Trump in 2016 — and therefore cooked up this treasonous conspiracy to… effectively launch a years-long coup against the sitting… <a href="https://t.co/nFYB5ie7N9">pic.twitter.com/nFYB5ie7N9</a>
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Gabbard first revealed the information in a Friday thread on X, saying in part, &#8220;On Dec 8, 2016, IC officials prepared an assessment for the President’s Daily Brief, finding that Russia ‘did not impact recent U.S. election results’ by conducting cyber attacks on infrastructure. Before it could reach the President, it was abruptly pulled ‘based on new guidance.’ This key intelligence assessment was never published.&#8221;
&#8220;Criminal activity also failed to reach the scale and sophistication necessary to change election outcomes,” the brief stated.
According to Gabbard&#8217;s findings, the FBI had requested at the time that the brief&#8217;s publication be delayed until concerns could be addressed — and then-Director James Comey oversaw the bureau&#8217;s drafting of a formal &#8220;dissent.&#8221;

Trump Calls On Senate To Cancel ‘Long Weekends’ And Get His People Confirmed

Trump Calls On Senate To Cancel 'Long Weekends' And Get His People Confirmed

The Senate voted 51-50 on Tuesday to move forward a White House-backed $9 billion spending cut bill that would slash foreign aid and funding for the parent entity of NPR and PBS. 
The procedural vote moves the recissions package to the last debate and amendment stage before it receives a final vote. Vice President JD Vance broke the tie in the chamber after Republican Senators Mitch McConnell (KY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and Susan Collins (ME) joined the Democrats to vote against the bill. 
The proposal will cut previously approved funding for international organizations, the Democracy Fund, migration and refugee assistance, the Clean Technology Fund, the U.S. Institute of Peace, USAID, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. The cuts were first proposed by the White House and the Department of Government Efficiency project in May. 
After meeting with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, Senate Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-republicans-drop-aids-relief-cuts-from-rescissions-package?author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Senate+Republicans+Drop+%E2%80%98AIDS+Relief%E2%80%99+Cuts+From+Rescissions+Package">are planning</a> to remove a provision from the House-backed version of the bill that cuts $400 million in funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). 
&#8220;There was a lot of interest among our members in doing something on the PEPFAR issue, and so that’s reflected in the substitute,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-shrink-trumps-spending-cut-package-ahead-key-vote-rcna218962">said</a>. &#8220;And we hope that if we can get this across the finish line in the Senate, that the House would accept that one small modification that ends up making the package still about a $9 billion rescissions package. A little less than what was sent over the House, but nonetheless a significant down payment on getting rid of waste, fraud, abuse in our government.&#8221;
The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-says-media-pushing-fake-news-about-global-hiv-aids-funding?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=White+House+Says+Media+Pushing+Fake+News+About+Global+HIV%2FAIDS+Funding">also said</a> Tuesday that it would not be making wide-scale cuts to global AIDS/HIV funding. 
The recissions package has until Friday to make it to President Donald Trump’s desk, or the previously approved spending will begin to be distributed. Trump has threatened not to support or endorse any senator who votes against the spending cuts. 
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN &amp; MSDNC put together,” he posted on Truth Social last week. “Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), who was initially reported to be unsupportive of the bill due to concerns that American Indian public radio stations would lose funding, stated that he had reached an agreement with the Trump administration. He voted to advance the bill on Tuesday. 
&#8220;This is a direct agreement with OMB that they would transfer the funds over to the Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior has agreed to accept it and to issue the grants,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve told them very clearly what we want is those resources to be made available to these Native American radio stations.&#8221;

Senate Republicans Move Closer To Finalizing $9B DOGE Cuts Ahead Of Friday Deadline

