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5 min readSenate Republicans voted early Wednesday morning to advance a $70 billion budget plan aimed at funding immigration enforcement agencies, including ICE and Border Patrol, for the next three and a half years. The vote, which came after a late-night session, used the reconciliation process to bypass a filibuster and pass along party lines. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky joined all Democrats in opposing the measure. The budget resolution now heads to the House, where lawmakers are already working to broaden its scope beyond immigration enforcement. The Homeland Security Department has been partially shut down for weeks. Reconciliation is the same complicated, lengthy budget tool used to pass President Trump’s signature “one big beautiful bill,” allowing a party to pass legislation without Democratic support.
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- 1 (00:03) **Senate Republicans Advance $70 Billion Immigration Budget** - Senate Republicans voted early this morning to advance a budget plan funding immigration enforcement agencies through reconciliation.
- 2 (00:58) **HHS Secretary Kennedy Pressed on Measles Crisis** - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill and deflected blame for the highest number of measles cases in three decades.
- 3 (02:08) **UN Warns of Global Food Crisis from Hormuz Shipping Disruption** - The head of the UN development program says the war and halted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted fuel and fertilizer supplies during planting season.
- 4 (02:45) **Stock Markets Rise on Tech Earnings** - U.S. stock markets were fueled partly by tech company earnings on Wednesday.
- 5 (03:02) **Justice Department Loosens Marijuana Restrictions** - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the DOJ is reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, loosening restrictions on FDA-approved and state-regulated products.
- 6 (03:15) **EU Approves $106 Billion Loan Package for Ukraine** - The European Union formally approved a major loan package to help Ukraine pay bills and purchase military equipment, after Hungary lifted its veto.
- 7 (03:51) **Colorado Sheriff Uses AI to Generate Missing Hiker Image** - The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office posted an AI-generated image of what a missing hiker was likely wearing when he disappeared.
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