A government shutdown starting on Wednesday is looking probable as Democrats in Congress push Republicans on funding, health care, and President Trump's reshaping of the federal government.
Unless Republicans and Democrats in Congress come to an agreement and pass a funding measure by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, October will kick off with the first government shutdown in nearly seven years.
It would affect every agency, but many "essential" government functions and payments would continue. The exact details of what will be open and closed can vary from previous shutdowns, however, and updated agency contingency plans have not been made public. |
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BY EMILY BROOKS AND AL WEAVER |
President Trump is set to meet with the top four leaders in Congress on Monday ahead of a Tuesday shutdown deadline, a notable shift after he canceled a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) earlier in the week.
Schumer, Jeffries, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) will meet with Trump at the White House on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the meeting. Punchbowl News first reported the meeting. Schumer called Thune on Friday and urged him to get Trump to meet because the deadline for a government shutdown is fast approaching, according to an aide to the Senate minority leader. |
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Media outlets and organizations are preparing for a battle over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new rules restricting press access at the Pentagon.
Legal experts and media advocates say the new policy appears to mark an unprecedented attack on press freedom, pointing to a provision that restricts the release of even unclassified information.
The Pentagon says media outlets are misconstruing the new rules. Hegseth, who has repeatedly accused journalists of attempting to "sabotage" President Trump's agenda, wrote on the social platform X the move would establish that "the 'press' does not run the Pentagon — the people do." |
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President Trump's new pharmaceutical tariff policy throws another wrench into an already increasingly complex drug supply chain, with experts calling for more clarity and details into the White House's new policy set to go into effect in less than a week.
In announcing that branded or patented drugs would be hit with 100 percent tariffs on Oct. 1, Trump also said drugmakers could escape the penalties if they have a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant for which ground has been broken, or is currently under construction.
It's unclear how many companies can escape the tariffs under that rule, though many drug manufacturers have pledged billions in investments into the U.S. under pressure by the Trump administration. |
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BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND BRETT SAMUELS |
An executive order labeling antifa as a domestic terrorist organization is spurring pushback from critics across the ideological spectrum who say President Trump is laying the groundwork to crack down on those with opposing views.
Short for anti-fascism, national security experts say antifa is not the sprawling, organized group that Trump has claimed but rather a loosely formed ideological movement, one at times embraced by protesters who have violently clashed with police. |
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President Trump said on Saturday morning that he is sending U.S. troops to Portland to "protect" the city and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities from antifa and other "domestic terrorists."
"At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists," the president wrote in a post on Truth Social. |
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A new poll shows a plurality of Americans oppose President Trump's National Guard deployment to cities like D.C. and Los Angeles.
An NPR-Ipsos poll published Saturday found that 49 percent of respondents oppose the deployment of National Guard troops to a major city in their state for law enforcement efforts, while 38 percent said they would support the move and 12 percent said they were unsure. |
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TThe New Jersey governor's race is growing increasingly competitive, sending troubling signals for Democrats in a state where Republicans have made inroads.
A recent poll from Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill showed Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli tied at 43 percent. Meanwhile, a Decision Desk HQ polling average of the race has the Democrat leading by 4 points. The survey underscores how Democrats can't take the state for granted, particularly after term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy (D) narrowly won his last reelection four years ago by 3 points and former Vice President Harris only won it in November by close to 6 points. |
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Several veteran groups are urging Congress to pass a short-term spending measure to avert a potential government shutdown, warning that the GOP-led continuing resolution (CR) contains extensions vital for veterans' housing, benefits and health care.
Four veteran groups — American Legion, AMVETS (American Veterans), Vietnam Veterans of America and Mission Roll Call — said on Saturday that the CR, which passed the House earlier this month, contains "vital extensions" for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that "safeguard" important programs, including the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program and the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. |
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OPINION | I used to spend my nights in the glow of molten metal. Inside the aluminum smelter, the air was thick with heat that wrapped around you like a heavy coat you couldn't take off. Lightning cracked inside the pots as electricity tore oxygen from alumina, leaving behind the glowing, silver stream of raw liquid aluminum — the metal that built everything from airplanes to transmission lines.
We turned raw earth into something strong and lasting. And today I'm calling on our leaders to bring that work, and those good jobs, back to America by reinvesting in primary aluminum production, because I know what it looks like when those jobs disappear. |
OPINION | It was June 2015. Online, there were countless videos of smug Democrats, self-proclaimed "experts" and know-nothing pundits literally laughing out loud at the prospect of New York City businessman Donald Trump declaring his run for president.
That fools' parade found it hilarious that Trump truly thought he could beat "seasoned" Republican politicians in the primary. They guaranteed that the "delusional" Trump could never beat Hillary Clinton in the general election. In the process, they only proved themselves irrelevant and totally out of touch with the issues plaguing the nation. |
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In 2007, eight years after becoming Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez revoked the license of the country's oldest private television station. Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump suggested revoking the licenses of U.S. television stations he believes are overly critical of him. |
BY MICHAEL BIRNBAUM, DAN LAMOTHE AND TODD C. FRANKEL |
The president authorized the use of "Full force, if necessary," but it was not immediately clear whether he plans to deploy active-duty troops or National Guard members, or both. |
BY GLENN THRUSH, MAGGIE HABERMAN, ALAN FEUER AND TYLER PAGER |
President Trump's campaign of retribution began to intensify in mid-July and hit a fever pitch over the last week, culminating in the indictment of one of his foremost enemies. |
BY LUIS JAIME ACOSTA AND NATALIA SINIAWSKI |
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday dismissed the U.S. decision to revoke his visa and accused Washington of violating international law over his criticism of Israel's war in Gaza. |
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