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

JD Vance

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Russ Vought

Trump Administration

Senate Republicans are removing $400 million in proposed funding cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program from a rescissions package ahead of a deadline at the end of this week.
The decision was announced after GOP senators met on Tuesday with White House Director Russell Vought regarding the measure designed to codify spending reductions in line with recommendations from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1945193756086378516" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters there was &#8220;a lot of interest among our members in doing something on the PEPFAR issue,&#8221; resulting in a &#8220;small modification&#8221; that leaves the rescissions package, which seeks to slash funds for programs Republicans deem to be wasteful and ideologically driven, at roughly $9 billion.
The GOP-led House narrowly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-doge-cuts-targeting-foreign-aid-npr-and-pbs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the rescissions package in June following a request by the Trump administration. It sought to claw back $9.4 billion in &#8220;reckless spending,&#8221; as House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) told The Daily Wire, by targeting foreign aid projects and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funds to NPR and PBS.
Under the Impoundment Control Act, lawmakers in Congress were given 45 days to act on the request, and it requires only a simple majority in the House and Senate — meaning the filibuster threshold can be ignored. The deadline is Friday, meaning the Senate and the House must both pass the revised measure in the next couple of days.
House Republicans had been urging the Senate not to make any changes, but they could end up approving the slimmer version, particularly after the White House <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5402273-white-house-accepts-pepfar-exemption/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> gave the Senate its blessing to remove the PEPFAR section.
Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) responded in particular to Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who said she wanted to strike the PEPFAR cuts from the rescissions package, contending the program was a success in saving millions of lives.
&#8220;All of that spending” is a far cry from PEPFAR’s original mission, to combat &#8220;the AIDS epidemic in Africa when it first started,&#8221; Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-urge-senate-colleagues-to-pass-rescissions-package-with-sense-of-urgency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire.
In addition, a senior Trump administration official told The Daily Wire on Tuesday that &#8220;limited&#8221; program cuts to PEPFAR took aim at &#8220;LGBTQ education and capacity building — not core life-saving care.&#8221;
Democrat senators and the independents who caucus with them are likely to vote in unison against passing the measure, leaving Republicans and their <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slim</a> majority unable to afford more than a couple GOP defectors. Vice President JD Vance might be needed for a tie-breaker.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) <a href="https://x.com/SenatorRounds/status/1945145431916233064" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Monday that he came around on the rescissions package after the Trump administration helped find money that could be reallocated to continue grants for tribal broadcast services that offer &#8220;potentially lifesaving emergency alerts&#8221; in his state.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune

Senate Republicans Drop ‘AIDS Relief’ Cuts From Rescissions Package

AIDS

Foreign Funding

National Public Radio (NPR)

U.S. House of Representatives

In a huge victory for Oklahoma, Congress recently passed President Donald Trump’s &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which, among many wins, will deliver the largest-ever tax cut for working and middle-class families, secure the border, and lower energy costs.
Unfortunately, Washington Democrats who are desperate to change the media narrative after a brutal 2024 election loss have made it their mission to lie about this bill and mislead American families — especially on Medicaid program improvements.
Democrats claim the bill guts the program. But in reality, Republicans voted to protect and strengthen Medicaid for those who need it most.
Medicaid’s long-term stability is at risk. During the Obama administration, Democrats expanded Medicaid eligibility to include able-bodied adults — adding 20 million able-bodied people to the program rolls between 2013 and 2021. Today, roughly 35 million Americans are living below the poverty line, while over 70 million people are on Medicaid. What’s worse, a stunning 36% of Medicaid spending is on able-bodied working-age adults — most of whom are not working.
What was first designed as a critical social safety net for America’s most vulnerable — including pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, and low-income seniors and families — has quickly ballooned into an unsustainable mess at risk of bankruptcy.
The Big, Beautiful Bill will protect Medicaid benefits for those who need them most and help move millions of able-bodied adults with no children from welfare to work — all while saving taxpayers billions of dollars. By the way, only in Washington is increasing current Medicaid spending levels by 20% over the next 10 years seen as a “cut.”
<div id="attachment_946503" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-946503" class="size-large wp-image-946503" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2217840160-864x576.jpg" alt="Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, bounces a ball after leaving the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. President Donald Trump worked the phones Monday and took to social media to try to sway Republican holdouts on his multi-trillion dollar tax bill, encountering conflicting demands from GOP senators even as he urged them to move swiftly. Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2217840160-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2217840160-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2217840160-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2217840160.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images</div>
This bill includes popular Clinton-era work requirements for able-bodied adults ages 19-64 with no dependents, and includes exceptions for pregnant women, new mothers, and those facing short-term hardships. Under this commonsense law, eligible recipients must complete 20 hours of work, education, or volunteering per week to receive taxpayer-funded Medicaid benefits.
To protect and sustain the Medicaid program, the only people who will see a change in coverage are illegal immigrants, those who are already ineligible for the program, and able-bodied adults ages 19-64 with dependents over 14 years old who choose not to work, volunteer, or go to school for just 20 hours per week.
Most Americans recognize that without commonsense reform, Medicaid would be at a higher risk of collapse. As promised, Republicans are getting the waste, fraud, and abuse out of Medicaid to protect the well-being of America’s most vulnerable. Despite the Democrats&#8217; gross lies, the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; will strengthen and protect the social safety net for every eligible American who needs it. In passing President Trump&#8217;s historic bill, Republicans are ensuring Medicaid can better serve the neediest Americans for generations to come.
U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin represents the state of Oklahoma. He serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee; the Appropriations Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee; and the Indian Affairs Committee.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

