Month: October 2025
October 02, 2025
Congress
Top Oversight Dem calls for investigation over White House shutdown messaging
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is urging acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer to investigate the White House for its messaging on the...
October 02, 2025
Congress
Weekend votes ‘unlikely,’ Thune says, meaning shutdown could push into next week
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Thursday that it’s “unlikely” senators will be in the Capitol voting this weekend, all but guaranteeing the government shutdown goes into next...
October 02, 2025
Politics
Trump admin says US engaged in ‘armed conflict’ with drug smugglers after 4 boat strikes
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration informed Congress Wednesday that the US is engaged in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration informed Congress Wednesday...
October 02, 2025
Politics
Trump open to talks with Kim Jong Un ‘without any preconditions’ ahead of South Korea trip
President Donald Trump is open to talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “without any preconditions,” a White House official said, as South Korea’s unification minister warned Pyongyang’s missiles...
October 02, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson: Republicans ‘have nothing to negotiate’ on shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson moved to shut down any attempts to negotiate a way out of the shutdown Thursday as some senators look for off-ramps. Johnson said in a news...
October 02, 2025
Politics
Trump has higher approval rating in NJ than Gov. Murphy as voters focus on economy: poll
President Trump is polling better in deep-blue New Jersey than outgoing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, according to a new survey that highlights how economic hardship is impacting voters in...
October 02, 2025
Politics
Rep. Maxine Waters admits Dems forced government shutdown to get ‘health care for everybody’ — including illegal immigrants
Longtime Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters acknowledged that her party forced the government into a shutdown on Wednesday in order to secure "health care for everybody" -- including illegal immigrants....
October 02, 2025
Congress
Thune warns Democrats about Russ Vought: ‘We don’t control what he’s going to do’
Senate Majority Leader John Thune isn’t endorsing the slash-and-burn campaign White House budget director Russ Vought has planned for the federal government during the pending shutdown. But he says...
October 02, 2025
Politics
Dems mocked after gov’t shutdown livestream gets only 400 viewers: ‘Party of 18% approval and sinking’
House Democrats struggled to attract eyeballs to their government shutdown livestream, which at times had only a couple of dozen viewers, despite the party rolling out a rotation featuring...
October 02, 2025
Politics
Judge rejects Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s bid to reopen case, lets removal order stand
The final order of removal against Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stand after an immigration judge on Wednesday rejected a motion from his attorneys to reopen the case. The final...