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Trump administration to spend $50 million in AI research to fight childhood cancer

President Trump on Tuesday directed his administration to spend $50 million in artificial intelligence research to help fight childhood cancer.

Trump threatens ‘irreversible’ cuts to federal programs if government shuts down

President Trump threatened Tuesday to make "irreversible" cuts to federal programs if the government shuts down.

Shutdown hits D.C. tourist destinations, federal workers but essential services persist

Expect some of the best attractions the District has to offer to get shuttered in a government shutdown.

Ian Roberts’s time in Erie under scrutiny

ERIE, Pennsylvania — The Millcreek School District is not fielding any questions about the former school district superintendent, Ian Roberts, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents on Friday for allegedly living and working in the United States illegally. Reached for comment about the school district’s superintendent from July 2020 to 2023, officials […]

Three members of Democratic caucus buck Schumer on government funding vote

Three members of the Senate Democratic caucus broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday and voted for a House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through Nov. 21, revealing divisions among Democrats about how aggressively to confront the Trump administration. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team,...

OMB issues shutdown order, citing Dems’ ‘insane policy demands’

Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memo on Tuesday evening directing government agencies to begin executing their plans "for an orderly shutdown." Vought wrote to agency leaders with just hours to go until government funding lapses at midnight. The OMB director blamed the impending shutdown on "Democrats'...

White House withdraws nominee for CFTC chair

The Trump administration has withdrawn its nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a White House official confirmed Tuesday evening. Brian Quintenz, global head of policy at a16z crypto and a former CFTC commissioner, was tapped by President Trump in February to lead the agency, as it prepares to take on a larger...

Dems ‘sacrificed the American people,’ Thune says as government barrels toward midnight shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., criticizes Senate Democrats for blocking the GOP's short-term funding extension as Congress hurtles toward a government shutdown.

Yelling match breaks out in Senate hearing with former Biden official over ‘two spirit’ safe spaces

A yelling match between Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and a former Biden administration official broke out in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over the need for “two spirit" safe spaces.

White House declares imminent government shutdown after Senate fails to pass funding bill

The federal government will officially enter a shutdown at midnight after Congress failed to reach an agreement on spending.

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