Senate bipartisan border deal fails Trump explicitly tells Republicans to kill it to deny Biden

A bipartisan Senate border security bill negotiated over months by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema collapses after former President Trump publicly instructs Republicans to vote against it, saying he doesn't want Biden to get credit for fixing the border before the election. The bill would have created a new emergency authority to restrict border crossings, reformed the asylum system, and added 1,500 new border agents. McConnell, who had initially endorsed the framework, withdraws support under pressure from Trump. The episode is widely cited as the clearest example of Trump using his influence to block legislation for electoral advantage.