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President Trump and the White House are increasingly sidelining Congress during the government shutdown, escalating a trend of an emboldened executive branch during Trump's second term.
Since the shutdown began, the administration has canceled or frozen previously approved funding for projects in blue states; threatened to withhold back pay for furloughed workers; carried out additional strikes on Venezuelan drug boats while providing limited information to lawmakers; and reappropriated funds from tariffs that were imposed without congressional approval.
The White House has also in recent days laid off thousands of workers and threatened to eliminate certain programs amid the shutdown. |
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The shutdown became one of the three longest in U.S. history on Friday, with lawmakers indicating they believe it will drag on and few signs emerging of progress toward reopening the government.
That isn't stopping questions about what could force lawmakers toward the negotiating table to figure out a resolution, especially with a number of potential pressure points front and center for lawmakers in the coming weeks. |
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BY SOPHIA VENTO, RYAN MANCINI, ASHLEIGH FIELDS AND ELLIOTT DAVIS |
Thousands of "No Kings" rallies were carried out nationwide on Saturday in protest of President Trump and his policies.
Some defiant Democrats have embraced this weekend's protests, while GOP lawmakers have bashed the protests as "hate America" demonstrations.
"Showing up to express dissent against an out-of-control administration, that's as American as motherhood, baseball and apple pie," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday. |
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Millions of Americans gathered together for "No Kings Day" protests across the country on Saturday, with elected leaders also participating in — or lampooning — the marches. |
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Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton's (D) primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on generational grounds raises questions about the potency of the argument as Democrats grapple with the future of their party's aging stalwarts.
In a video launching his campaign, Moulton, 46, said he does not believe Markey, 79, should be running for another six-year term in the Senate at 80 years old. The challenge comes as Democrats have struggled with the issue of age following the deaths of three House Democrats earlier this year and the fallout over former President Biden's decision to end his run for reelection last year on concerns over his fitness for office.
However, this is not the first time Markey, a formidable incumbent, has had a generational primary challenge. Five years ago, he faced one from former Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is 34 years younger. The incumbent Massachusetts senator handily defeated Kennedy, marking the first time a member of the Kennedy family lost a statewide race in Massachusetts. |
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TRENTON — New Jersey Democrats and prominent state leaders have expressed concern that Black and Hispanic voters — historically forming the backbone of the party — may not turn out for Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) in her quest to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy (D).
Some have chalked up the apathy as lingering from last year's election between former Vice President Harris and President Trump, as well as years of failed outreach between the two parties. Others say Sherrill simply isn't doing enough to court their votes. |
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The supply of afterschool programs cannot keep up with the demand from parents, according to a recent report, leaving schools and students in a precarious spot that advocates and officials say will take a community effort to solve.
The report from Afterschool Alliance found the parents of almost 30 million children nationwide want access to afterschool programs, but only 7 million are currently enrolled.
While 95 percent of parents who can enroll their students in an afterschool program are satisfied with their experience, school officials and advocates say cost is the biggest barrier to making these initiatives available to every student who needs it. |
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The State Department said on Saturday that the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas is planning an "imminent" attack on Palestinians in Gaza, potentially violating the terms of its peace deal with Israel about a week after the pact's agreement.
"This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement and undermine the significant progress achieved through mediation efforts," department officials said in a statement shared on the social platform X. |
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The Trump administration plans to repatriate back to Ecuador and Colombia the two alleged drug traffickers who survived the U.S. military's recent boat strike in the Caribbean.
President Trump announced on Saturday that the two survivors of the Thursday boat strike by U.S. forces, which killed two other "narcoterrorists," will be transferred over to their countries of origin for "detention and prosecution." It is unclear if Ecuador and Colombia will prosecute the alleged narcoterrorists or if they will be released. |
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OPINION | Across the globe, girls struggle with access to education, proper nutrition, legal rights and much more. And the most unfortunate among them become victims of one of the most brutal practices imaginable — female genital mutilation.
I was born into a world where the mutilation of little girls was not an exception but the norm. In Somalia, where I grew up, the chance that a girl will be cut is almost a certainty — 98 out of every 100 are. It is not a question of whether but of when. I did not escape that fate, and neither did my family, friends, classmates, neighbors or anyone else in our community. |
OPINION | Every once in a while, a voice of reason cuts through the nonsense. Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, is one of those voices.
While speaking at the Citadel Securities Future of Global Markets conference in New York City last week, Griffin explained why rising crime and high taxes in Chicago were the deciding factors in his decision to relocate his company headquarters to Miami. For those fueled by partisan loyalties and ideological narratives who operate in the political arena, "reality" is often something to be avoided at all costs, or at least shaded. In the corporate arena, those who avoid reality regularly go out of business. |
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The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans' failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo. |
The federal government shutdown is quickly approaching the second longest on record with no end in sight. Some lawmakers are predicting it could become the longest, surpassing the 35 days from President Donald Trump's first term. |
BY JOHN HUDSON, JEREMY ROEBUCK AND SAMANTHA SCHMIDT |
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele's notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation. |
BY NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI AND MAAYAN LUBELL |
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, adding its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over the bodies of deceased hostages as the two sides continued to trade blame over ceasefire violations. |
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