President Donald Trump hosted several Republican senators and his brand-new Rose Garden Club at the White House on Tuesday as the government shutdown entered its third week
President Donald Trump hosted several Republican senators and his brand-new Rose Garden Club at the White House on Tuesday as the government shutdown entered its third week.
During the meeting with Republican leadership, the president went on a bizarre rant about how White House used to have a pool and that the Secret Service once turned away former first lady Jackie Kennedy. “And we’ve had press conferences. We finished it about a month ago,” Trump said of the newly repaved Rose Garden.
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President Donald Trump hosted several Republican senators and his brand-new Rose Garden Club at the White House on Tuesday as the government shutdown entered its third week
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) faces allegations of instructing officers to refrain from assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents during a violent confrontation involving protesters. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that the CPD’s Chief of Patrol ordered officers to stand down, during which an armed assailant, Marimar Martinez, was shot and injured. Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz have been charged in connection with the attack. The incident has escalated tensions, with Illinois officials launching an independent inquiry into the CPD’s response and federal actions.
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President Donald Trump has been able to have the Republican-controlled Senate confirm the vast bulk of his nominees — with the lone exception of his appointees for U.S. attorney offices.
Now, Politico is reporting that the president is leaning on his party to bulldoze the last remaining obstacle preventing his handpicked prosecutors from being fully confirmed. Trump told a gathering of Senate Republicans Tuesday that the long-standing “blue slip” procedure — in which senators from a nominee’s home state have to submit “blue slips” agreeing to their nomination before it can move forward — was a “problem” that should be scrapped.
“You know, I have 10 U.S. attorneys who are phenomenal,” Trump said. “And the problem is, they’re not going to ever be confirmed, I guess. I put them in, they’ll be there for three or four months, whatever it is, and then they have to leave.”
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ACA enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year.
As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, some Americans are worried about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
The subsidies, or premium tax credits, help lower or eliminate the out-of-pocket cost of monthly premiums for those who purchase insurance through the health insurance marketplace.
They were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic and are currently set to expire at the end of 2025.
Democrats have been demanding that Republicans pass extensions of the subsidies before the government is reopened, while the GOP says it won’t negotiate until a clean funding bill passes and the government reopens.
Some Americans fear high health insurance premiums if ACA enhanced subsidies expire: ‘Very much a worry’
Some Americans said they’re worried that if subsidies expire, they may be forced to choose a lower-tier insurance plan or may not be able to cover their premiums.
The president has called for indictments of some of his political enemies.
Fear is spreading among some who’ve run afoul of President Donald Trump.
A foreboding that grew out of Trump’s election victory last November has deepened, several people told NBC News, after the Justice Department secured indictments against two public figures who’ve long been in his crosshairs: New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.
Some said they worry that the Trump administration will target them for prosecution, draining their life savings and potentially landing them in jail. In a time of heightened political violence, others said they fear that the president’s most zealous followers may try to do them harm.
Some Trump critics fear they could be the president’s next target for prosecution
The president has called for indictments of some of his political enemies.
A judge ordered that one of the founders of the viral Trump Burger restaurant be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to court filings, noting that he had been on supervised release for over a decade without incident and that every attempt to get him removed to either Israel, Palestine or Jordan in that time had been unsuccessful.
Iyad Abuelhawa had been detained by ICE on June 2. The order cited medical records showing Abuelhawa suffers from diabetes. While in ICE detention, he broke bones in his foot and has been confined to a wheelchair, experienced numbness in his legs and “is currently in danger of losing his whole foot,” according to the judge’s decision. The government, the decision notes, did provide evidence contesting those allegations.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has largely banned military officials – including the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force – from speaking with Congress unless they coordinate with a centralized office that reports to him.
Hegseth clamps down on military communications with Congress
The move aims to ensure that the Pentagon chief controls the military’s message on Capitol Hill.
Children were reportedly zip-tied during a multi-agency law enforcement raid in Wilder, Idaho, as hundreds of people were detained and police fired rubber bullets.
The operation took place on October 19 at La Catedral Arena, a horse racing venue west of Boise, according to The Idaho Statesman.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Newsweek that ICE arrested 105 migrants without legal status during the operation.
