{"id":54,"date":"2025-07-31T18:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:52:24","slug":"nearly-unanimous-senate-decision-stuns-everyone-including-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Unanimous Senate Decision Stuns Everyone \u2014 Including Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a political climate known for division, the U.S. Senate delivered a shock on Thursday: a sweeping <strong>88-2 vote<\/strong> in favor of a bill aimed at curbing foreign influence in American elections \u2014 and even <strong>Donald Trump didn\u2019t see it coming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new legislation enforces strict rules on foreign lobbying, demands full disclosure of foreign funds behind political advertisements, and imposes <strong>tough criminal penalties<\/strong> for violations, including asset seizures and multi-year prison sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThis is bigger than politics,\u201d<\/strong> said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. <strong>\u201cThis is about protecting the American people\u2019s voice.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most surprising part? Support came from both sides of the aisle \u2014 including several Trump-loyal Republicans. According to insiders, the shift was sparked by <strong>classified intelligence briefings<\/strong> that revealed new, aggressive tactics by foreign actors to manipulate U.S. political discourse \u2014 some from nations previously seen as neutral or friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even Trump\u2019s closest allies didn\u2019t warn him in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cHe was blindsided,\u201d<\/strong> one former White House aide said. <strong>\u201cTrump didn\u2019t expect this kind of support, especially not from his own circle.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Trump himself has long dismissed election interference concerns as \u201cwitch hunts,\u201d this vote signals a major shift \u2014 and possibly a political recalibration among some conservatives ahead of the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only two \u201cno\u201d votes came from hardliners who warned the bill might infringe on First Amendment rights. But even among skeptics, there was acknowledgment that <strong>something had to be done<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve allowed foreign money and influence to seep into our system for too long,\u201d<\/strong> said Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). <strong>\u201cThis is about drawing a line.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill now heads to the House, where early signs suggest strong bipartisan support \u2014 though a few far-right members have promised to challenge certain provisions. Still, many believe it could be on President Biden\u2019s desk within weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If passed, it would mark one of the most aggressive legislative crackdowns on foreign political interference in modern U.S. history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a political climate known for division, the U.S. Senate delivered a shock on Thursday: a sweeping 88-2 vote in favor of a bill aimed at curbing&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}