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• GOP senator jabs Jeffries as 'butt hurt' over Trump-Schumer deal - The government funding deal between President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., passed despite heavy opposition from House Democrats.
• Illinois Gov Pritzker donates $5M to super PAC backing lieutenant governor's Senate campaign - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker reportedly donated $5 million to support Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton's Senate campaign as she faces a competitive Democratic primary.
• Texas Dem Senate candidate's 'mediocre' comment rocks race - James Talarico faces widespread backlash after allegedly calling Colin Allred a "mediocre Black man" in a conversation with a political influencer.
• Thune rejects Trump's call to nationalize elections, warns Dems tried the same - President Donald Trump suggested that Republicans should take over voting in 15 states, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., rejected the notion.
• Sen Kennedy praises Fetterman as a ‘total banger,’ who 'doesn't give a damn' about angering liberals - Republican Sen. John Kennedy calls Democrat John Fetterman a "maverick" who doesn't care about party criticism and stays authentic.
• Senate GOP warns Chinese vapes could be used by CCP to spy on Americans, launder cartel cash - Several Senate Republicans warned that Chinese e-cigarettes flooding U.S. markets could be spying devices used for surveillance or money laundering fronts for Mexican cartels.
• Trump undercuts GOP push to attach SAVE Act to shutdown bill as conservatives threaten mutiny - President Donald Trump called for immediate passage of bipartisan funding deal as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., leads the House Republican push to attach voter ID requirements.
• Maine Gov Mills takes brutal shot at Joe Biden when pressed on age concerns in Senate race - Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills told CNN she can "deliver" despite age concerns in her bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a critical Senate race.
• Fetterman admits government shutdown won't stop ICE operations, says parties must negotiate a 'way forward' - Sen. Fetterman reveals government shutdown won't halt ICE operations due to Trump's "big, beautiful bill" allocating $200B that keeps immigration enforcement running.
• GOP senator's 'Federal Fumbles' report highlights $240M spent on transgender rat testing - Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., released his ninth annual "Federal Fumbles" report documenting federal waste, including NIH grants for aborted fetal tissue research.