What Happened Today – May 21, 2026

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 The post What Happened Today – May 21, 2026 appeared first on Gov Brief Today.