By Jill Nolin | Editor
Billed as an official White House event, President Donald Trump’s visit to a Cobb County high school had the hallmarks of one of his signature campaign rallies. From the on-stage shoutouts to his GOP allies and bashing of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, the wide-ranging speech took nearly 30 minutes to get to the stated reason for the visit: to promote his administration’s investment accounts for children.
President Donald Trump visited Wheeler High School in Cobb County Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Maya Homan
Facing what is likely to be a difficult midterm election in Georgia and across the country, President Donald Trump touted his economic platform during a visit to Wheeler High School in Cobb County Wednesday.
Several Republican candidates for statewide office had speaking slots, giving the official White House event a distinctly partisan tint.
DC BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
U.S. House Republicans passed a measure to curb stock trading by members of Congress that was packaged with an unrelated voter ID bill, part of President Donald Trump’s push for major federal involvement in elections.
The legislation passed by a vote of 232-198. All Republicans and 13 Democrats voted in favor.
The bill faces possible headwinds in the narrowly split Senate where 60 votes are required for passage. Republicans control the upper chamber with 53 members, to Democrats’ 47 members.
A vote on a budget resolution in the U.S. House on July 22, 2026, sets up a confrontation between GOP lawmakers in Congress over exactly how much funding to provide for the war in Iran. Shown is the damaged B1 bridge, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, on April 3, 2026 west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
DC BUREAU
By Jennifer Shutt
Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday approved their outline for the third party-line budget measure of the second Trump administration, though they won’t be able to begin work on that package until they reach agreement with their Senate colleagues on a plan forward.
The 216-214 vote on a budget resolution sets up a confrontation between GOP lawmakers in Congress over exactly how much funding to provide for the war in Iran and farm assistance as well as whether lawmakers should pay for it by cutting spending elsewhere.
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