Trump, Senate and Venezuela
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Senate Republicans on Thursday lamented President Trump’s call for the ouster of five GOP members who voted with Democrats and dealt him a blow on the Venezuela war powers resolution,
The House passed a bill on Thursday to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies for three years by a vote of 230-196 with 17 Republicans voting with Democrats and defying GOP leaders. Ahead of the vote, Democrats boasted that several Republicans were expected to defy their leadership team.
Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration is creating an assistant attorney general position to investigate alleged fraud across various states.
Democrats and moderate Republicans hope the bill's passage will put pressure on the Senate to come up a bipartisan compromise.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had canceled a second wave of attacks on Venezuela following cooperation from the South American nation. The president said on Friday that Venezuela was releasing a large number of political prisoners as a sign of "seeking peace",