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Trump scores major win as Congress passes housing crackdown on Wall Street investors
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President Donald Trump scored a major legislative win after Congress cleared a sweeping housing bill aimed at expanding the nation’s supply of homes and lowering costs.
House lawmakers voted 358-32 in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote Tuesday to approve the Senate-passed measure with opposition coming solely from Republicans. Every Democrat present voted for the package.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, one of the most significant housing bills approved by Congress in decades, largely incorporates Trump’s proposal to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes — a measure designed to help individual buyers compete with private equity firms.
It would also streamline federal environmental reviews for housing, loosen regulations around the construction of factory-built homes, and incentivize local governments to reform their zoning laws to allow for more homebuilding, among its more than 45 provisions.
US President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, June 22, 2026. (Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Other sections would allocate federal grants to municipalities with a track record of constructing new homes and create a pilot program to help communities redevelop vacant properties.
«The package focuses on a simple idea of building more homes, which means lower costs and more expanded opportunities for all Americans,» Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., said Tuesday.
The president is expected to promptly sign the measure into law as soon as Wednesday.
Tuesday’s vote comes as home prices have surged in recent years, with the median nationwide price tag topping $400,000 and the median asking rent climbing above $1,760, representing an increase of 34.4% and 17.9%, respectively, since 2019, according to analysis from Realtor.com.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., brought the measure to the floor under a fast-track procedure known as suspension of the rules that required a two-thirds majority to secure passage.
In the end, more Democrats supported the legislation than Republicans.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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Some of the more than two dozen conservatives voted against the housing bill in protest of the SAVE America Act not being attached to the package. That legislation — mandating voter identification requirements, cracking down on mail-in voting and barring men from women’s sports, among other provisions — has failed to clear the Senate’s legislative filibuster and has not received a vote in the House.
«The Senate cannot keep obstructing President Trump’s agenda while ignoring election integrity,» Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., wrote on social media. «I call on my fellow colleagues to stand firm and honor their pledge.»
The group of conservatives has also advocated for the SAVE America Act to be paired with the reauthorization of a critical surveillance authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, though that is unlikely to materialize amid intraparty disagreement.
Some Republicans also opposed the Trump-backed measure, citing the inclusion of provisions offered by progressive Democrats.
«The Housing bill is full of big government garbage & spending,» Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on social media.
The housing bill’s package comes after the House and Senate exhausted months ironing out disagreements about how to implement restrictions on private equity investors and a temporary ban on central bank digital currencies (CBDC) — an unrelated proposal sought by GOP privacy hawks.
Newly built homes line a residential development in a fast-grow ing Sun Belt market. (Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images)
Both chambers ultimately agreed to a provision that would restrict large investors owning more than 350 single-family homes from purchasing additional ones, while creating exceptions for the construction of rental properties. However, investors that exceed the new threshold would not be required to sell existing holdings.
Critics have argued that large investors are not the source of supply constraints, with those firms owning less than 1% of the nation’s housing stock, according to Parcl Labs.
Their ownership of single-family rental properties is slightly higher, ranging from 1% to 3%, with the presence of large investors highly concentrated in certain rental markets, including Jacksonville, Fla., (22%) and Phoenix (13%), according to a March Government Accountability Office report.
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The housing bill’s passage comes as Republicans are facing electoral headwinds from voters who are souring on the current state of the economy and cost of living. But the soon-to-be law could give Republicans a concrete example taken to address housing affordability — a key issue for voters heading into November’s midterm elections.
Just 31% of voters approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, according to a Fox News poll released last week. That was a 2-point improvement after the measure hit an all-time low of 29% in May.
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A bipartisan push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent is heading for a chamber-wide vote after clearing a key House hurdle.
The House Rules Committee on Monday teed up a floor vote on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to enact Daylight Saving Time year-round — with an option to opt out. The committee approved the rule in a 6-4 vote.
The measure has the support of many coastal lawmakers and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly urged Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks — a practice currently observed by every state except Hawaii and most of Arizona.
