Tuesday

10-03-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2025

Circumcision ‘highly likely’ linked to autism, RFK Jr. says in wild new Tylenol claim

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed there may be a link between circumcision and autism — due to the use of Tylenol following the procedure....

Wesley Hunt’s Texas Senate campaign helps John Cornyn, poll finds

For Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the more the merrier. Despite the entry of Rep. Wesley Hunt into Texas’ ferocious GOP Senate primary, a new poll from a pro-Cornyn super...

Schumer remarks under GOP spotlight as Senate again rejects funding bills

The Senate rejected dueling bills to fund the government for a seventh time Thursday, as the federal shutdown appears all but guaranteed to slide into a third week. Senators...

Portland police union head welcomes fed support to help ‘horrifically understaffed’ cops end ‘burst’ in crime

President Donald Trump has signaled he wants to send National Guard units into Portland, Ore., in order to protect the city as well as ICE facilities, which he said have come...

Pressuring Democrats, Johnson rules out standalone troop pay bill

Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans on a private call Thursday that he doesn’t plan to put a standalone bill to pay troops up for a vote before they...

Senate strikes deal to vote on defense bill, breaking impasse

The Senate broke a monthlong impasse on its annual defense policy bill and secured a deal that could see the legislation pass as soon as Thursday. Senate Armed Services...

Senate won’t touch filibuster to end shutdown, Thune says

Senate Majority Leader John Thune shot down speculation that Republicans would deploy the so-called nuclear option to break the funding stalemate. The idea has gained traction on social media,...

GOP military mom presses Mike Johnson on troop pay

Speaker Mike Johnson heard a plea from a military family to move legislation paying active-duty forces amid the government shutdown in a remarkable televised exchange Thursday. Johnson was already...

Trump tells Post ‘tremendous things’ will happen in Middle East next week

President Trump spoke to The Post as he prepares to travel to the region after brokering a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in exchange for the release of all...

Capitol agenda: Schumer keeps his critics at bay

Chuck Schumer is winning over critics who bashed him for surrendering during this spring’s shutdown standoff. That could change fast. A POLITICO survey of Democratic lawmakers and activists finds...