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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) slammed President Trump‘s suggestion on Tuesday that the military use some of the country’s “dangerous cities as training grounds.” CNN anchor Boris Sanchez asked Gallego, a former Marine, if there was anything that could prevent Trump from making this suggestion a reality. “Look, the president’s an idiot,” Gallego replied. Trump “doesn’t…
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Late night comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on Tuesday shared stories of being pulled off the air, temporarily for Kimmel and permanently for Colbert starting next year. During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Colbert explained how he learned his show was being canceled by Paramount, CBS’ parent company, a move that was celebrated…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested Tuesday that Democrats would move to impeach President Trump again if they regain the House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. “We’re going to win the midterms. Absolutely,” he told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham. “We’re going to have a big victory. And I think we can expand that majority…
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The Trump administration is brazenly flouting ethics guidelines as it tries to pin the shutdown on the Democratic Party.

Essential federal employees will continue to perform work for the government during a shutdown with each agency carving out its own intricacies regarding adjusted operations. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and service members will perform daily duties as will air traffic controllers and border protection workers. Here’s what…
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Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said “Trump 2028” hats suddenly appeared on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office during President Trump’s meeting earlier this week with the top four congressional leaders. Trump released photographs on Truth Social of the leaders sitting around the desk, with the hats in front of them. Jeffries told…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on Democrats not to fold on their health insurance demands before true negotiations begin to reopen the government. “They want us to blink first, and we have too much to save. Protecting people is too important a task for us to give up before anything even starts,” Ocasio-Cortez said in…
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By the time you read this, the federal government will be shut down. This kind of regularly scheduled uncertainty used to be something that embarrassed our political leaders and our nation. Now it’s just one more sign of our increasingly unstable and chaotic times. President Trump’s political extremism has once again careened the nation to…
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A new report reveals that there have been nearly 23,000 school book bans over the past four years — and it’s becoming normalized.

The Huntington Park Run Club’s motto of keeping each other safe has taken on even greater meaning amid the Trump administration’s crackdown.

California’s governor put the president on a leash.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called President Trump’s behavior “erratic and unhinged” as government funding lapsed overnight. In a joint statement, the top two Congressional Democrats said their party remains “ready to find a bipartisan path forward” but blamed Trump and the Republican party for leading the…
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“It’s like nothing has happened,” Berenice Prieto said.

The speaker of the House gave his forecast for Democrats’ action if they were to take the 2026 midterms.

The MSNBC anchor slammed the president as a “clown” who is “mentally incapable.”

The federal government shut down overnight Wednesday, as Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a stopgap funding bill amid a Sept. 30 deadline. President Trump’s administration threatened mass firings and potential program cuts if funding expired. Labor unions on Tuesday filed suit to try to prevent job actions beyond traditional furloughs, calling…
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Host Ronny Chieng also dunked on Donald Trump’s defense secretary over an attempted mic-drop moment that crashed and burned.

Kimmel also revealed his big fear after his show was suspended last month.

The House minority leader said he asked Vice President JD Vance if he had “a problem with this” and the VP replied, “No comment.”

The president doubled down with a racist AI video smear.

The late night host fired back at the president’s warning for Democrats.

The “Late Show” host stood in puzzled silence for more than 10 seconds over this one.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a rallying cry for Democrats ahead of an expected government shutdown.

The president nominated rightwing economist E.J. Antoni after ousting the previous commissioner, whom he baselessly accused of manipulating jobs numbers.