Key Events (10)
President Trump considered forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked an assessment suggesting military strikes on Iran only temporarily disrupted its nuclear development, dismissing the report as inaccurate.
Senate Republicans cleared a procedural hurdle to debate Trump's major tax-and-spending bill, with the Senate voting 51-49 to open debate on the 940-page legislation estimated to add $3.3 trillion to the US debt.
The Congressional Budget Office found Trump's bill would include $1.1 trillion in healthcare cuts and result in 11.8 million people losing insurance coverage, with deeper cuts than previous versions of the legislation.
Senator Thom Tillis announced he would not seek re-election after President Trump insulted him and threatened to back a primary challenger over Tillis's opposition to the president's domestic spending bill.
President Trump threatened to cut federal funds to the University of Virginia if its president did not resign over DEI practices, according to Senator Mark Warner.
Elon Musk criticized Trump's domestic policy bill on social media, calling it 'utterly insane and destructive' and saying passage would be 'political suicide' for the Republican party.
An IAEA official stated that Iran could likely produce weapons-grade enriched uranium within a matter of months, and noted some Iranian uranium stockpiles may have been moved before US attacks, contradicting Trump's claims about the strikes' effectiveness.
President Trump said he found buyers for TikTok and identified them as 'a group of very wealthy people,' though he did not reveal their identities and noted the Chinese government would need to approve any sale.
A federal appeals court will consider Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, with the case likely to become one of the first to reach the Supreme Court.
Catholic bishops rallied opposition to Trump's immigration agenda, expressing outrage at the administration's push toward mass deportations.