Oct 03 WATCH: Schumer speaks after Senate Democrats reject latest measure to end shutdown By Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fired away at President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress as hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 12:43 Brooks and Capehart on political dysfunction and the government shutdown By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the government shutdown showing no signs of ending quickly, President Trump taking the opportunity to further dismantle the federal… Continue watching
Oct 03 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status for… Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: Many 'things we can do' to address violence, but Trump will protect gun rights, Leavitt says By Erica R. Hendry Pointing to recent mass shootings in Michigan and Minnesota, as well as the political assassinations of a Minnesota lawmaker and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, PBS News White House correspondent Liz Landers asked Leavitt about whether the president or the White… Continue reading
Oct 03 North Carolina Gov. Stein signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee's death By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: FDA and HHS not endorsing generic abortion pill they just approved, White House says By Associated Press The White House said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a generic form of mifepristone was just following the law and not a sign of support for the abortion pill. Continue reading
Oct 03 Without a new jobs report, U.S. 'flying blind' on hiring in an uncertain economy By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern as everyone awaits the Labor Department's crucial monthly jobs report. Not this month, though. Continue reading
Oct 03 Supreme Court will weigh Hawaii's strict ban on guns on private property By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press President Donald Trump's Republican administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court’s landmark 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights by finding the Second Amendment generally gives people the right to carry firearms. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Trump uses shutdown to withhold funding, unleash layoffs By Associated Press The White House began its press briefing on Friday by summarizing various consequences of the government shutdown that were already hitting Americans. Continue reading
Oct 03 Amid shutdown fight, Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 By Jill Colvin, Associated Press In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, “Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a… Continue reading