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• 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.
• Leavitt accuses Sen Tillis of holding US economy 'hostage’ over Fed nomination dispute - Trump's Kevin Warsh Fed chair pick faces Senate opposition over ongoing investigation into current chair's alleged misleading testimony to Congress.
• Senate Republicans push for House GOP rebellion against funding package, voter ID legislation - Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Mike Lee's, R-Utah, demands for DHS funding and SAVE America Act could extend government shutdown by forcing package back to Senate for potential rejection.
• Texas Dem who said God is ‘nonbinary’ now says atheists are more ‘Christ-like’ than Christian colleagues - James Talarico, Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate, faces criticism after saying atheists are more Christ-like than Christians on podcast hosted by James Carville and Al Hunt.
• Senate passes federal funding compromise as Democrats score victory in DHS revolt - Government shutdown all but guaranteed as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says earliest action on Senate-passed spending bill is Monday, with two-thirds majority potentially needed.
• Graham threatens shutdown deal over House-backed repeal, warns Johnson: 'I won't forget this' - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over Arctic Frost and vowed to fight the Trump-backed government funding package, despite White House pressure.
• Reporter's Notebook: Senate funding deal hits snag as Graham presses sanctuary city vote - Sen. Lindsey Graham holds up government funding, demanding votes on a sanctuary cities bill and expanded lawsuit rights for Jack Smith surveillance targets.