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Govt Shutdown Continues As Senate Dems Block GOP Funding Bill for 3rd Time

The U.S. Senate voted again on Wednesday, the first day of a government shutdown, on government funding bills that mirror the failed votes taken on Tuesday. Senate Democrats blocked the House-passed Clean Resolution on Wednesday. The measure, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed 55-45. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team, joined Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)…
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Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation at Utah State University Before TPUSA Event,

Utah State University briefly evacuated one of its landmark buildings on Tuesday after a suspicious package was discovered just hours before a scheduled Turning Point USA event featuring several high-profile Republican figures. Police and bomb squad officers detonated the device as a precaution, declaring the campus safe roughly an hour later. The incident unfolded at 2:44 p.m., when USU issued…
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Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain At Fed, For Now

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump on Wednesday from firing Democratic Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The nation’s highest court will allow Cook to remain in her seat until oral arguments begin in January 2026. The high court’s decision came months after most of the justices seemed to protect the Fed by calling it a “uniquely structured” entity…
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Maxine Waters Loses It After Admitting Dems Want Healthcare for Illegals

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) sparred with a Lindell TV reporter on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after acknowledging that Democrats may allow a government shutdown if negotiations fail to include healthcare funding for undocumented immigrants. Her remarks came as lawmakers faced a midnight deadline to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded and open. That deadline passed after…
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Feds Arrest Violence Demonstrators In Portland In Bid To Restore Order

Tensions escalated outside the ICE facility in South Portland on Tuesday night, where federal officers deployed pepper balls from the roof, patrolled nearby streets, and arrested at least four individuals. The four people were taken into the facility, though at least one was later released. Authorities did not immediately disclose what charges, if any, the individuals faced, according to KATU-TV.…
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AOC Denies Role In ‘Schumer Shutdown’ As Talks Between Dems, GOP Stall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied during an MSNBC interview Tuesday evening that she was responsible for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer’s decision not to support a GOP stopgap funding measure, allowing the federal government to shut down. She did, however, step up to support Democrats who have demanded an extension of Obamacare subsidies to the tune of hundreds of billions of…
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Dems Divided Over Schumer-Led Govt. Shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is increasingly drawing heat from both sides of the aisle for his refusal to back a clean continuing resolution bill to keep the government funded into November. Schumer, who in the past has opposed shutdowns, is being waylaid by Republicans as expected, but also from some Democratic circles and members of the media who…
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Walz Challenged Over Wasteful Spending, Fraud In Governor’s Race

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is once again under fire for waste, fraud, and spending abuses as he gears up for what could be an unusually tough reelection battle from a GOP challenger. Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, announced her candidacy for governor in August. Robbins said she intends to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who has not yet…
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Thune Predicts Democrat Mutiny As Schumer Faces Revolt Over Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader and South Dakota Sen. John Thune has predicted a mutiny in the Democrat Party, with enough Democrat senators joining Republicans to reopen the government as soon as Wednesday. “I honestly, you know, I think there are a lot of them over there who know that their leadership is walking them off the cliff and really want to…
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Vance Calls Out Schumer For Big Flip-Flop Over Govt. Shutdown

Vice President JD Vance used a decades-old video clip of then-Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to rip the current Senate minority leader over his refusal to back a spending plan to keep the government open. Vance retweeted a clip of Schumer on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1996 railing against providing taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens because it…
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