‘This insanity wants to finish’ say Home Republicans, as shutdown enters eighth day
At a press convention, a number of Home Republicans spoke to reporters as the federal government shutdown enters its eighth day. “This insanity can finish. This insanity wants to finish with sanity lastly rising,” stated majority chief Steve Scalise, whereas persevering with in charge Senate Democrats for not passing a Home-passed funding invoice. “Chuck Schumer, in the event you can’t do the appropriate factor since you’re so afraid of your political job, take into consideration the roles of thousands and thousands of households on the market who don’t wish to have that struggling inflicted on them.”
All through the convention, various lawmakers continued to push deceptive claims that Democrats are “preventing to provide illegals well being care”. Undocumented immigrants stay ineligible for federally funded well being care, aside from emergency Medicaid – which is required underneath federal legislation.
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George Chidi
The US supreme courtroom is listening to arguments in a lawsuit difficult an Illinois legislation governing how the state counts mailed-in absentee ballots acquired after election day.
Arguments heart on who has standing to problem the legislation, not whether or not the follow itself is constitutionally legitimate.
Republicans have been desperate to problem mail-in ballots, with Donald Trump centering it in his assaults on the electoral course of. Mike Bost, a Republican consultant from Illinois, filed the swimsuit to argue that the Illinois legislation permitting ballots to be counted as much as two weeks after election day if they’re postmarked by the deadline unconstitutionally permits an extension of the election interval.
Decrease courts threw Bost’s swimsuit out, ruling that the conservative congressman in his fifth time period didn’t undergo an harm and had no standing to sue. The attraction argues that the price of staffing a marketing campaign previous election day is a monetary harm giving him adequate standing to problem the legislation.
“[C]andidates have standing to problem the principles that govern their elections,” the attraction argues, “particularly when … the challenged rule produces an inaccurate last tally.”
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Dharna Noor
Donald Trump has positioned dozens of individuals with ties to the fossil gasoline sector in his administration, together with greater than 40 who’ve instantly labored for oil, gasoline or coal corporations, in accordance with a brand new evaluation.
The report from Public Citizen, a shopper advocacy and ethics non-profit that has been vital of the Trump administration, alongside the Revolving Door Challenge, a company watchdog, analyzed the backgrounds of nominees and appointees throughout the White Home and eight companies dictating power, environmental and local weather coverage. That features the Environmental Safety Company, the inside and power departments and others.
The evaluation comes as Trump wages broad assaults on local weather and power insurance policies and on renewable power. The president’s so-called one large stunning act, for example, opened swaths of federal land to drilling and mining and enshrined the fast phaseout of incentives for renewable power.
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Johnson says federal staff ought to obtain again pay, regardless of White Home blended messaging
Home speaker Mike Johnson stated at present that he does imagine furloughed federal staff ought to and can receives a commission, regardless of blended messaging from the White Home which has advised that workers may not be assured to again pay.
“There may be another authorized evaluation that’s floating round, I’ve but had time to dig into and skim that. But it surely has all the time been the case that’s custom, and I feel it’s statutory legislation that federal workers be paid,” Johnson stated.
He went on to additional chastise congressional Democrats, saying that their choice to carry out on passing the Republican-written persevering with decision, leaves them chargeable for sure teams of federal staff not getting paid. “They voted that they didn’t need the troops to be paid. They didn’t need TSA brokers to be paid. They didn’t need air site visitors controllers, border patrol brokers and all the remainder. They dwell with that vote. They made that call,” Johnson stated. “The Home is finished. The ball is now within the Senate’s courtroom. It does us no good to be right here dithering on present votes. We did it. We despatched the product over. It’s clear.”
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‘This insanity wants to finish’ say Home Republicans, as shutdown enters eighth day
At a press convention, a number of Home Republicans spoke to reporters as the federal government shutdown enters its eighth day. “This insanity can finish. This insanity wants to finish with sanity lastly rising,” stated majority chief Steve Scalise, whereas persevering with in charge Senate Democrats for not passing a Home-passed funding invoice. “Chuck Schumer, in the event you can’t do the appropriate factor since you’re so afraid of your political job, take into consideration the roles of thousands and thousands of households on the market who don’t wish to have that struggling inflicted on them.”
All through the convention, various lawmakers continued to push deceptive claims that Democrats are “preventing to provide illegals well being care”. Undocumented immigrants stay ineligible for federally funded well being care, aside from emergency Medicaid – which is required underneath federal legislation.
