Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court to Approve Mass Layoffs; Senate Set to Debate GOP Agenda Bill

   

--President Donald Trump in West Mifflin, Pa., on Friday. / AFP 

Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court to Approve Mass Layoffs; Senate Set to Debate GOP Agenda Bill                                                      

  As Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess, the Senate is gearing up to consider the sweeping GOP bill recently passed by the House.                                           

 What to Know Today

• Trump Administration Appeals to Supreme Court on Layoffs
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• Senate to Take Up House-Passed GOP Agenda Bill
  As Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess, the Senate is set to begin work on a sweeping domestic policy bill backed by President Trump and passed by the House.

• NY Gov. Hochul Faces Primary Challenge from Lt. Gov. Delgado
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