The day of the government shutdown and blame game

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years began at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending funding.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

GOP DIGS IN ON HEALTH CARE

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.

The shutdown is the first since December 2018, which saw non-essential government operations cease and tens of thousands of federal employees furloughed or forced to work without pay for 35 days until lawmakers agreed on a stopgap funding measure.

Democrats have made their bed, but whether they can sleep in it – or eventually get out – is anyone’s guess.

The president posted the AI-generated video in a Truth Social blitz.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

Ahead of the government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans in Congress angrily blamed each other and refused to budge from their positions.

Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández each hit two home runs, but the bullpen struggles once again in the Dodgers’ 10-5 wild-card win over the Reds.

In a speech to military officers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will also toughen physical standards and review anti-hazing policies.

Government funding dried up shortly after midnight in a spending deadlock that could cut essential services and lead to mass layoffs.

Democrats agree it’s time to fight. Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are shrugging off the risks and embracing a government shutdown they say is needed to push back against President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress.

Hartfield disclosed she fatally shot a former partner in self-defense, said her sister-in-law, sparking concerns over new murder allegations.

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.

The federal government shut down began at midnight on Oct. 1 as President Trump and Democrats blamed each for failing to reach an agreement.

With wealth inequality and billionaire control over American society growing ever more obscene, it’s well past time to implement a maximum wage limit.

America’s top military leaders let rip at the bizarre spectacle set up by Hegseth.

The government began to shut down overnight after Democrats and Republicans failed to come to an agreement to extend government funding ahead of the Oct. 1, 2025, deadline.

GOP STONEWALLS HEALTH CARE DEMANDS

New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill has become, by some estimates, the Garden State’s second-richest lawmaker in Congress six years after getting elected to Washington.

Now comes the tricky part for congressional leaders: finding a way out.

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

The Bad Boy Records founder is scheduled to be sentenced Friday on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

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The court let Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook stay in office pending oral argument in January.

More Democrat senators should join three other caucus members who bucked Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and voted with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday. [Full Story]

Republican congressional leaders said Wednesday they will not negotiate with Democrats while they hold government funding “hostage” for their “radical” demands of $1.5 trillion in health care and other spending.

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The president has long faced questions about his alleged mental decline.

BLAMES DEMS AS GOP DIGS IN ON HEALTH CARE

Lawmakers have failed to reach a bipartisan deal to fund the government, which went into shutdown on Wednesday.

After a wave of right-wing backlash, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) removed its “Glossary of Extremism and Hate” due to listing Turning Point USA and Christian identity as hate groups.

Republicans have to do absolutely nothing to stop the expansion of a program they once ran on repealing. It would be a disgrace to miss that very low bar.

The White House budget office announced it was withholding funds on the first day of the government shutdown.

A federal appeals court has vacated its previous ruling against President Trump’s attempt to deport members of the Tren de Aragua gang under the Alien Enemies Act and scheduled the case for a rehearing before the full slate of judges.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune held a news conference along with other Republican leaders responding to the government shutdown.

President Trump has been on a winning streak at the Supreme Court, though it’s often not clear why.

Waves of Netflix subscribers have begun cancelling their subscriptions after X CEO Elon Musk called for a boycott of the streaming giant. He highlighted a children’s show on Netflix that appears to push transgenderism onto impressionable children.

Video footage reveals how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions.

The tsunami of Trump lawsuits could be another victim of the government shutdown, as the Justice Department fanned out to federal courts across the country Wednesday, asking judges to put the cases on hold.

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years is underway as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over 2025 funding. Follow live updates here.

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The three forces that shuttered the government.

The U.S. military justified the slaughter of alleged drug traffickers by claiming links to “designated terrorist organizations.”

The lawsuit challenges a new DOJ rule that bars states from aiding survivors who cannot immediately prove their immigration status.

The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.

Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, has expanded his legal team with two top defense attorneys, including one who represented Joseph “Lyle" Menendez in 1993 and serial killer Richard Ramirez.

Republicans are imitating Obama’s approach by needling Democratic voters to the point that they take leave of their senses. And it could backfire.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Wednesday that the federal government is cancelling $8 billion in green energy funding amid the Democrat-forced government shutdown.

Senators began talking Wednesday about how to end the government shutdown but were still stuck on Democrats’ demand to revise the House-passed stopgap that could quickly reopen the government.

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown.

Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Senate Democrats, singling out Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and denouncing what he described as the “preposterous” assertion that the Democrat Party is not seeking to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants amid the government shutdown.

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Violent Antifa criminals have laid siege to the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon, for over 100 days.

Jane Goodall, the famous anthropologist, conservationist, and primatologist, has died at age 91.

The Yankees needed a hero on Wednesday night to keep their season alive.

A retired general issued a warning about President Donald Trump’s order to military officials on an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast.

On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Eric Trump talked about the Trump 2028 hat in the Oval Office. Trump said that after posting it, people in the media got upset and it was just trolling, so they added the “rewrite the rules”

The shutdown is a gamble for a Democratic Party facing its lowest approval numbers since the Reagan era.