Sahil Kapur

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74 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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Apple News Today · Thousands more U.S. troops arrive in the Middle East. What to know. · 30 Mar 2026 podcast

I put this down ultimately to two things.

First, a communications breakdown between

John Thune, the Senate Majority Leader, and Mike Johnson, the House Speaker, these two men were clearly not on the same page when Thune decided to proceed with that DHS funding bill that the Senate ultimately passed.

Now, what the president seems inclined to do here is to use...

Funding from a separate pot of money that Republicans passed last year in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill that applies to DHS.

This money seems to be designed for ICE and CBP as part of the president's mass deportation program.

But the White House sees some flexibility in the way it can spend the money, and it has decided apparently to use it to pay TSA officers and agents.

Apple News Today · Snow, thunder, and heat: where to expect extreme weather this week · 16 Mar 2026 podcast

This bill passed with 89 votes in the Senate, which is just extraordinary.

You don't see that very often, even on small things, let alone a major piece of legislation like this, which is about housing affordability.

So there's a lot in here that both parties found agreement on.

It includes a series of grants and pilot programs for housing construction.

So it's all about increasing the supply of housing, which is a major concern because housing prices have gone up for renters and for homebuyers.

And this is a way to try to combat that.

And the other thing it does is that it prevents Wall Street, so investors, private equity, from buying up lots of single-family homes and increasing the price.

This thing has a long way to go before it gets to the president's desk.

But suffice it to say, it comes down to Trump in terms of what he wants and how badly he wants this version or that version or whatever in terms of pressuring House Republicans.

What we are told by one lawmaker with knowledge of this is that Speaker Johnson told Republican leaders at their annual retreat that Trump wants the Save America Act as his top priority and that Johnson told members, Trump privately emphasized to Johnson that the Save America Act is so important.

And he said...

The president said, quote, no one gives a bleep about housing, end quote.

That is Trump talking to Johnson, according to a lawmaker who was there.

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