Proponents argue that resetting clocks has negative health impacts, while permanent Daylight Saving Time would boost outdoor recreation, tourism and economic activity, among other benefits.
Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Republican from Florida, attends a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Most Americans already set their clocks forward one hour each spring to preserve more evening daylight before «falling back» one hour in November.
«Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of this policy and want to end the practice of ‘springing forward’ and ‘falling back.’ Locking the clock all year long would have positive impacts on sleep schedules, energy conservation, motor vehicle safety, and our economy,» Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said in an opening statement Monday.
«In practice, this change would mean more time for people to exercise outside, visit family, attend concerts and sporting events, attract customers to their retail businesses, and more.»
«Floridians and Americans across the country are tired of the biannual time change, and the evidence is clear that permanent daylight saving time can improve public health, reduce traffic accidents, lower crime and encourage more outdoor activity,» Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., who authored the measure, previously said in a May news release.
«Ending the clock change is a commonsense reform that will improve everyday life for millions of Americans,» he added.
The legislation’s momentum comes after the House Energy and Commerce Committee overwhelmingly passed the measure 48-1 in May.
«It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice-yearly production,» Trump wrote following the Sunshine Protection Act’s advancement out of committee. «It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it! We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!»
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on June 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Roughly 20 states have already passed legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent if Congress were to authorize the practice. Alabama, South Carolina, Oregon, Maine and Florida are among those places.
But opponents, including several medical organizations, argue that permanent standard time — which provides more sunlight in the morning — would be the healthier option because it would more closely align with the body’s natural circadian rhythms.
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., proposed amending the bill with language from her co-sponsored Sunshine for Our Kids Act, which would make standard time permanent nationwide. The amendment was quickly rejected.
Scanlon argued that permanent daylight saving time would pose significant health and safety risks by leaving more Americans — particularly children — in darkness during morning hours. She also pointed to the nation’s brief experiment with year-round daylight saving time in 1974, which Congress abandoned after widespread public backlash.
Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., was also the lone lawmaker to oppose the legislation during the Energy and Commerce Committee markup in May, citing concerns that year-round daylight saving time could negatively affect children’s health and sleep schedules.
Some conservative lawmakers have also argued that GOP leadership should be focused on what they describe as more pressing legislative issues, including legislation codifying Trump’s border security executive orders and the stalled SAVE America Act.
«Republicans are majoring in the minors — fiddling with the clocks while the country burns,» Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, wrote Monday.
The House has already passed versions of the SAVE America Act multiple times, but the measure has struggled to overcome the Senate’s legislative filibuster.
This illustration photo shows a clock in the background of a smartphone showing the time after Daylight Saving Time was implemented in Los Angeles. (Chris Delmas/Getty Images)
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The Senate unanimously passed a version of the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, but it died in the House amid opposition, including from lawmakers who voiced concerns about darker morning hours in parts of the country during the winter.
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Trump informó que EEUU investiga la posible presencia de drones iraníes en Cuba: “Si los tienen, nos encargaremos de ello en breve”
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, informó el lunes por la noche que su Gobierno investiga una posible presencia de drones iraníes en Cuba y advirtió que Washington actuará si confirma esa información. “Si los tienen, y es muy posible que los tengan, nos encargaremos de ello. Marco está justo en la habitación de al lado. Y si los tienen, nos encargaremos de ello en breve”, afirmó desde el Despacho Oval.
Trump respondió a preguntas de la prensa sobre una eventual presencia de drones iraníes en la isla y sostuvo que su administración no permitirá esa situación. Además, planteó la posibilidad de que Cuba también almacene armamento iraní.
«Podría ser» que la isla caribeña estuviera «almacenando algunos» misiles iraníes, señaló el mandatario. “Lo estamos investigando ahora mismo”, expresó, antes de remarcar que su Gobierno no va a «permitir que eso ocurra“.
Las declaraciones del presidente llegaron poco después de que el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, anunciara que Washington continuará con el uso de «todas las herramientas a su disposición» para «impulsar» reformas «políticas y económicas» en Cuba y poner fin a «décadas de represión e incompetencia económica de su régimen comunista“.
