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President Trump on Wednesday said he planned to use money brought in from tariffs on imports to provide aid to soybean farmers who have been hurt by a trade dispute with China. “The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying,” Trump posted on Truth Social.…
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Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) criticized “far-left groups” for demanding Democrats vote against a Republican-backed proposal to fund the government. “This government shutdown is the result of hardball politics driven by the demands far-left groups are making for Democratic Party leaders to put on a show of their opposition to President Trump,” Golden said in…
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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s (Pa.) disapproval rating is soaring within his own party, according to a Quinnipiac poll. The poll found that 54 percent of Pennsylvania Democratic voters disapproved of Fetterman’s representation of them in Washington; 33 percent approved of the job he’s doing and 16 percent chose not to share an opinion.  Last year,…
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President Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to send National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., saying he had “no choice” but to deploy troops over the protests of local officials. “The Governor of Oregon must be living in a ‘Dream World,’” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Portland is a NEVER-ENDING DISASTER. Many people…
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Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey on Wednesday described President Trump’s Quantico, Va., remarks to top generals as less than admirable. “I’ve been doing this a long time. That presentation at Quantico from the president and secretary of Defense was one of the most bizarre, unsettling events I’ve ever encountered,” McCaffrey said during an appearance on MSNBC’s…
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A majority of Pennsylvania voters back Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) job performance, according to a new poll. In the Quinnipiac University poll, 60 percent of respondents said they back “the way Josh Shapiro is handling his job as governor,” while 28 percent said the opposite. Back in January 2024, Shapiro’s approval rating was 59 percent,…
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Vice President JD Vance has told Americans to brace for “pain.”

(NEXSTAR) – Lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to fund the federal government by midnight on Tuesday night, triggering a shutdown on Wednesday. At the heart of the deadlock are health insurance subsidies. Here’s what to know about the key sticking points in the budget negotiations. What are the tax credits lawmakers disagree on? At issue…
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The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday pumped the brakes on lawsuits challenging Trump administration policies amid the government’s shutdown, citing its own need to preserve resources while the funding impasse persists. The court’s chief judge James Boasberg issued a standing order extending upcoming deadlines in litigation involving the federal government past the…
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), a former Navy pilot running for New Jersey governor, on Tuesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of trying to force women out of the military after he announced the “highest male standard” would be imposed on all combat roles in the armed forces. “Eliminating the current highly rigorous standards for women…
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Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel tore into President Trump over the government shutdown Tuesday night while also criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his speech decrying “fat generals” in the U.S. military. “I was recently the victim of a government shutdown,” Kimmel, whose show was reinstated last week on ABC after a brief suspension, said…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday backed President Trump’s plans to use cities he deems dangerous because of their crime levels as a “training ground” for the military, though he seemed to draw a distinction in suggesting it would be National Guard members taking part in such actions.  “I can tell you what‘s in…
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“Only, again, an idiot like Donald Trump would believe that such a thing could happen,” Sen. Ruben Gallego said.

House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals urging an end to “woke” policies at the Pentagon and a return to “male standards” on the battlefield.  Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) characterized Hegseth’s speech, delivered Tuesday at the Quantico Marine base in Northern…
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New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo used artificial intelligence (AI) to depict himself driving the subway, working as a stagehand and standing on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in his first advertisement of the general election.  “I’m Andrew Cuomo, and I could pretend to do a lot of jobs,” Cuomo…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon, just hours after the government shutdown went into effect. Senators on both sides of the aisle have failed to come to an agreement on a stopgap funding plan. Republicans pushed forward a “clean” plan last month without input from Democrats, who argued that any…
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There’s a sad irony in watching the federal government come to a grinding halt — not because of some unresolvable crisis, but because our politics have turned into a circus. Earlier this month, a shutdown wasn’t inevitable. But President Trump practically locked the door and threw away the key Monday night when he shared an…
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Nearly 80 years after her father helped form the Committee for the First Amendment during the McCarthy era, Jane Fonda is relaunching the group, saying artists must “speak out before it’s too late.” More than 600 entertainment industry figures — including Barbra Streisand, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Whoopi Goldberg, Spike Lee, Natalie Portman, Sean Penn and Pedro…
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blamed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday for the government shutdown but added that he needs to be part of any negotiations to continue funding the government. “The American people know the Republicans have the presidency, they have the Senate, they have the House, and the blame will…
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Interest in the Democratic presidential race intensifies as President Trump’s presidential approval rating sinks. His general presidential approval is now 11 points underwater in a new national survey of registered voters for The New York Times. His performance rating is also net-negative in every issue area, except for crime.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had…
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The Turning Point USA college tour returned to Utah on Tuesday for its largest stop since the assassination of co-founder Charlie Kirk in September.  The event, hosted at Utah State University in Logan, was just two hours away from the site of where Kirk was shot in Orem. But a large crowd rallied behind MAGA ideals…
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Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) expressed concern Tuesday that President Trump’s warning about a “war from within” could serve as a pretext for calling off the 2028 election. In an interview on “The Jim Acosta Show,” the New York Democrat called Trump’s speech to military leaders at Quantico, Va., Tuesday “really dangerous,” pointing to the president’s…
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The deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland will cost the federal government at least $3.8 million, according to a state official.  “200 service members for 80 days is roughly $3.8 million. Just in pay and allowances, and then there are other logistics costs, that we are still working through, support agreements, for…
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Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the bill if necessary. The top GOP leaders from both chambers appeared on the Capitol’s west terrace Wednesday morning in a rare press conference setting…
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President Trump signed an executive order bolstering U.S. protections for Qatar in the wake of an Israeli strike there that killed six people. The executive order states the United States “shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security…
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