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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.

A photographer was injured and sent to the hospital after the altercation.

Three members of the Senate Democratic caucus broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday and voted for a House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through Nov. 21, revealing divisions among Democrats about how aggressively to confront the Trump administration. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team,…
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Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memo on Tuesday evening directing government agencies to begin executing their plans “for an orderly shutdown.” Vought wrote to agency leaders with just hours to go until government funding lapses at midnight. The OMB director blamed the impending shutdown on “Democrats’…
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The Trump administration has withdrawn its nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a White House official confirmed Tuesday evening.  Brian Quintenz, global head of policy at a16z crypto and a former CFTC commissioner, was tapped by President Trump in February to lead the agency, as it prepares to take on a larger…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries fumed at the president for mocking Democrats after failed negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech before a high-profile gathering of hundreds of the U.S. military’s top brass on Tuesday morning has spurred fear, head-scratching and praise.  Hegseth, over the course of roughly 45 minutes, rolled out 10 directives that seek to dismantle so-called “woke” efforts, raise fitness standards to eliminate “fat” troops and leaders, implement…
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Hegseth launched into a vulgar tirade against service members who don’t fit his specific vision of who should represent the U.S.

Trump blamed Democrats for the possibility of a government shutdown, falsely claiming they want to give “Cadillac Medicare to illegal immigrants.”

A new project focused on President Trump could be in financial trouble due to fears of retaliation, “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci said. “I got a lot of, ‘Yeah, you wouldn’t get the money for that at the moment, I’m afraid,’” Iannucci said at a Creative UK event in Liverpool, Deadline reported on Tuesday, paraphrasing his…
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Trump told top U.S. military leaders that their ranks could be in jeopardy if they didn’t like his remarks.

After Pete Hegseth declared a desire to rid the military of “fat troops,” the California governor did some fat-shaming of his own.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday said the farming economy is “not in a good place” as those in the agriculture industry lose sales from trade severances with China and other partner nations. “Right now, the farm economy is not in a good place. We’re working around the clock,” Rollins said during a Tuesday appearance…
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Federal government labor unions sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the potential upcoming government shutdown.  Employees are usually temporarily furloughed during a shutdown, except for exempted workers, and receive back pay after a shutdown ends. But Trump and the White House budget office have suggested permanent firings could be…
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Shocking video shows the moment masked ICE agents shoved two press photographers to ground, injuring them. One photographer was stretchered from the scene by EMTs.

The case, centering on pro-Palestinian activism, led the judge to a lengthy condemnation of the Trump administration’s approach to free speech rights.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) on Tuesday authorized the state’s National Guard to perform tasks on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Soldiers will assist with “administrative, clerical, and logistical duties,” following a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Department of Defense, according to a news release from the…
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Tuesday urged President Trump to “stay away” from Portland, Ore., after the Trump administration moved to deploy the National Guard into the city. “Portland has — among the 68 largest cities in the country — the largest drop in murder rate in the country. It has a 20 percent drop.…
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Hours before the government funding clock runs out, Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said Tuesday that a shutdown would benefit President Trump.  “The president has a lot of levers he could pull. This is one we could pull but why would we pull that lever? Because that allows him to pull a lot more levers,”…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) knocked President Trump’s weight on Tuesday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared he no longer wanted to see “fat generals” in the military. “I guess the Commander in Chief needs to go!” Newsom said in a post on the social platform X, responding to a clip of Hegseth’s speech at…
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A federal judge invoked his wife in issuing another scathing ruling against President Trump’s second-term agenda Tuesday, this time concerning efforts to deport students who participated in pro-Palestinian advocacy.  “He seems to be winning. He ignores everything and keeps bullying ahead,” U.S. District Judge William Young’s wife said.  The judge wrote that he doesn’t discuss pending…
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The message from HUD stands as yet another example of the administration’s smashing of norms and willingness to flout ethical boundaries.