President Donald Trump presses Senate Republicans at a closed-door Capitol lunch to pass the SAVE America Act, secure White House ballroom funding and back his Iran war strategy.Senate Majority Leader John Thune rebuffs calls to eliminate the filibuster, says the voting bill lacks votes and urges attention to the farm bill, highway funding and defense policy.Senators including
Rick Scott and
Thom Tillis seek unity before the midterms, but Trump’s delay of
Jay Clayton’s intelligence nomination and a dispute over the
Justice Department anti-weaponization fund underscore deep divisions in the GOP.