Speaker Mike Johnson rejected Chuck Schumer’s call for a “smoke-filled backroom” deal, saying Republicans will not engage in Democrats’ “hostage-taking” or pay a “ransom” to end the government shutdown.

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President Trump said tariffs, including a 50 percent levy on Brazilian cattle, “saved our cattle ranchers,” crediting his trade policies for reviving the US ranching industry “for the first time in decades.”

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is turning…

The move coincides with a Trump push to pressure Moscow into talks on ending the war and to withhold U.S. Tomahawk missiles from Kyiv.

X has begun testing feature that displays each account’s country of origin and the number of times its username has been changed, currently limited to staff for feedback before launch.

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14-year-old daughter of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump reportedly writes notes to all 20 captives released last week; has previously taken part in grandfather's diplomacy

X has begun testing a feature that shows each account’s country of origin and the number of times its username has been changed, initially limited to a small group of X team members for feedback before launch.

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The Louisiana Department of Health has announced that SNAP funds will not be distributed for November 2025 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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President Trump denied the Wall Street Journal claim that his administration approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles deep into Russia, calling it “FAKE NEWS” and insisting the US has “nothing to do with those missiles.”

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The Trump administration was rocked last week by an explosive leak to Politico, which published 2,900 pages of racist text messages from leaders in New York.

Daily Mail article suggests that Trump is protecting “nightmare leaker” Gavin Wax after betraying colleagues and creating a national scandal for the GOP.

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2025 NYC Mayoral Poll

Among American-born New Yorkers:
🟡 Andrew Cuomo: 40%
🔵 Zohran Mamdani: 31%
🔴 Curtis Sliwa: 25%

Among foreign-born New Yorkers:
🔵 Zohran Mamdani: 62%
🟡 Andrew Cuomo: 24%
🔴 Curtis Sliwa: 12%

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The US national debt has surpassed $38 trillion, rising from $37 trillion in August.

The $1 trillion increase in just two months ranks among the most rapid debt expansions in American history outside the COVID-19 era.

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House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, the number two House Democrat, defended the government shutdown as political leverage, saying:

“Of course, there will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.”

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Tucker Carlson snapped at a college student who mentioned his father’s CIA ties.

“Leave my father out of it. I’m gonna have to kick your ass, which I can do, by the way, if you bring him up again, ’cause he was a wonderful man — whatever he did for a living.…

King Charles joined Pope Leo XIV in prayer, becoming the first British monarch to do so since Luther’s Reformation five centuries ago.

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Vice President JD Vance visited and prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

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Vice President JD Vance criticized the Knesset’s vote on West Bank annexation, calling it “a very stupid political stunt” and saying he “personally takes some insult.”

Vance affirmed, “The policy of the Trump Administration is that the West Bank will not…

Vice President JD Vance said following his meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu that there will be “no American troops on the ground” in Gaza. However, US troops will assist in “supervising and mediating the peace.”

Vance added the International Security…

The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv shortly after JD Vance departed Israel.

Rubio’s two-day visit seeks to “reaffirm America’s unwavering commitment to Israel’s security” and advance diplomatic efforts under…

Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance have boarded Air Force Two and departed from Israel.

During the visit, Vance met with Israeli officials to reinforce the Gaza peace plan, visited and prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and did not…