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Republicans unveil key piece of shutdown puzzle in bid to reopen government

Senate Republicans hope that the package will be enough to entice enough Democrats to break the logjam in the upper chamber and inch Congress closer to ending the 40-day shutdown.

Democrats’ premature victory lap, old Leninism in a new suit and other commentary

“Mamdani’s win spoke to the deep failures of 21st-century American politics,” notes Racket News’ Matt...

Mamdani’s people make demands — hate Israel and America, or we will end you

The election of socialist Zorhan Mamdani as mayor is unleashing a toxic sludge of...

Hunger games: The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue....

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says there’s no ‘formal’ White House proposal to defund Obamacare

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday there is no formal proposal from the White House to defund the Affordable Care Act.

Republicans again defeat alternative Democratic proposal to fund government

Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a Senate Democratic proposal to fund the federal government through Oct. 31, to permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are due to expire in December, and to restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding cuts. Republicans defeated a procedural motion to advance the legislation after voting against...

Oregon National Guard mission will cost federal government at least $3.8M, official says

The deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland will cost the federal government at least $3.8 million, according to a state official. "200 service members for 80 days is roughly $3.8 million. Just in pay and allowances, and then there are other logistics costs, that we are still working through, support agreements, for...

Republican leaders dig in on pressuring Democrats to open government

Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the bill if necessary. The top GOP leaders from both chambers appeared on the Capitol’s west terrace Wednesday morning in a rare press conference setting...

Trump signs order to protect Qatar after Israeli strike

President Trump signed an executive order bolstering U.S. protections for Qatar in the wake of an Israeli strike there that killed six people. The executive order states the United States "shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security...

With Eric Adams gone, New York City politics is up in the air

New York politics have become increasingly polarized, with the mayoral election providing a test of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani's influence and the politics he champions, as well as the reelection bid of Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, with the rest of the country attempting to read the tea leaves of the 2026 midterms.

Harris book ‘on a trajectory’ to be best-selling memoir of year, publisher says

Former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book is on track to be the best-selling memoir of 2025, according to its publisher. "107 Days," Harris's account of her short-lived 2024 White House bid that followed then-President Biden's exit from the presidential race, sold 350,000 copies in its first week, publisher Simon & Schuster said Tuesday. The...

Trump administration pauses $18 billion NYC infrastructure projects over DEI

The Trump administration announced Wednesday it was pausing federal funding for infrastructure projects in New York City, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought posted on social platform X that roughly $18 billion in funding for the city has been "put on hold to...

Thune says Senate will work over weekend if Democrats don’t reopen government

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Wednesday that he plans to keep the Senate in session through the weekend if Democrats don't reverse course and help advance a House-passed bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21, a proposal that has already failed twice on the Senate floor. “We’ll probably have to...

Federal workers will get paid after shutdown: Here’s why

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers found themselves furloughed or working without pay when they woke up Wednesday morning, after government funding lapsed overnight. The government shutdown marks the first time since January 2019 that lawmakers failed to strike a deal to keep federal agencies open. The previous shutdown, during President Trump’s first term, lasted...

Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Fat Bear Week contest

It's his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.

If the US doesn’t think beyond tariffs in Southeast Asia, others will 

We must think bigger than tariffs and invest in ASEAN as a partner.

Trump’s central African peace deal is in danger of failing — act now to save it 

The president regularly touts the progress made thus far in the DRC, but the administration needs to flex its muscles to salvage the effort.

Shutdown threatens court operations

The government is shut down — and if it drags on, the judiciary won’t be spared. Federal courts may be forced to limit their operations as soon as next week after funding lapsed at midnight. The shutdown could eventually implicate court dockets across the country, delaying trials and other hearings as courts’ coffers run dry. ...

Top Democrats knock ‘erratic and unhinged’ Trump behavior as government shuts down

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called President Trump’s behavior “erratic and unhinged” as government funding lapsed overnight. In a joint statement, the top two Congressional Democrats said their party remains “ready to find a bipartisan path forward” but blamed Trump and the Republican party for leading the...

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