En la víspera, el embajador de Estados Unidos ante las Naciones Unidas, Mike Waltz, sostuvo que Cuba alberga bases «tanto rusas como chinas» y atribuyó a Moscú y Beijing la presencia de «puestos de inteligencia, puestos de recolección de señales y oficiales militares en Cuba“.
Las declaraciones se producen en un contexto de creciente presión de Washington sobre La Habana. Al embargo vigente desde hace más de seis décadas, Estados Unidos sumó desde comienzos de año un bloqueo energético que provocó, en distintas ocasiones, la interrupción total del suministro eléctrico en la isla.
El pasado viernes, las autoridades cubanas confirmaron un nuevo apagón eléctrico de alcance nacional, el cuarto registrado en lo que va del año.
El régimen cubano incorporó más de 300 drones militares de origen ruso e iraní desde 2023, según fuentes de inteligencia citadas por Axios. El informe sostiene que las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FAR) analizan un eventual uso de estos sistemas contra objetivos militares estadounidenses, como la Base Naval de Guantánamo o instalaciones en Cayo Hueso, en medio de la creciente tensión con Estados Unidos.
Las autoridades del régimen, encabezadas por Miguel Díaz-Canel, invocaron el derecho a la legítima defensa, aunque no negaron la posesión de estos sistemas. El canciller Bruno Rodríguez advirtió que habrá un «baño de sangre» si Washington ejecuta una acción militar contra la isla.
De acuerdo con el portal El Toque, el interés de las FAR por los drones antecede a 2023 y responde a una política de cooperación militar con Irán, Rusia, Bielorrusia, Argelia, Venezuela y Vietnam. El medio también señala que existen indicios de que la industria militar del régimen desarrolló capacidad para ensamblar y modificar estos equipos.
Uno de los primeros antecedentes documentados data de 2012, cuando el entonces director de la empresa bielorrusa Minsk Aircraft Overhaul Plant, Yevgeny Vaitsekhovich, informó sobre un proyecto conjunto con la dictadura cubana para ensamblar drones Sterkh-BM. En 2024, el ministro de las FAR, Álvaro López Miera, visitó instalaciones militares en Bielorrusia donde inspeccionó modelos Irkut, Orlan, Supercam, Formula, VR-12, Moskit y Busel.
Según Axios, no existe evidencia pública sobre los modelos exactos incorporados por las FAR, aunque las fuentes consultadas apuntan a sistemas similares a los utilizados en la guerra de Ucrania, entre ellos los iraníes Shahed-136, Arash-2 y Mohajer-6, además del ruso Geran-2.
El Shahed-136 posee un alcance estimado de entre 2.000 y 2.500 kilómetros y puede transportar una ojiva de 40 a 50 kilogramos. El Arash-2 ofrece una autonomía de hasta 30 horas, mientras que el Mohajer-6 incorpora sensores electroópticos e infrarrojos y puede portar municiones guiadas de precisión.
El informe también indica que gran parte de los drones observados en Cuba corresponde a modelos comerciales chinos adaptados para tareas de vigilancia y reconocimiento. Además, las instituciones educativas de las FAR incorporaron formación específica en Vehículos Aéreos No Tripulados (VANT) y la Empresa Militar Industrial Yuri Gagarin presentó drones con capacidad para lanzar pequeñas granadas de mortero durante el ejercicio Meteoro 2025, lo que evidencia capacidad de ensamblaje, modificación y mantenimiento dentro de la isla.
El análisis publicado por Axios sostiene que «presentar drones armados como ‘medios defensivos’ supone una confusión conceptual sobre los principios básicos de la doctrina militar o una deliberada distorsión del lenguaje para consumo político interno“. Además, señala que la incorporación de estos sistemas respondió a un proceso de planificación de varios años y no a una reacción inmediata frente a las tensiones recientes con Estados Unidos.
(Con información de Europa Press)
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