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What Happened Today – May 21, 2026

Dulles International Airport international concourse with global flags hanging from the ceiling

Dulles International Airport's international concourse, now the sole U.S. entry point for Americans returning from Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan after $11.5 billion in virus-monitoring cuts. (CBP photo)

Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home Thursday rather than vote on Trump’s war. He didn’t have the votes. Senate Republicans also walked away from Trump’s $72 billion immigration enforcement bill, and Mitch McConnell called Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund “utterly stupid, morally wrong.” The Senate went home too. Tens of thousands of service members … Read more

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