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The arraignment of James Comey is now over, in accordance with reporters within the courtroom. The previous FBI director’s attorneys are additionally transferring to dismiss the case, arguing that the federal prosecutor who introduced the fees in opposition to Comey, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed.
A reminder that Trump put in Halligan after he pressured her predecessor, Erik Siebert, to resign. The previous US lawyer for the jap district of Virginia had stated there was inadequate proof to prosecute Comey and different political adversaries of the president.
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Outdoors the courthouse at present, a small group of demonstrators gathered forward of Comey’s look in courtroom to protest in opposition to the felony fees introduced in opposition to the previous FBI director.
Individuals put together for the arrival of former FBI Director James Comey earlier than his arraignment listening to at a federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. {Photograph}: Luke Johnson/EPADemonstrators protest outdoors the Albert V. Bryan courthouse throughout James Comey’s arraignment listening to. {Photograph}: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty PhotographsDemonstrators say that Comey’s indictment is the “weaponization of presidency” outdoors his arraignment listening to. {Photograph}: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesShare
Decide Nachmanoff has set a trial date for 5 January 2026, in accordance with reporters within the courtroom.
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James Comey pleads ‘not responsible’ at arraignment
Former FBI director James Comey has pleaded ‘not responsible’ throughout his arraignment at a federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. His attorneys have additionally requested a trial by jury.
Decide Michael S. Nachmanoff learn Comey the fees he’s dealing with: one rely of constructing a false assertion and one rely of obstruction of a congressional continuing. Each are in relation to his testimony earlier than the Senate judiciary committee in 2020.
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Senate to carry sixth vote on stopap funding payments amid authorities shutdown
The US Senate will maintain its sixth vote on the dueling short-terms spending payments to reopen the federal government at 12pm EST at present.
Each payments are set to fail, but once more, as lawmakers proceed to dig their heels in and commerce barbs, blaming the opposite social gathering for the shutdown, which has now lasted a full week.
A reminder that on Monday, solely three senators broke ranks with the Democratic social gathering, and voted “sure” on the Home-passed persevering with decision to take care of authorities funding till 21 November. This nonetheless leaves Republicans nowhere close to the 60-vote threshold wanted to advance the invoice.
GOP leaders in congress have continued to say that the Senate’s prime Democrat, Chuck Schumer, is being pressured by the progressive arm of his social gathering into rejecting the funding extension, which mirrors the invoice that he signed again in March.
Democrats, in the meantime, say that their colleagues throughout the aisle have averted any negotiations about their proposal, which incorporates a number of healthcare provisions – together with an extension of the Inexpensive Care Act (ACA) subsidies which can be set to run out on the finish of the yr and will enhance insurance coverage premiums for thousands and thousands of Individuals.
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As we put together to you carry you the newest from James Comey’s arraignment in lower than an hour, it’s price noting the final time {that a} former FBI director was criminally charged was in 1978. When L. Patrick Grey, who truly served because the performing head of the bureau through the Watergate scandal, was indicted for conspiring to violate Individuals’ constitutional protections by permitting unauthorized federal raids – as brokers looked for members of Climate Underground, the left-wing militant group. The costs in opposition to Grey have been dropped.
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Trump says Chicago mayor ‘needs to be in jail’ for not defending Ice officers
The president is already posting on Fact Social. As Texas nationwide guard troops descend on Chicago at present, Trump wrote that the mayor – Brandon Johnson – “needs to be in jail” for “failing” to guard Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) brokers.
Johnson signed an govt order this week, that stops federal immigration brokers from utilizing metropolis property.
In his submit, the president added that Illinois governor JB Pritzker also needs to be in jail.
A federal decide has set a listening to for Thursday, relating to the lawsuit that metropolis and state officers in Illinois filed in opposition to the administration, to dam the deployment of the navy.
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Donald Trump has few public engagements on his schedule at present. However we’ll hear from him at round 3pm EST, when he attends a spherical desk on Antifa on the White Home. We’ll carry you the newest strains as we get them.
A reminder that the president designated the left-wing activist group a “home terrorist group” final month, following the homicide of his ally and conservative activist, Charlie Kirk.
Notably, officers haven’t established a hyperlink between Tyler Robinson, the person charged with killing Kirk, and Antifa.
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Rubio to attend Paris assembly on Gaza transition – report
US secretary of state Marco Rubio is predicted to attend a ministerial assembly to be held on Thursday in Paris with European, Arab and different states to debate the post-Gaza transition, three diplomatic sources instructed Reuters.