How The One Big, Beautiful Bill Sustains And Saves Medicaid

Markwayne Mullin

Medicaid

Opinion

President Trump

Tax Cuts

President Donald Trump has promised an elaborate Independence Day signing ceremony for the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” recently approved by Congress.
The president teased plans for the ceremony while speaking to reporters on Thursday. Trump said that the ceremony would feature a number of United States military warplanes, including the B-2, F-22, and F-35.
Trump said the ceremony would start around 5 p.m. ET, and he would be joined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and most Republicans in Congress.
“At about 5:00 o’clock, we&#8217;re going to have B-2s and F-22s and F-35s flying right over the White House,” Trump said. “It’s going to be a great day, so we&#8217;ll be signing with those beautiful planes flying right over our heads.”
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The House gave final approval on Thursday to send the “Big, Beautiful Bill” to Trump’s desk in time for his July 4 deadline. Johnson and Trump whipped votes and met with holdouts in the hours leading up to the vote, securing a 218-214 majority to pass the legislation on Thursday afternoon.
&#8220;I think when you go over the bill, it was very easy to get them to a ‘Yes,’” Trump told reporters on Thursday after the bill’s passage. “You know, we went over that bill point after point: biggest tax cut in history, great for security, great on the southern border, immigration is covered – we covered just about everything. Again, it&#8217;s the biggest bill ever signed of its kind.”
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Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/big-beautiful-and-on-the-way-to-trumps-desk-congress-passes-historic-spending-bill">secured</a> the votes to pass the massive package at around 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) then held the House floor for over eight hours, speaking to delay the bill’s passage, but ultimately powerless to stop it.
“With one big, beautiful bill, we are going to make this country stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before. And every American is going to benefit from this,” Johnson said just before the vote. “Today we are laying a key cornerstone of America’s new Golden Age.”
The bill’s passage is just the latest landmark victory for the president that has seen a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-mentum-from-iran-to-big-beautiful-bill-prez-scores-landmark-victories-in-past-two-weeks?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=TRUMP-MENTUM%3A+From+Iran+To+Big%2C+Beautiful+Bill%2C+Prez+Scores+Landmark+Victories+In+Past+Two+Weeks">cascade</a> of wins in recent weeks. Just under two weeks ago, Trump greenlit a bomb and missile strike targeting Iranian nuclear facilities that “obliterated” Tehran’s nuclear program at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.

‘B-2s And F-22s And F-35s’: Trump Teases Jet-Packed Signing Ceremony For Big, Beautiful Bill

