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Unfit to Print: TRUMP FACES SENATE MUTINY

The upper chamber's polite mask is slipping

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Amber Duke
Jun 25, 2026
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on June 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is visiting Capitol Hill to attend a closed-door luncheon with the Republican Senate Steering Committee to push his SAVE America Act, which would impose strict voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements in federal elections. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Trump met with the Senate GOP on Wednesday and things got a little hairy.


TRUMP FACES SENATE MUTINY

President Donald Trump was elected to take a wrecking ball to Washington.

The Senate responded by tightening their ties and warning that demolition requires a filibuster-proof 60 votes.

That was the polite version of the Senate GOP backstop, anyway. This week, that facade cracked in a major way.


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