The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 6/28/26 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News Today June 28, 2026

Senate Republicans have become the most pathetic collection of cowardly lions in Senate history by yielding to Donald Trump's pressure and insults.

• Alligator Alcatraz closure — Florida's Everglades prison camp for immigration detainees is shutting down after failing to last through Trump's term

• Mail voting block — A federal judge ruled Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting unconstitutional because the Constitution grants no such powers to the president [20:03]

• Slush fund lawsuit — Another judge allowed a suit against Trump's $1.776 billion fund for January 6 participants to proceed after officials refused to halt it under oath [21:22]

• Cassidy vote switch — Senator Bill Cassidy reversed his procedural vote on Trump's Iran war after a White House briefing and pressure from the president [05:21]

• Murkowski defense failure — No Republican senator rose to defend Lisa Murkowski when Trump called her a horrible person during a closed luncheon [07:01]

• Ebola funding request — The White House asked Congress for $550 million to prevent and detect Ebola in Congo plus $800 million for regional humanitarian aid [35:56]

• Why did Bill Cassidy switch his vote on the Iran war powers resolution?

• How has the dismantling of USAID affected the Ebola outbreak response?