Senators are hunkering down to consider proposed amendments to President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts. The grind is expected to take all day Monday in what's called a vote-a-rama and could churn into the night. Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledges final action could slip. The White House says it's counting on Republican lawmakers to "get the job done." With Democrats united against the Republican president's legislation, they are proposing dozens of changes, all likely to fail. Republicans are racing to meet Trump's Fourth of July deadline to pass the bill. The House is being called back to session for votes as soon as Wednesday, if the Senate can pass the bill.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department. The Republican president announced his plan Thursday. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. And the White House says the department would not close completely right now. It is to retain certain critical functions, like managing federal student loans and Pell grants.

Democratic attorneys general in several states have announced a lawsuit asking a judge to block an imminent federal funding freeze by the Trump administration. The freeze is to take effect Tuesday at 5 p.m. Eastern time. So far attorneys general in New York, California and Rhode Island say they are taking the matter to federal court. New York Attorney General Letitia James calls the freeze "reckless, dangerous, illegal and unconstitutional." The Trump administration says a sweeping pause in federal grants and loans is necessary to ensure spending complies with the president's executive orders. The move could could affect trillions of dollars and disrupt health care research, education programs and many other initiatives.

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