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The president decided the best way to deal with a government shutdown was to (checks notes) troll Democrats with a Blue Öyster Cult song parody.

White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Thursday said GOP lawmakers are “quietly frustrated” by President Trump’s references to the conservative policy initiative known as Project 2025 during the government shutdown.  In recent days, the president has touted a meeting with White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, who co-authored the Heritage…
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The White House on Friday defended the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a second generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone, but said it shouldn’t be interpreted as an endorsement of the drug. The decision, made quietly before the government shutdown, means there are now three companies in the U.S. making mifepristone. It…
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The Treasury Department shared draft images Friday of a commemorative $1 coin bearing the image of President Trump to be circulated to mark 250 years since the country’s founding. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach shared images of the draft coin on his social platform X account. One side of the coin features a profile of Trump’s…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blasted Senate Republicans for “playing games” instead of using the “nuclear option” to reopen the government, three days after funding lapsed. “If Republican Senators wanted to pass the CR [continuing resolution] and reopen the government they could, by using the nuclear option to override the 60 vote rule and pass…
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President Trump has directed aides to review aid for Portland, Ore., that could be cut amid immigration protests in the city, the White House said Friday. “He has directed his team here at the White House to begin reviewing aid that can be potentially be cut in Portland. We will not fund states that allow…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday there was “no tangible plan” to deploy Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents to the Super Bowl in February after the NFL announced Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny would be the halftime performer.  “As far as ICE being at the Super Bowl, as far as I’m aware…
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The Venezuelan government on Thursday denounced the “illegal incursion” of five American fighter jets into the country’s coastal airspace, alleging “a pattern of harassment” by the U.S. government. The news came a day before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military killed four “narco-terrorists” off the coast of Venezuela in the latest in a…
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“I never imagined that I would be fired from almost 30 years of government service for this,” the director said.

Those strikes followed a buildup of U.S. maritime forces in the Caribbean unlike any seen in recent times.

President Trump said Friday he had reversed cuts his administration attempted to make to Homeland Security and counterterrorism funding for New York City and the state. “I am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism for New York City and State. It was my Honor to do so,”…
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A new survey has found that a majority of Republicans and Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters back the extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits at the center of the government shutdown fight. The poll, released Friday and conducted by the nonpartisan health policy research organization KFF, indicated that 59 percent of…
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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is raising concerns over the lack of details given about President Trump’s “most favored nation” (MFN) pricing deal he announced with Pfizer this week, calling on the company’s CEO to explain how it plans to execute the agreement. In a letter to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, provided to The Hill, Gallego…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Friday afternoon as Republicans seek to blame Democrats and their health care demands for the government shutdown, now in its third day. Jeffries suggested Thursday that public pressure could force Republicans and President Trump back to the negotiating table, though Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) dismissed…
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) slammed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a new generic form of the abortion pill mifepristone Thursday night, joining a chorus of other conservative critics. “I fully support President Trump’s Pro-Life, Pro-Family agenda, but the FDA approving one more tool to kill babies is a betrayal,” Cassidy wrote in…
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On Wednesday, the federal government shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a consensus on health care.

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“You look at what’s going on, it’s crazy,” the president said in a new interview.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library‘s former president resigned on Monday for refusing to give a sword to President Trump as a gift to King Charles III during his recent trip overseas. Career historian Todd Arrington told CBS News in an interview on Thursday that he was pressured out of the position by the Trump…
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Here’s the thing about Donald Trump and Project 2025: he told the American people one thing on the campaign trail, and now he’s doing the exact opposite in office.   Flashback to the 2024 election. Trump was asked repeatedly about Project 2025 — a 900-page conservative blueprint written by some of his closest allies. It outlined…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Friday afternoon on the government shutdown as the Trump administration prepares for mass layoffs amid the lapse in funding. President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought signaled earlier this week that mass layoffs were imminent as the Senate debates dueling stopgap…
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Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) on Thursday said President Trump was “incoherent” when he spoke to the country’s top generals and admirals at a meeting in Quantico, Va., earlier in the week. “Apparently, some of the generals were trying to take notes, and they just abandoned their notes because it was incoherent and very dangerous,” Dean…
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Stephen A. Smith blasted Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for her criticism of President Trump, wondering how it helped her constituents.  “However Jasmine Crockett chooses to express herself, I’m like, is that gonna help your district in Texas?” the ESPN commentator said on a Wednesday episode of “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.”  “Aren’t you there to…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) claimed Friday morning that President Trump is “unserious” about ending the federal shutdown as the two political leaders have continued their back-and-forth over government funding.  “It’s further confirmation that Republicans are the ones who were clearly determined to shut the government down,” Jeffries said during an appearance on MSNBC.…
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President Trump on Friday gave a new Sunday deadline to Hamas to agree to his peace plan and end the war with Israel.  Trump warned Hamas it is the “last chance” to secure a deal or risk “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas,” the president posted on…
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