The Day Trump Threatened No Back Pay Amid Shutdown

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Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war.

On the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel of Oct. 7, 2023, the leaders of Israel and Hamas are pushed by Arab countries and the U.S. toward a potential end to the war.

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On the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel of Oct. 7, 2023, the leaders of Israel and Hamas are pushed by Arab countries and the U.S. toward a potential end to the war.

The second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks comes with peace talks underway, but with hostages still in Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and Israel isolated.

President Trump said on Monday that he would invoke the Insurrection Act in Portland if necessary.

Pritzker said that Texas National Guard troops should, ‘stay the hell out of Illinois.’

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Families of hostages still held in Gaza — together with relatives of those already returned — urged the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday to award President Donald J. Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, saying with “a profound sense of momentous urgency” that his determination “made possible what many said was impossible” and that “in this past year, no leader or organization has contributed more to peace around the world than President Trump.”

Support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan is growing in the Middle East, according to a man whose wife and three children were taken hostage.

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A therapist argues Colorado's ban on "conversion therapy" violates her free speech rights. About half the states have similar restrictions.

The somber milestone comes with peace talks underway, hostages from the Hamas-led attack still in Gaza and more than 67,000 Palestinians dead.

President Trump ripped former special counsel Jack Smith, calling him “a real sleazebag” after it was revealed that the FBI obtained phone records of eight Republican senators and one House lawmaker as part of Mr. Smith’s probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Two years since the war in Gaza began, thousands of Palestinians there are looking for relatives who have gone missing in one of the most destructive conflicts of the past decades.

The president said he would be working on a bailout for farmers after his tariffs destroyed their biggest market.

The Senate’s senior Republican revealed new documents Tuesday that he said show more “weaponization” by the FBI against President Trump and his allies, including one that details an effort soon after the 2017 inauguration to find information that “could predicate a case.”

The Democrat government shutdown is “devastating” to military readiness, Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) said.

The exchange was one of many evasive answers Bondi gave during an on often combative hearing.

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President Trump on Tuesday promised that if Chicago leaders cannot get a handle on the city’s crime problem, the federal government will take charge.

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President Donald Trump said some furloughed federal workers “don’t deserve” to receive back pay when the federal government shutdown is over.

With federal agents representing more than a dozen agencies now patrolling the city, The Epoch Times spoke with hundreds of locals to gauge their reaction.

Colorado’s law banning “conversion therapy” for children confounded the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with justices saying it seemed to shut down speech that would normally be protected by the First Amendment.

A still-bloody Damien Hurstel, 19, was spotted being wheeled out of the NYPD’s 120th precinct Tuesday on a gurney, wearing a Tyvek suit.

Colorado’s law banning “conversion therapy” for children confounded the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with justices saying it seemed to shut down speech that would normally be protected by the First Amendment.

After AOC took a swipe at Stephen Miller’s height, Trump’s communications director hit back with slimy innuendo.

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.

Bondi fielded questions about immigration enforcement, politicization of the Justice Department, and personnel decisions within her agency.

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Bondi fielded questions about immigration enforcement, politicization of the Justice Department, and personnel decisions within her agency.

The president also confirmed that some furloughed workers may be denied backpay.

The alleged spare-no-details confession came after cops took Damien Hurstel, who has a long history of mental illness, into custody Monday evening.

A draft memo from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget argues that furloughed federal workers should not be paid for the time they didn’t work during the government shutdown.

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The president also added a shiny layer of makeup to cover the bruise on his hand ahead of the Oval Office meeting.

Indirect negotiations between Israeli and Hamas negotiators are being held in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, based on a 20-point plan proposed by Trump to end the war. "There's a real chance that we could do something," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, adding that U.S. negotiators were also involved in the talks. [Full Story]

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fiercely confronted Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, calling out the Connecticut senator's history of "lying" about his military service -- while defending herself against partisan attacks from Democrats over her past lobbying work.

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees that federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

A 45-year-old city sanitation worker — who was allegedly decapitated by his girlfriend’s son — had been listed as the perpetrator in at least five domestic violence calls from the West Brighton home starting in 2021, sources revealed.

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Republicans are eying the end of the week as a pivotal pressure point in their campaign to get Democrats to end the government shutdown.

Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day.

Actress Cheryl Hines is breaking her silence about the widening rift within the Kennedy family, calling it “disappointing” to see her husband, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at odds with his famous Democrat relatives.

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois. It’s the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration’s plan to deploy troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders.

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Bondi defended her work as attorney general, rejecting allegations that DOJ investigations and prosecutions, including the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, are driven by politics.

A White House Office of Management and the Budget memo questioned whether furloughed employees are entitled to back pay.