Trump pumps brakes on Senate budget plan, delaying GOP SAVE America push

Senate Republicans may have left Washington on a high note early Saturday morning, but they left one major item on the table: passing the SAVE America Act. They passed a short-term funding extension until early December and confirmed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Department of Justice. "We're not dropping SAVE," Sen. Mike Lee said. "It's a matter of time." "Would it have been better if we had passed SAVE America already? Absolutely," Lee said. "Democrats refuse to vote for any kind of voter integrity measure, that's just the reality of the situation," said Sen. Ron Johnson. Trump "pumped the brakes" on the Senate budget plan, and Johnson said Trump agreed to "just work diligently through August into September to do an actually better budget reconciliation bill." Sen. John Thune said, "I think at some point, we're going to need to do another reconciliation bill." War Secretary Hegseth made a "very convincing case" to boost defense funding by "$350 billion" as the Iran war continues.