GOP Rep. Bacon on confusion about Trump’s federal aid freeze
Republicans largely back Trump's attempted federal aid freeze — with some notes of caution
Senate GOP forges ahead with Trump’s budget pick amid funding freeze uproar
Senate Republicans who care about Congress’ spending authority aren’t going to oppose Russ Vought’s nomination to lead OMB as Democrats accuse the White House of curtailing lawmakers’ powers.
GOP Rep. Bacon says foreign aid freeze ‘needs to be temporary’
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said on Tuesday that he hopes President Trump’s pause on foreign aid is temporary. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Bacon stressed the importance of U.S. assistance to allies including Ukraine and Taiwan.
Republicans cling to false ‘condoms in Gaza’ claim, despite reality
Trump and some of his GOP allies have argued that the U.S. approved $50 million for condoms in Gaza. A fact-check report called the claim "preposterous."
Trump to huddle with House GOP moderates at White House
A trio of moderate House Republicans are set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, the latest huddle between the president and different GOP factions as the lower chamber
Republicans brace for a messy slog on Capitol Hill
Among those raising alarms was Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, one of three House Republicans representing a district Trump lost in November. He said the warnings Tuesday from himself and others in the GOP helped influence the Trump administration to "narrow what they were doing in a way." (The White House rescinded the order hours later.)