Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care.
Most Republicans said they don't want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither are they willing to openly support the extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits Democrats are asking for.
While the GOP has remained united in refusing to even entertain the idea of an extension in the context of ending the shutdown, Republicans don't appear to have an alternate plan for what happens next. |
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The Trump administration laid off more than 4,100 employees Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston had ordered the administration to hand over the information in a lawsuit government unions filed just before the shutdown began. |
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The White House on Friday announced it was moving forward with layoffs of federal employees, making good on its threats amid the government shutdown.
Multiple agencies have confirmed their staff have received notices about reductions in force (RIFs). In a Friday filing from the Department of Justice (DOJ), it stated that 4,100 federal employees had been laid off so far. |
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) faces criminal charges over allegations she lied about her plans for a Virginia home, allowing her to obtain favorable loan terms. The accusations of real estate fraud against a prominent political figure may ring a bell. James's sweeping civil fraud case against President Trump and his business empire — the case that put her in his crosshairs — casts a shadow over the charges now lodged against the state's top prosecutor herself, though far smaller in scope. |
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President Trump's doctor said the commander-in-chief is in "exceptional health" following his "semiannual physical" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Friday.
During his physical, the president received "preventive health screenings and immunizations," including a flu shot and COVID-19 booster vaccination, according to a memorandum from Trump's physician Sean Barbabella. |
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Friday announcement that the U.S. will host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho has drawn the ire of the Trump administration's closest allies, including Laura Loomer, who said she felt "betrayed" over the matter.
In a flurry of social media posts Friday afternoon, Loomer unleashed on the administration's announcement that it had signed the letter greenlighting the building of a Qatar Emiri air force contingent at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in southwestern Idaho. The air arm of Qatar's armed forces, Qatar Emiri air force pilots would train to fly F-15s in the U.S. |
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President Trump said Friday he plans to visit Egypt and Israel during a one-day trip to the Middle East early next week to mark the implementation of a peace agreement that will see a pause in fighting in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages.
Trump told reporters he will visit Cairo while in Egypt, and he plans to speak at the Knesset, Israel's parliament. He indicated many other world leaders would be in attendance. The president is expected to depart Sunday evening, spend Monday in the Middle East then fly back to Washington, D.C. |
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Robert De Niro on Thursday called on people to take to the streets to protest President Trump in an upcoming "No Kings Day" on Oct. 18.
"The original No Kings protest was 250 years ago," De Niro said in a video shared on the Indivisible Project's Instagram page. "Americans decided they didn't want to live under the rule of King George III. They declared their independence and fought a bloody war for democracy." |
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A message President Trump posted on Truth Social in September pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute several political opponents was intended to be a direct message, reports say.
The Wall Street Journal reported multiple officials said Trump believed he had sent the message to Bondi privately. NBC also confirmed the message's private intent with a former Trump administration official. |
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BY REP. BETH VAN DUYNE (R-TEXAS) |
OPINION | Seniors in nursing homes across the country depend on round-the-clock care and medications, perhaps more than any other American patient population. In turn, the nursing homes and assisted living facilities that care for them depend on a small number of specialized long-term care (LTC) pharmacies to ensure their patients have access to the prescription medications they need.
But what would happen if those essential LTC pharmacies suddenly disappeared? Nursing homes, unable to simply turn to retail pharmacies for the highly specialized services required, would be out of compliance with federal law. Many long-term care facilities in rural areas would have no viable pharmacy alternatives, forcing them to close and move patients far away from their families. |
OPINION | Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York Democratic mayoral primary has reignited a perennial debate within the party: Does electoral success lie in moving to the left to pick up otherwise unengaged voters or moving to the center to pick up engaged moderates?
To the Democratic Party establishment the choice seems obvious — move to the center. But the historical record suggests otherwise. The eras in which the Democrats moved to the right have rarely resulted in significant electoral success while the eras in which they have moved to the left have seen their greatest electoral victories. |
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Within a span of two hours on Thursday, President Trump won two pressure campaigns.
First, he celebrated a significant victory in his self-described goal as a peacemaker when Israel approved the first phase of his plan to end the devastating war in Gaza. Just a short time later, New York's attorney general, Letitia James, was indicted after he publicly demanded she be charged, making her the latest target of his retribution.
While Trump has sought to cast himself as a force for peace abroad, he is fueling a seemingly never-ending series of conflicts at home. The split screen has emerged as a defining element of Trump's presidency, providing ammunition to his allies and adversaries alike. |
Investors are taking a harder look at some of the market's hottest investments than at any time since "Liberation Day."
Friday's market slide—fueled by President Trump's new threat of "massive" tariffs on goods from China—wasn't huge by historical standards. But its breadth and its focus on red-hot tech shares and smaller banks rattled some analysts and portfolio managers, who had come to believe that the 2025 market advance had grown immune to trade-war tensions.
The selloff leaves investors in an uncomfortable place. The biggest gainers, such as Nvidia or Robinhood, continue to have healthy businesses. Many expect tax cuts, strong earnings and falling interest rates to boost companies and consumers. |
Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as celebrities. They are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped.
The latest ceasefire, which began Friday, marks a key step toward ending a ruinous two-year war that was triggered by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, when some 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped. |
Since Donald Trump entered the White House nearly nine months ago, most Democrats have wanted Joe Biden to stay on the sidelines — and the former president has mostly obliged.
But behind the scenes, the lifelong politician is uneasily adjusting to a quieter, lower-profile life and remains bitter about being pushed to drop out of the 2024 race, according to interviews with multiple people close to the former president, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private details. Biden remains a voracious consumer of news and regularly debates with his small team of advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, on whether to weigh in on Trump's latest actions and statements — especially the direct, often unsubstantiated attacks on Biden in settings including an address to the United Nations and a rare gathering of military generals. |
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