Month: September 2025

President Trump added a consequence to the increasingly likely government shutdown next week, as the White House budget office directed federal agencies to plan for mass layoffs, rather than traditional workforce furloughs, if Democrats don’t agree to a short-term stopgap funding measure. A memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviewed by The…
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Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a gunman opened fire on an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in the incident. The suspected shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.…
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says a new memo from the White House budget office warning that mass firings could be on the table if there’s a government shutdown is “an attempt at intimidation.” Schumer, who was scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Thursday to discuss a funding deal before Trump…
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The target on American media has reached authoritarian levels this year.

Recent statements stigmatize people who are autistic, they say.

Pete Souza countered Republican fury over the United Nations snafu.

Congressional lawmakers and their aides are bracing for a shutdown that appears inevitable after President Trump canceled a meeting planned for Thursday with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.). Senate Democrats have said they cannot vote for any House-passed government funding bill if GOP leaders refuse to sit…
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“Maybe I’m being too optimistic, but I’ve seen a lot,” said the former Cabinet member.

The Daily Mirror pulled no punches with its front page review of the president’s speech to the United Nations.

The “Late Show” host mocked the president’s latest awkward moment.

The president’s prank went awry on social media.

The late night host reveals a deeply personal reason for his dislike of the president.

The Trump scion parroted his father’s boast, which has been dubbed “misleading” by fact-checkers.

Jordan Klepper ripped Brian Kilmeade over his “sinister” analysis of the United Nations’ response to Trump’s incident.

He’s now calling for an investigation into a stopped escalator and a faulty teleprompter.

The “Late Night” host clowned the Trump administration over its suspicions about the “snafu” at the United Nations.

The long-running animated show hit back at the FCC chair after late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that shooting down Russian fighter planes entering NATO airspace is “on the table.”  “My opinion is we have to defend every square centimeter [of] territory, and that means if there’s an intrusion in the airspace, after warning, after being very clear, of course, the option…
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Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth is seeking the death penalty for former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and injured dozens of others at Texas’s Fort Hood nearly 16 years ago.  Hegseth is asking President Trump for final approval for the military execution of Hasan, an ex-Army psychiatrist who gunned down 13 people…
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The vice president defended Trump after he publicly said he “doesn’t want the best” for his opponents.

They may not get far in their demands for details, but key Democrats are laying the groundwork for full-blown investigations when they’re back in the majority.

A majority of American voters are pessimistic about freedom of speech being protected, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the survey from Quinnipiac University, 53 percent of respondents said they are “pessimistic” when it comes to freedom of speech being protected in the U.S., while 43 percent said they are “optimistic,” and 3 percent…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) lambasted President Trump on Wednesday, one day after the president called climate change “a con job.” “What an abomination. What an embarrassment. What a fraud,” Newsom said at The New York Times Climate Forward event Wednesday, to applause.  Trump, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, said that…
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During Tuesday’s episode of “The Five,” Watters sarcastically laid out his extravagant revenge plan.

The latest West Wing revamp was inspired by an unnamed Hilton hotel, the president has said.