Trump Vs Thune, Road To Housing Act, Democratic Socialist Win In New York Primaries
June 24, 2026
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5 min readTrump vs. Thune, a Landmark Housing Bill, and Democratic Socialist Wins in New York
President Trump heads to Capitol Hill today for a lunch with Senate Republicans, but the meal comes at a moment when the relationship between the White House and his own party's Senate leadership is visibly frayed. Meanwhile, Congress passed the largest housing bill in decades with strong bipartisan support, and in New York's primary elections Tuesday night, all three candidates backed by Mayor Eric Adams won their races — including two Democratic Socialists who defeated incumbent congressmen. The results are forcing the Democratic Party to confront questions about its ideological direction heading into the midterms.
Tensions Between Trump and Senate Republicans
The friction between Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been building for weeks, and last night's vote on a war powers resolution brought it into the open. Four Republican senators voted with Democrats to advance a measure directing Trump to withdraw troops from the conflict with Iran. But the deeper problem, according to NPR's Sam Gringlas, is a pattern of strategic breakdowns.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:02) **Trump vs. Senate Republicans** - President Trump heads to Capitol Hill for a tense lunch with Senate Republicans amid rising tensions over strategy and a war powers vote.
- 2 (02:08) **Thune's Struggle to Manage Trump** - NPR's Sam Green Grass explains the deepening disconnect between Trump and Senate Republicans.
- 3 (03:39) **Root of the Conflict: The Save America Act** - The core dispute stems from Trump's push for a strict voter ID law and his demand to eliminate the filibuster.
- 4 (04:18) **Thune's Standing and the Filibuster** - Despite the conflict, most of the Republican caucus remains behind Thune, who views the filibuster as vital to the Senate's consensus-driven nature.
- 5 (05:03) **Worries About 2026 Agenda** - Some Republicans fear Trump is undercutting their shared agenda by focusing on 2020 election claims and targeting disloyal incumbents.
- 6 (05:44) **Congress Passes Largest Housing Bill in Decades** - The measure, which heads to President Trump's desk, aims to address the housing affordability crisis with strong bipartisan support.
- 7 (06:38) **Ban on Corporate Investors** - The bill's most prominent provision bans large corporate investors from buying more than 350 single-family homes.
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Show Notes
Congress passed the largest housing bill in decades last night with strong bipartisan support, aiming to make homeownership more attainable by cracking down on corporate investors buying single-family homes.
And in New York, democratic socialist candidates scored big wins in congressional primaries, including upsets backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, raising new questions about how far left the Democratic Party will go as it tries to retake the House in November.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:57) Trump Vs Thune
(05:42) Road To Housing Act
(09:24) Democratic Socialist Win In New York Primaries
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