10 h. ago Trump threatens mass layoffs and cuts to Democrat projects as government shutdown stalemate continues: Live updates

Trump said he was meeting with White House budget director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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11 h. ago Trump news at a glance: President hails shutdown as ‘opportunity’ to further campaign of cuts

The government has already announced the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal funding for projects tied to Democrats. Key US politics stories from Thursday 2 October at a glanceAs the US government shutdown stretched into its second day, Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the funding lapse as an “unprecedented opportunity” to further his campaign of firing federal workers and downsizing departments.The president announced on social media that he would sit down with Russell Vought, the White House office of management and budget chief, an architect of the mass firings and buyouts of federal workers. Continue reading...

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13 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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14 h. ago US government shutdown: Donald Trump promises firings and cuts to ‘Democrats’ favorite projects’ if shutdown continues – live

President says ‘I am allowed to cut things that should have never been approved’ during interview with OAN television networkHere’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housingShare your views on the US government shutdownKaroline Leavitt also spoke on Fox News this morning, where she was asked whether Donald Trump’s threats of cuts were just a negotiating tactic. “Oh, it’s very real,” she replied.“The Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position,” she went on. “And if they don’t want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government. It’s very simple. Pass the clean continuing resolution and all of this goes away.Look, it’s likely going to be in the thousands. And that’s something that the Office of Management and Budget and the entire team at the White House here, again, is unfortunately having to work on today.These discussions and these conversations, these meetings would not be happe...

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19 h. ago Trump sees ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to punish Democrats as shutdown enters day two

Republicans and Democrats engage in war of words as White House also uses impasse to cut government spendingUS government shutdown – latest updatesAs the US government shutdown stretched into its second day, Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the funding lapse as an “unprecedented opportunity” to further his campaign of firing federal workers and downsizing departments.The president announced on social media that he would sit down with Russell Vought, the White House office of management and budget chief, an architect of the mass firings and buyouts of federal workers. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Donald Trump is digging in heels over 'authoritarian' US government shutdown

Donald Trump has pledged mass redundancies of federal workers after Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to reach agreement on fresh spending proposals

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46 h. 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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47 h. ago Government shutdown live: Vance warns travelers that air traffic controllers ‘no longer getting paid’ as Trump layoffs loom

Republican funding bill fails in Congress on Tuesday evening, leading to the first government shutdown since Donald Trump’s first term in 2018

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48 h. ago Donald Trump's chilling leaked photo after 'strangest thing ever' in Oval Office

US Government shutdown talks have taken place between Donald Trump and Democrats which failed to prevent a lockdown while opponents have been left with another reason to worry after an Oval meeting

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49 h. ago Government shutdown live: Trump threatens mass layoffs after Senate fails to agree last

Republican funding bill fails in Congress on Tuesday evening, leading to the first government shutdown since Donald Trump’s first term in 2018

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8 d. ago Officials reportedly identify Dallas Ice facility shooter; DHS corrects death toll down to one person killed – live

Joshua Jahn killed one detainee and severely injured two other before taking his own life, NBC News reports, as JD Vance blames Democrats for surge in political violenceFull report – Three people shot at Texas Ice buildingTexas Ice facility shooting: what we know so far about deadly attackThe Kremlin on Wednesday brushed off a comment by US president Donald Trump describing Russia as a “paper tiger”, and said president Vladimir Putin valued his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was a bear, not a tiger, and “there is no such thing as a paper bear”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The American political system is badly broken | Bernie Sanders

What we are witnessing right now is the rise of two Americas. One for the billionaire class. And one for everybody elseLet’s take a deep breath and, for one moment, forget about Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, the UN, Charlie Kirk, Gaza, a government shutdown and the other crises that we face.Let’s talk instead about the reality which the corporately-controlled media and the corporately-controlled political system don’t talk about very much. Continue reading...

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