FIREWORKS IN DC - Senate Update on the Save America Act Voter ID - The Trump-Backed Bill Just Moved A Tad Closer To...
Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Moves Closer To PassageSenate Republicans have struggled to advance President Donald Trump’s voter ID and citizenship verification legislation.
However, a late-night vote in the chamber revived a proposal many had considered all but dead.
During the Senate’s marathon vote-a-rama on the GOP’s $70 billion immigration enforcement package, Republicans made two attempts to attach the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to the broader measure.
Both efforts fell short, as a group of Republicans joined Senate Democrats in opposing the amendments offered by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah.
The proposals faced steep odds regardless, as they needed to overcome the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold to advance.
Graham’s amendment sought to attach a revised version of the SAVE America Act that included several additional policy provisions, including a ban on biological males competing in women’s sports, a measure Trump had pushed for months.
Four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — voted against the proposal.
Their opposition kept the amendment from reaching the 50-vote threshold Republicans would have needed to pursue a talking filibuster strategy.
Lee’s separate amendment, however, did secure 50 votes after Collins switched her position and backed the original version of the SAVE America Act.
As the vote-a-rama continued, Lee celebrated the result on X, noting that with Vice President JD Vance available to cast a tie-breaking vote, the SAVE America Act would have enough support to pass the Senate, Fox News reported.
“That means that but for the Zombie Filibuster, the House-passed SAVE America Act would now be on its way to the White House for President Trump’s signature,” Lee said.
Lee and some other Republicans have been leaning on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to launch a talking filibuster to grind down Democrats and advance the measure by a simple majority vote.
Thune has, so far, refused to do that, sparking fury from allies of the president.
He has said he didn’t believe Republicans would hold together to repel a deluge of Democratic amendments that could substantially alter the legislation or target other agenda items important to Trump.
Senate Republicans previously mounted a lengthy floor effort in March to force debate on the SAVE America Act, but momentum behind the legislation has waned considerably in the months since.
That is especially true now that two members – Tillis and McConnell – are retiring, and another GOP senator, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 riot, lost his primary.
Another path forward would be eliminating the legislative filibuster altogether, a move Trump has periodically urged Republicans to pursue during his second term.
That option remains deeply divisive within the GOP conference.
Several Republican senators have warned that weakening or abolishing the filibuster could backfire if Democrats eventually regain control of the Senate and use the precedent to advance their own legislative priorities.
But conservatives argue Democrats have repeatedly pledged to do just that if they regain control of the chamber.
They add that, based on Democrats’ threats, Republicans should just end the rule now and push their agenda through, which they say would include the SAVE Act and make it harder for Democrats to win again.
Trump has also directed criticism at Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, whose ruling determined that the SAVE America Act did not qualify for inclusion in the immigration package under the Senate’s budget reconciliation rules, which allow passage by a simple majority vote.
In response, Trump has repeatedly urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune to remove MacDonough from her position.
“We have every right to change her, and should do so, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump said on Truth Social. “As long as she’s there, we will never get our desperately needed, SAVE AMERICA ACT, approved, and put into full force and effect!”
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Supreme Court Sides with President Trump - He Can REMOVE Them All
Washington, D.C. - May 28, 2026
SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP — ALLOWS REMOVAL OF BIDEN’S THREE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION APPOINTEES WITHOUT CAUSE
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald J. Trump may, for now, remove the three commissioners appointed by former President Joe Biden to the Consumer Product Safety Commission without cause.
The decision represents a major victory for executive authority and further erodes a 90-year-old precedent designed to protect certain independent regulatory agencies.
“The Consumer Product Safety Commission exercises executive power in a similar manner as the National Labor Relations Board, and the case does not otherwise differ from Wilcox in any pertinent respect,” the court stated in its order.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued a separate statement indicating he would have granted the case for full review this fall.
All three liberal justices dissented.
Justice Elena Kagan, writing on behalf of herself, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, sharply criticized the majority for using the emergency docket to override congressional intent.
“The majority has acted on the emergency docket—with ‘little time, scant briefing, and no argument’ — to override Congress’s decisions about how to structure administrative agencies so that they can perform their prescribed duties,”
she wrote. “By means of such actions, this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another.”
The ruling directly challenges the 1935 precedent set in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which had limited presidential removal power over members of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission. In that unanimous decision, the court held that Congress could shield agency officials from at-will removal except for cause such as neglect of duty or malfeasance.
In 2021, Biden appointed three commissioners to the CPSC, the agency responsible for setting product safety standards, overseeing recalls, and researching hazards. Months into his second term, President Trump moved to dismiss them before their terms expired, arguing they wield substantial executive power and serve at the pleasure of the president.
The commissioners sued, claiming their removal violated the law establishing the agency as independent. A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the removals, and the Fourth Circuit declined to intervene. The Trump administration then appealed to the Supreme Court.
This ruling follows a similar 6-3 decision in May that allowed the administration to remove members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The decision is temporary while lower courts continue to hear the case, but it significantly strengthens the administration’s position and signals a broader shift toward expanded presidential authority over independent agencies.
President Trump hailed the outcome as a restoration of constitutional balance.
“The American people elected a President to lead the Executive Branch. This ruling confirms that the President has the authority to manage that branch effectively,”
he stated.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission regulates thousands of consumer products, and the move is expected to allow the administration to install new leadership aligned with its priorities on deregulation and consumer protection.
