9 h. ago JD Vance trolls one of Trump’s oldest political foes from home soil as MAGA took a victory lap in the Middle East

While staying behind, Vance appeared on ABC and clashed with a TV show host over a major MAGA scandal

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10 h. ago After being absent for MAGA’s victory lap in the Middle East, JD Vance resorts to trolling one of Trump’s oldest political foes

While staying behind, Vance appeared on ABC and clashed with a TV show host over a major MAGA scandal

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43 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Insurrection Act on the cards, says Vance, as president touts peace in the Middle East

JD Vance confirms White House seriously considering invoking 1807 insurrection act as Trump heads to Israel. Key US politics stories from Sunday 12 October at a glance.The Trump administration is considering ways to invoke emergency powers, including utilising the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would allow president Donald Trump to deploy troops on US soil in the event of major unrest.Despite legal pushback, vice-president JD Vance has confirmed the White is seriously considering the idea. “The president’s looking at all of his options,” he told NBC’s News’s Meet the Press on Sunday, adding that “we are talking about this because crime has gotten out of control in our cities”. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forcesThe White House is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act that would allow the deployment of military troops on US soil to quell domestic unrest amid legal challenges over the moves, JD Vance confirmed on Sunday.Vance was asked on NBC News’s Meet the Press whether Donald Trump was seriously considering invoking the emergency power to deploy national guard forces and even the US military in domestic settings. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago ‘Come and get me’: Illinois Gov. Pritzker dares Trump to carry out threat as Vance says Insurrection Act is on the table

Vance also got into heated exchange with ABC host over $50,000 bag of cash border czar Tom Homan was allegedly caught on video accepting

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4 d. ago US government shutdown: Speaker rejects blame over military pay and says Senate Democrats must ‘turn lights back on’– live

Mike Johnson claims separate bill to pay military during shutdown is ‘redundant’ as Republicans double down on blaming Democrats As the shutdown enters its 10th day, and both chambers are out of session today, House speaker Mike Johnson has defended not passing a separate bill that would keep members of the military paid throughout the shutdown.“Republicans have voted to OPEN the government and get our troops, Border Patrol, TSA, and veterans PAID,” Johnson said, before blaming Democratic leadership for refusing to pass the House-passed continuing resolution. “Chuck Schumer is terrified of a challenge from the Marxist left – so he and the Democrats voted to CLOSE the government-and to STOP PAYCHECKS from being issued.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘This madness needs to end’ say House Republicans as shutdown enters eighth day – US politics live

Majority leader Steve Scalise continues to blame Democrats for not passing House-passed funding bill as shutdown continuesEx-FBI director pleads not guilty on lying to Congress chargeA series of “violent” texts sent by a Democrat seeking to become Virginia’s attorney general has shaken up the state’s governor’s race, with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears seizing on the controversy to try to reverse her opponent’s double-digit polling lead.Earle-Sears has released new campaign advertisements condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor’s race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting “two bullets to the head” and “breeding little fascists”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump gets away from White House amid government shutdown — for a double date with Melania at the Vances’

Trump has rarely dined away from the White House during his second term

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1 week ago Trump and government agencies are using taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for the shutdown. Is it legal?

Watchdog groups say the administration is ‘obviously’ breaking ethics laws but unlikely to face consequences as long as federal agencies are under president’s command

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1 week ago Vance uses false claims to pin shutdown blame on Democrats as White House warns of layoffs

Vice-president falsely says Democrats calling for billions for ‘healthcare for illegal aliens’ as funding deadlock continuesJD Vance, the US vice-president, used false claims to blame Democrats for the government shutdown as the White House warned that worker layoffs were imminent.Federal departments have been closing since midnight after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure. The crisis has higher stakes than previous shutdowns, with Trump racing to slash government departments and threatening to turn furloughs into mass firings. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A prolonged US government shutdown could impact your travel plans

A U.S. government shutdown has begun, and it could impact travel plans, with potential airport delays and cancellations

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1 week ago ‘It’s funny!’ JD Vance just doesn’t get why vulgar AI video Trump posted of Dem leader Jeffries in sombrero is racist

‘The president is joking and we’re having a good time,” Vance insisted from the White House briefing room podium

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1 week ago US government shutdown live: White House says ‘layoffs are imminent’ as JD Vance uses false claims to blame Democrats for shutdown

Vice-president falsely claims that Democrats want to fund healthcare for ‘illegal aliens’ as press secretary says shutdown will affect federal workersUS government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedThis shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Godfather of AI’ warns again that it could lead to the end of humanity: ‘A lot of people inside those companies are worried’

While Trump speeds up an AI arms race, Yoshua Bengio is calling on governments and companies to slow down or risk ‘potentially catastrophic’ consequences

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1 week ago US government remains shut as senators fail to agree funding plan

Republicans and Democrats trade blame as services grind to a halt

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1 week ago JD Vance calls Trump the ‘trolling master’ as he pins government shutdown on Democrats

Vance was praising House Speaker Mike Johnson for resurfacing old video of Democrats arguing against a government shutdown

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1 week ago US government shutdown live: House will return to DC next week, says speaker, as Democrats blame ‘unhinged’ Trump for shutdown

Mike Johnson says House will return; Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries say president’s behavior has become more ‘erratic’ over preceding daysUS government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedThis shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jeffries prods JD Vance after object on Trump’s desk shocks him during shutdown meeting: ‘Don’t you got a problem with this?’

The Democratic leaders met with President Donald Trump in a futile attempt to avoid a government shutdown

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1 week ago US government shutdown live: ‘erratic’ and ‘unhinged’ Trump to blame for shutdown, say senior Democrats

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries say Republicans shut down government ‘because they do not want to protect healthcare of the American people’US government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedThis shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US government shutdown live: first closure since 2018 begins after funding bill fails

Competing bills rejected in Senate as Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of partisan politics. Follow the latest news and updates after the US government shut downUS government shuts down after Democrats refuse to back Republican funding planThe 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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