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The Trump administration announced Friday it was freezing $2.1 billion in funding for infrastructure projects in Chicago, marking the latest instance in recent days of the White House withholding money for projects in blue states. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought wrote in a post on social platform X that the money…
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The Senate reconvenes Friday with another vote that could reopen the government, on its third day of shutdown. If it fails, expect the shutdown to last into next week. “They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to open up the government,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday. “If that fails, we’ll give them the weekend…
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President Trump late Thursday labeled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought the “grim reaper,” as the Trump administration prepares to move forward with threatened layoffs amid the government shutdown.  The president posted a video to Truth Social depicting Russell as the grim reaper who “wields the pen, the funds and the brain.” …
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Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer says that there’s only one party that wants to shut the government down. He’s right: it’s only Democrats who won’t allow the Senate a few more weeks at current spending levels to agree on a new budget.  The shutdown highlights three weaknesses undermining the Democrat Party as we head toward…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that any supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine would threaten the U.S. relationship with Russia, but that Moscow’s defense systems will swiftly adopt to the new weaponry.  Putin, during a foreign policy forum in Sochi, Russia, said the U.S. potentially sending Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will indicate a…
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The president illuminated his dark side in a devil-may-care take on the Democratic party.

The president hasn’t gone after “The Daily Show” host like he has with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.

Proponents of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda are outraged over the Trump administration’s deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, with some saying it goes against the movement’s ethos of cutting out “Big Pharma” from the federal government. On Tuesday, President Trump proudly announced from the Oval…
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“Why not? Keep it fun for us!” joked “The Tonight Show” host.

One group “will ensure” it ends, said the former Cabinet member.

The president served up some prime slop to his MAGA base.

The late night host also mocked the latest right-wing freakout.

The Trump White House press secretary was asked directly by a reporter: “Should ERs check for immigration status before treating a dying patient?”

The “Late Show” host provided a very visual reminder of a rumor about the vice president.

Ronny Chieng spotted how Russell Vought may be “even more excited” about dismantling the federal government than the president.

The “Late Night” host knocked the president for “openly admitting” he lied on the campaign trail.

The president has famously struggled with the names of these countries.

The “Pretty Woman” star warned of what the president has done to the nation.

Apple has removed ICEBlock, which allows users to track and report the location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, from its App Store.  “We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps,” Apple said in a statement to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company. “Based on information we’ve received…
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Terry Monahan took on the president’s “absolutely wrong” move that strips his old department of millions.

“I don’t know why this is so complicated,” Mike Johnson said.

Experts in political science and constitutional law are sounding the alarm on the president’s speech, which featured language of “totalitarianism” and “authoritarian” rhetoric.

Federal workers must walk a free speech tightrope while the Trump administration openly flouts the rules.

A group of 25 House Democratic veterans sent a letter Thursday to President Trump, calling his remarks to military leaders earlier this week “un-American.” The letter, authored by Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and signed by 24 other Democratic veterans, specifically criticized the president saying U.S. cities should be “training grounds” for the military Tuesday.  “They’re…
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