25 h. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump threatens to cut Democrats’ ‘favorite projects’ amid impending mass layoffs

Trump said he would meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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31 h. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump ready to cut thousands of jobs in ‘Democrat agencies’ as parties refuse to budge

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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34 h. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump calls to clear ‘dead wood’ in government as he determines which agencies to cut

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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34 h. ago Trump to meet with Project 2025 architect on cutting ‘Democrat agencies’ amid government shutdown – live

Trump touts meeting with Russ Vought ‘of Project 2025 fame’ to determine where cuts can be made as the federal government remains shut for second dayHere’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housingSince the US government shut down at midnight on Wednesday, tens of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed (told not to work), while others must work without pay until Congress passes a budget. The shutdown will have a wide range of effects on government services and programs as well as the US economy, from national parks to travel and housing.My colleague Marina Dunbar explains what it means for everyday people:This isn’t the way to have a discussion, shutting down the government and lowering the GDP. We could see a hit to the GDP, a hit to growth and a hit to working America. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Trump to meet with Project 2025 architect on cutting ‘Democrat agendas’ amid government shutdown – live

Trump touts meeting with Russ Vought ‘of Project 2025 fame’ to determine where cuts can be made as the federal government remains shut for second dayHere’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housingDonald Trump is up and truthing as the White House presses on with seizing the opportunity provided by the shutdown to axe federal jobs and Democratic spending priorities. “I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity,” Trump writes this morning.He said he has a meeting today with Russell Vought, “of Project 2025 fame” who is now the head of the office for management and budget, “to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent”.I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and wheth...

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67 h. ago US government shuts down as lawmakers fail to strike funding deal

Capitol Hill impasse threatens hundreds of thousand of jobs and billions of dollars in lost economic output

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68 h. ago Senate fails to pass stopgap funding bill as government heads for midnight shutdown – live

Resolution that would keep current levels of funding until 21 November failed to reach the 60 votes needed to passUS heads toward first government shutdown in nearly seven yearsThe US government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years, with no signs congressional leaders are near agreement on legislation to continue funding beyond the Tuesday night deadline to prevent workers from being furloughed and agencies from shutting their doors.Congress’s Republican majority is pushing legislation to fund the government through 21 November, but Democrats have refused to vote for it unless it includes a series of concessions centered on healthcare. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Senate fails to pass stopgap funding bill as government heads for midnight shutdown – follow live

Resolution that would keep current levels of funding until 21 November failed to reach the 60 votes needed to pass US heads toward first government shutdown in nearly seven yearsThe US government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years, with no signs congressional leaders are near agreement on legislation to continue funding beyond the Tuesday night deadline to prevent workers from being furloughed and agencies from shutting their doors.Congress’s Republican majority is pushing legislation to fund the government through 21 November, but Democrats have refused to vote for it unless it includes a series of concessions centered on healthcare. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US on brink of government shutdown as lawmakers remain deadlocked

Republicans and Democrats trade blame for funding impasse as midnight deadline looms

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3 d. ago Trump says ‘no choice’ but to cut federal workers if government shuts down as midnight deadline looms – live

Democrats and Republicans exchange blame as Congress barrels toward deadline without a dealUS heads toward first government shutdown in nearly seven yearsThe US government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years, with no signs congressional leaders are near agreement on legislation to continue funding beyond the Tuesday night deadline to prevent workers from being furloughed and agencies from shutting their doors.Congress’s Republican majority is pushing legislation to fund the government through 21 November, but Democrats have refused to vote for it unless it includes a series of concessions centered on healthcare. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US government heads toward first shutdown in six years as lawmakers fail to reach agreement

Republicans push legislation to fund government through late November, but Democrats refuse unless it includes concessions centered on healthcareUS politics – latest updatesThe US government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years, with no signs congressional leaders are near agreement on legislation to continue funding beyond the Tuesday night deadline to prevent workers from being furloughed and agencies from shutting their doors.Congress’s Republican majority is pushing legislation to fund the government through 21 November, but Democrats have refused to vote for it unless it includes a series of concessions centered on healthcare. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump talks with Democrats fail to yield breakthrough as US shutdown nears

Democrats strike optimistic tone after high-stakes meeting but Republicans accuse rivals of ‘hostage-taking’A high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats on Monday resulted in no apparent breakthrough in negotiations to keep the government open, with JD Vance declaring afterwards: “I think we are headed into a shutdown.”Democrats, who are refusing to support the GOP’s legislation to continue funding beyond Tuesday unless it includes several healthcare provisions, struck a more optimistic tone following the Oval Office encounter, which also included the Republican leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘I think we’re headed to a shutdown,’ says JD Vance as Mike Johnson calls for more time for negotiations – live

Congressional leaders meet with Trump over government shutdown as vice-president reportedly says Democrats ‘won’t do’ the right thingTrump officials to announce plan to boost coal outputThe US is set to announce on Monday policies to try to boost the output of coal, the interior department said, as the Trump administration seeks to reverse the decline of the fossil fuel’s use. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Mystery fleet of US Air Force tankers crossing Atlantic stirs echoes of Iran strike ahead of secret military meeting

As President Trump prepares to meet generals and admirals at a shadowy meeting tomorrow, verified X accounts are reporting deployment of US air tankers to Europe, citing flight tracking data.

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4 d. ago John Oliver rages at ‘desperate SOB’ Netanyahu for nearly entire show as Israeli leader set to meet Trump

Late-night host characterizes Israeli PM as unscrupulous politician prepared to cling on to power at any cost in latest broadside ahead of Gaza talks

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4 d. ago Trump and Netanyahu set for White House meeting as US president vows to ‘get it done’: Latest

President Donald Trump to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for fourth time this year in hope of bringing peace to Middle East amid growing international demand for action

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5 d. ago Illinois senator demands to meet with Ice amid clashes at immigration facility

Dick Durbin renews push to talk to Trump officials as operations and protests escalate at Broadview facilityAfter days of clashes between federal officers and protesters at an immigration jail in his home state of Illinois, Democratic US senator Dick Durbin on Sunday renewed demands to meet with Trump administration immigration officials.Durbin wrote on X that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) must be “accountable for its actions” amid the administration’s “cruel immigration crackdown”. The post on Sunday morning came after Saturday night protests and arrests at an immigration detention center in Broadview, Illinois. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump to meet lawmakers as US government heads to a shutdown

Republicans and Democrats trade blame as deadline approaches to agree funding deal

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5 d. ago Trump to meet top congressional leaders on Monday with shutdown looming

President will meet Republicans and Democrats at White House a day before possible government shutdown

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8 d. ago Netanyahu’s plane avoids France in flight to meet Trump in US

Israeli prime minister, who is subject to international arrest warrant, bypasses European allies following rupture over Gaza

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