SENATOR KENNEDY DELIVERS FATAL BLOW TO OMAR'S CAREER AS SHE BLAMES TRUMP FOR SOMALI PANIC
Washington, D.C. - May 28, 2026
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY DELIVERS FATAL BLOW TO REP. ILHAN OMAR’S CAREER AS SHE BLAMES TRUMP FOR SOMALI COMMUNITY PANIC
In a stunning Senate floor exchange that has gone viral nationwide, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) dismantled Representative Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) emotional narrative with a single, devastating rebuttal. The clash erupted after Omar held an emergency press conference in Minneapolis, where she claimed President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operations were unleashing terror on the local Somali community.
Visibly shaken, Omar painted a dire picture of families living in fear, accusing the Trump administration of inciting violence and death threats.
“Donald Trump is not just enforcing the law; he is hunting a community,”
“His rhetoric has put a target on our backs. My office is flooded with death threats. My people are living in terror that one phone call, one tip from a racist neighbor, will end their lives in this country. This is ethnic cleansing disguised as policy.”
She described mothers paralyzed by panic and fathers sleeping in shifts, framing the deportations as a “white nationalist agenda” targeting innocent families.
Kennedy’s Career-Ending Rebuttal
Watching the press conference from Washington, Senator Kennedy took to the Senate floor and delivered what analysts are calling a fatal blow to Omar’s moral authority and political future.
“The Congresswoman is very upset today,”
“But Congresswoman, you need to learn the difference between a threat and a consequence. You spent years telling your community that America is a hateful, racist, evil place. You spent years spitting on the country that took you in. You called us villains while cashing our checks.”
Kennedy leaned into the microphone, his voice sharp and unflinching:
“You aren’t receiving death threats, Congresswoman. You are receiving the receipts for the division you ordered. You lit the fire with your rhetoric, and now you’re screaming because it got too hot in the kitchen. That isn’t a tragedy. That’s just poetic justice.”
He concluded with a line that has since dominated social media:
“The fear in Minnesota isn’t because Donald Trump is a monster. It’s because for the first time in your career, the law has finally arrived to collect the debt you owe.”
The Aftermath
Kennedy’s remarks have shattered Omar’s victim narrative, reframing the panic in Minneapolis not as Trump’s fault but as the long-overdue consequence of years of anti-American rhetoric. As Trump administration deportation buses roll toward the Midwest, Republican leaders hail the moment as proof that strong border enforcement and accountability are restoring the rule of law.
Political observers note the exchange has energized the Republican base ahead of the 2026 midterms, underscoring a clear choice between law and order versus open-border chaos. Omar stands isolated, her calls for sympathy drowned out by widespread agreement: actions have consequences, and America is finally enforcing them.
Vote To Remove Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar From Congress Being Considered By Republican Congressman
St. Paul, MN - May 28, 2026
MINNESOTA HOUSE FALLS SHORT ON SUBPOENA FOR REP. ILHAN OMAR IN FEEDING OUR FUTURE FRAUD PROBE
A Republican-led effort to compel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to testify and produce documents tied to the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scandal failed Tuesday in the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee.
The committee voted 5-3 in favor of issuing the subpoena, falling one vote short of the six required under the chamber’s bipartisan operating agreement.
Committee Chair Kristin Robbins (R) argued the subpoena had become necessary after Omar repeatedly declined invitations to testify and failed to respond to document requests.
“We have reached out to Representative Ilhan Omar on multiple occasions, inviting her to testify and inviting and requesting documents,”
Robbins said ahead of the vote. “The only tool left for us as a committee if we want to get these documents is to issue a subpoena.”
Republicans on the panel focused heavily on Omar’s role in sponsoring the federal MEALS Act during the COVID-19 pandemic. They argue the legislation loosened oversight requirements in federal nutrition programs and created conditions that enabled large-scale fraud.
“Representative Omar had some role, whether inadvertent or not,”
Robbins said. “She passed the MEALS Act in March of 2020, and that took the guardrails off the federal school nutrition program which created the conditions for Feeding Our Future.”
The Feeding Our Future scandal has become one of Minnesota’s largest public corruption cases in recent history. Federal prosecutors allege that organizers and associates diverted hundreds of millions of dollars intended to feed low-income children during the pandemic through fake meal claims, shell nonprofits, and fraudulent reimbursement requests.
Dozens of individuals have been charged in the ongoing federal investigation, including nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and numerous business operators tied to Minnesota’s Somali community.
Republicans specifically sought communications involving Omar and several individuals connected to the fraud investigation, along with records tied to her public promotion of Safari Restaurant, a Minneapolis business later linked to the scandal.
Robbins also referenced a Somali-language television appearance in which Omar highlighted the restaurant as a meal distribution site during the pandemic.
Democrats on the committee strongly opposed the subpoena effort, accusing Republicans of politicizing the investigation and targeting Omar for partisan reasons.
Dave Pinto, the committee’s lead Democrat, questioned the timing and practical purpose of issuing a subpoena with only days remaining in the legislative session.
“Even if Omar were to testify or information is received, I do not see the committee doing anything with that information,”
Pinto argued.
Pinto also referenced broader concerns about investigations involving political opponents under the Trump administration.
The failed subpoena vote effectively blocks the Minnesota House committee from compelling Omar’s testimony before the legislative session concludes later this month.
Still, Robbins indicated Republicans are exploring other options to continue pursuing records and testimony.
“They’re fading,”
Robbins said. “But I’ll certainly talk to our friends in Congress to see if they would be willing to issue a subpoena.”
Robbins added that federal authorities possess “a whole menu of legal options” because Omar is a sitting member of Congress.
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The controversy surrounding Omar comes amid growing Republican efforts nationally to spotlight fraud and corruption in federal spending programs.