Mike Johnson

Washington D.C.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough invoked the ire of Republicans in Congress on Thursday for rejecting provisions in the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; championed by President Donald Trump.
A couple of GOP lawmakers called for MacDonough to be overruled after she ruled against <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/26/trump-tax-bill-medicaid-setback-senate/84367717007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed changes</a> to Medicaid over the view that they do not comply with Senate rules for the budget reconciliation process being used to fast-track the legislation.
&#8220;The Senate Parliamentarian, an unelected staffer, is gutting the House’s OBBB and axing conservative wins. Her word isn’t law — just advice. Senate Republicans: ignore her and deliver on President Trump’s agenda, backed by 77M Americans!&#8221; Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) <a href="https://x.com/RepKeithSelf/status/1938254272216350894" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X.
Others are going as far as to demand that MacDonough be forced out of the role she has held since being <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/politics/senate-female-parliamentarian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appointed</a> by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in 2012.
&#8220;The WOKE Senate Parliamentarian, who was appointed by Harry Reid and advised Al Gore, just STRUCK DOWN a provision BANNING illegals from stealing Medicaid from American citizens. This is a perfect example of why Americans hate THE SWAMP,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/SenTuberville/status/1938237688261333020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). &#8220;Unelected bureaucrats think they know better than U.S. Congressmen who are elected BY THE PEOPLE. Her job is not to push a woke agenda. THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN SHOULD BE FIRED ASAP.&#8221;
Republicans are working to pass the bill using the reconciliation process, which allows the Senate to bypass the 60-vote threshold for a filibuster. However, the parliamentarian determined proposals for Medicaid and other programs do not adhere to the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL30862" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Byrd Rule</a>, which demands they stay focused on the budget.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated that he did not plan to overrule MacDonough, <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/26/congress/john-thune-senate-parliamentarian-overrule-00425792" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling</a> POLITICO, &#8220;No, that would not be a good option for getting a bill done.&#8221;
He also suggested lawmakers will try to work around MacDonough&#8217;s rulings even as the July 4 deadline favored by Trump fast approaches, and changes they make will have to be approved by the House, which already passed a version of the legislation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill-in-massive-win-for-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one month ago</a>.
&#8220;These are speed bumps along the way, we anticipated those and so we have contingency plans. Obviously, you have to adjust the timing and schedule a little bit, but we&#8217;re moving forward,&#8221; Thune said, per <a href="https://x.com/maxpcohen/status/1938249056846778369" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Punchbowl News</a>.
In years past, some Democrats also called for MacDonough to be overruled or fired after rulings in the reconciliation process did not go their way, like after the parliamentarian <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/26/senate-parliamentarian-minimum-wage-overrule/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> a proposed minimum-wage increase in 2021 when they controlled the Senate and Joe Biden was president.
But, at the present time, Democrats are in the minority and depend on MacDonough&#8217;s assessments to stymie the GOP&#8217;s agenda.
&#8220;Democrats are continuing to make the case against every provision in this Big, Beautiful Betrayal of a bill that violates Senate rules and hurts families and workers,” <a href="https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press/byrd-rule-violations-continue-to-mount-on-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR). “Democrats are fighting back against Republicans’ plans to gut Medicaid, dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and kick kids, veterans, seniors, and folks with disabilities off of their health insurance — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Republicans are scrambling to rewrite parts of this bill to continue advancing their families lose, and billionaires win agenda, but Democrats stand ready to fully scrutinize any changes and ensure the Byrd Rule is enforced.”
One GOP lawmaker in the House, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), pointed out that Republicans <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/26/senate-parliamentarian-minimum-wage-overrule/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did fire</a> the parliamentarian in 2001 in a similar clash over budgetary matters and encouraged Thune to remove MacDonough from her perch now.
&#8220;This is not about partisanship, it is about rule of law. She has failed to apply the rules of reconciliation accurately on multiple occasions,&#8221; Crenshaw <a href="https://x.com/dancrenshawtx/status/1938264675486925184?s=46" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X, adding that &#8220;the current parliamentarian has shown clear political bias, applying ideology and not the rules of the Senate.&#8221;
Crenshaw took particular issue with the parliamentarian&#8217;s ruling against his own proposal.
&#8220;There are many examples of this so far, but today was the final red line for me. She struck my provision that stops federal funding for gender transition procedures, claiming it doesn’t have budgetary impact and therefore is “out of order,&#8221; Crenshaw said. &#8220;The FACT is this provision absolutely has a direct budgetary impact. It amends Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act, which governs federal payments under Medicaid. So MacDonough’s claim that it’s noncompliant on procedural grounds is absolutely wrong.&#8221;
He concluded: &#8220;This is bigger than one provision. It’s about the sanctity of the rules and laws we follow, and the importance of the position of the Head Parliamentarian, who must be an objective non-partisan who applies the rules with consistency, not ideology.&#8221;

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)

GOP Furious As Unelected Bureaucrat Yanks Conservative Elements From ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

GOP Furious As Unelected Bureaucrat Yanks Conservative Elements From 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

Dan Crenshaw

Tommy Tuberville

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