AURN News with Ebony McMorris

Trump Meets With GOP Senators Amid Growing Party Frustrations

Ebony McMorris
June 24, 2026

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(AURN News) President Trump is making a rare trip to Capitol Hill today, and the tension inside the room may rival anything else happening.

Trump will attend a closed-door Senate Republican luncheon, his first in more than a year, to meet with GOP senators who have grown increasingly frustrated with his leadership.

The visit comes one day after four of the same senators voted against him on the Iran powers resolution.

The grievance runs deep.

Senators say the president has pressured them to prioritize his proof-of-citizenship voting bill, a measure that does not have the votes to pass, while simultaneously blocking confirmation of one of his own nominees, requesting funds for a White House ballroom renovation, and forcing Republicans to defend an Iran war many privately question.

Ahead of the meeting, Texas Sen. John Cornyn offered a blunt assessment, saying the party is not on the same page right now and that, in his words, “It’s dangerous going into the midterms.”

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White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.