The assembly, which can occur in parallel to negotiations between Israel, Hamas and mediators in Egypt’s Pink Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, goals to debate find out how to implement a plan proposed by Donald Trump and assess collective commitments from international locations.
The US embassy in Paris was not instantly accessible for remark.
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Nationwide guard troops are outdoors Chicago and might be in Memphis quickly
Nationwide guard troops are positioned outdoors Chicago they usually might be in Memphis by Friday, the Related Press reviews, because the Trump administration pushes forward with an aggressive coverage towards big-city crime whether or not native leaders help it or not.
Nationwide guard members from Texas had settled in at an Military Reserve heart in Illinois by early Wednesday, regardless of a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. Their actual mission was not clear, although the Trump administration has an aggressive immigration enforcement operation within the nation’s third-largest metropolis, and protesters have incessantly rallied at an immigration constructing outdoors Chicago in Broadview.
Members of the Texas nationwide guard assemble in Elwood, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. {Photograph}: Brian Cassella/TNS/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
The president has referred to as Chicago a “hell gap” of crime, though police statistics present vital drops in most crimes, together with homicides.
In Memphis, Tennessee, police Chief Cerelyn Davis stated a small group of commanders have been already within the metropolis, planning for the arrival of guard troops.
Republican governor Invoice Lee has stated troops can be deputized by the US Marshals Service to “play a vital help position” for native legislation enforcement, although that position hasn’t been exactly outlined but.
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Democrats introduce invoice to assist federal staff cowl childcare prices throughout shutdown
Michael Sainato
Congressional Democrats are introducing a invoice that would offer childcare reduction to federal staff affected by the shutdown of the federal authorities, because it drags on via a second week.
Dad and mom can be reimbursed for charges paid to childcare services through the shutdown underneath plans initiated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Any federal worker who has been furloughed, or stays working via the shutdown with out pay, can be entitled to help underneath the Federal Employee Childcare Safety Act of 2025.
The invoice authorizes the Normal Companies Administration to obtain official documentation for childcare bills from federal staff to use for reimbursement.
“If you speak to federal staff proper now, loads of them are exhausted. They’re pleased with what they do, however they’re uninterested in being handled like their lives are expendable,” Omar stated in an announcement on the invoice.
“This administration has made it clear it’s not enthusiastic about standing up for staff – however I’m,” she added. “As a working mother or father, I do know the significance of getting dependable childcare. This invoice is a small however vital technique to present that their work and their households matter.”
About 100 childcare facilities beforehand operated in GSA-managed federal areas, offering childcare for hundreds of kids every day, however the so-called “division of presidency effectivity” eradicated the GSA workplace that managed these services earlier this yr.
Co-sponsors of the invoice embrace the congressional Democratic representatives Pramila Jayapal, Summer season Lee, Gregory Meeks, Jerry Nadler, and Rashida Tlaib.
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Edward Helmore
Six former US surgeons basic – the highest medical posting in Washington – warned in an opinion column printed on Tuesday that coverage modifications enacted by the well being and human companies (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, are “endangering the well being of the nation”.
The surgeons basic – Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher – who served underneath each Republican and Democrat administrations, recognized modifications in vaccine coverage, medical analysis funding, a shift in priorities from rationality to ideology, plunging morale, and modifications to staffing as areas of concern.
Referring to their oaths of workplace, each Hippocratic as physicians and as public servants, the previous officers wrote within the Washington Submit that they felt “compelled to talk with one voice to say that the actions of Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the well being of the nation”.
“By no means earlier than have we issued a joint public warning like this. However the profound, quick and unprecedented menace that Kennedy’s insurance policies and positions pose to the nation’s well being can’t be ignored,” they stated, including that they may not ignore the “profound, quick and unprecedented menace” of his insurance policies.
Beneath a “Make America Wholesome Once more” (Maha) agenda, Kennedy has accelerated vaccine coverage modifications regardless of opposition from scientists, together with narrowing eligibility for Covid-19 vaccine pictures and dismissing members of a vaccine advisory panel.
He has reduce federal funding for mRNA vaccine analysis for respiratory sicknesses and instituted a assessment of vaccine suggestions. Kennedy additionally sought the dismissal of Dr Susan Monarez, former head of the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC).
Monarez testified earlier than Congress final month that her firing by Donald Trump got here after refusing a request from Kennedy to dismiss CDC vaccine specialists “with out trigger”.
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