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President Trump demanded Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the August recess and keep senators in session until the SAVE America Act — requiring proof of citizenship to vote and ending universal mail-in ballots — is passed, calling to nuke the filibuster to get it done. Thune refused and the Senate left anyway. Three GOP senators backed Trump but the bill needs 60 votes, and not a single Democrat supports it.
Trump's attorney general nominee Todd Blanche was stalled in the Judiciary Committee after Senators Cornyn and Tillis refused to advance him without written DOJ commitments. Cornyn reached a deal Sunday: the DOJ put limits on Trump's immunity from tax audits in writing and rescinded its so-called anti-weaponization fund. A full Senate floor vote is now expected this week.
The Senate Appropriations Committee unveiled a bipartisan continuing resolution on August 2nd that would fund the government at current levels through December 11th — pushing past the midterms. The deal extends flood insurance, transportation programs, and VA health authorities. Committee Chair Susan Collins says there are no poison pills attached.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went head-to-head with CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday over rising measles cases and vaccine hesitancy. Kennedy said the measles vaccine is effective and recommended parents vaccinate their children, but the interview grew contentious over broader vaccine-autism research. Separately, President Trump pressed Kennedy at a Cabinet meeting to accelerate autism-vaccine research.
President Trump announced he canceled what he described as the largest planned US military strike since World War II, saying Gulf allies Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar requested a diplomatic pause. Trump claimed an outline deal would have Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and abandon its nuclear program. Iran immediately denied any deal exists — and analysts note this is at least the eighth such announcement this year.
Starting July 30th, an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants surged from Morocco into Spain's tiny North African enclave of Ceuta — population 84,000 — in what is being called the single largest mass border crossing in EU history. At least 67 people died. Spain's prime minister refused to declare a national emergency and the EU promised an emergency meeting six days after the crisis began. The White House publicly blamed the Spanish government.
A woman carrying a homemade explosive device detonated it Saturday evening at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant in central Moscow after being stopped by a security guard. Three people were killed — the bomber, the guard, and one patron — and at least 21 others were wounded. Moscow Mayor Sobyanin called it a brutal terrorist act. No link to Ukraine has been established.
NASA cut the ribbon Friday on the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley Research Center in Virginia — the agency's first major new wind tunnel in more than four decades. The 25,000-square-foot facility can generate winds up to 117 miles per hour and will support missions to Venus, Titan, the Moon, and Mars, replacing two tunnels built in the 1940s.
A total solar eclipse on August 12th will sweep from the Arctic across the Atlantic, with totality tracking over eastern Greenland, Iceland, and parts of Spain near sunset — lasting up to two minutes and 18 seconds. Roughly 15 million people worldwide will see at least a partial eclipse. It is one of the most geographically accessible European totality paths in decades.
A coordinated cyberattack struck more than 30 water utility systems across Minnesota, representing one of the largest infrastructure cyberattacks on US water systems on record. Details on attribution and the scope of the damage are still emerging. The attack comes as federal agencies have warned for months about foreign adversaries probing water infrastructure.
