G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners. Source: Original News
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Trump Says Gaza Talks Are Going ‘Very Well’ and Will Visit Middle East
The president’s comments and a note from Marco Rubio hinted that the two-year-long conflict may be about to pause, if not end. Source: Original News
Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors
State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image. Source: Original News
JB Pritzker Has Had it With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump
The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago. Source: Original News
These Democrats Could Hold the Key to Ending the Shutdown
As the federal closure slides into a second week, Republicans are working to peel off five more Democratic senators to join them in voting to reopen the government. Source: Original News
Inside the Capitol, A Heated Spat Over the Shutdown and Epstein
A pair of Democratic senators confronted the Republican speaker of the House over his refusal to swear in a colleague during the shutdown. Source: Original News
Federal Workers’ Unions Call for Compromise on a Shutdown Deal
Union leaders representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers urged both parties to negotiate as their members prepared to receive their last paychecks until the standoff is resolved. Source: Original News
The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment
An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters. Source: Original News
Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’
Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats. Source: Original News
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black. Source: Original News