LOADING ERROR LOADINGWorkers at several federal agencies received an email from their leaders late Tuesday blaming Democrats in Congress for the government shutdown — a clear use of government resources toward political ends by the Trump administration. It’s normal for a government agency to try to prepare employees for the possibility of a government shutdown. It is not normal for agency leaders to blame one party or another through official communications to workers or the public, due to restrictions against political activities by federal employees. AdvertisementThen again, the Trump administration does not hold itself to the same government ethics guidelines as its predecessors. AdvertisementMeanwhile, the Trump administration has warned that it will use the shutdown as an opportunity to fire more federal workers.

Advertisement“We don’t want it to shut down,” Trump said at the White House before the midnight deadline. Democrats are demanding funding for health care subsidies that are expiring for millions of people under the Affordable Care Act, spiking the costs of insurance premiums nationwide. After the White House meeting, the president posted a cartoonish fake video mocking the Democratic leadership that was widely viewed as unserious and racist. AdvertisementWhat’s staying open and shutting downThe Medicare and Medicaid health care programs are expected to continue, though staffing shortages could mean delays for some services. House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home nearly two weeks ago after having passed the GOP bill, blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

We became the ‘Woke Department,’” Hegseth said to the group assembled in Quantico, Virginia. Truth Saves Lives Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Dangerous myths about medicine spread fastest when watchdogs are silenced. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. But Trump has already deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, and members are set to arrive in Portland, Oregon, soon. The president has said the troops are there to assist federal immigration officers, who have increased their presence, and to fight crime.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump is pulling his controversial nomination for rightwing economist E.J. The Heritage Foundation, where Antoni is the chief economist, maintained Antoni’s qualifications in a statement from its president, Kevin Roberts. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,” Trump said when announcing the nomination. EJ AntoniFollowing his nomination, economists raised concerns about Antoni’s allegiance to Trump, saying the BLS commissioner needs to be focused on real numbers without putting any spin on them. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner,” Jason Furman, a top economic adviser in Barack Obama’s White House wrote on social media at the time.

“It can also suggest a lack of empathy toward people who are different, which promotes harmful group thinking,” Riaz noted. Illustration: HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, James Comey and Jimmy Kimmel have all been subjected to Donald Trump's pejorative label. “It’s this persistent use of the same word without indicating any thoughts behind the word choice that can be confusing,” Watson said. “Someone in power might use the word ‘sick’ to describe opponents because it’s a quick way to discredit and dehumanize them,” Kritsas said. “It’s a good way to ignite fear into people to gain more power ― saying ‘That person is sick, but I will guide you.

President, the next time you have something to say about me, don’t cop out through a racist and fake AI video. Democrats are under a lot of pressure from their base to stand up to the Trump administration this time around. A meeting at the White House on Monday between Trump and the four top congressional leaders failed to yield an agreement. Democrats are citing several polls that show Americans pointing the finger at the GOP and the president, who control both the White House and Congress. The White House Office of Management and Budget has threatened to lay off federal employees during the shutdown, even though federal workers are typically furloughed, not laid off.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump told U.S. military leaders Tuesday that fighting the “enemy from within” will be a “big thing” for them in a sign his administration is looking to send troops to even more U.S. cities. Trump underlined his vision of using the military for domestic purposes, and not just foreign threats, while addressing hundreds of military officials who had been summoned to an in-person meeting at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. AdvertisementReferencing San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, Trump told the military brass that “we’ll straighten them out one-by-one.”“This is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room,” the president reiterated. There is no ‘enemy from within.’”Truth Saves Lives Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Dangerous myths about medicine spread fastest when watchdogs are silenced. He added, “The reputational and operational damage being done to our military will take years to undo.”

Advertisement“There are two N-words, and you can’t use either of them,” Trump helpfully explained to every top general and admiral in the U.S. military. “I sent a submarine, nuclear submarine, the most lethal weapon ever made. They’re way lower in nuclear, too. AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Virginia. I moved a submarine or two, I won’t say about the two, over to the coast of Russia, just to be careful.

“I think we’re headed into a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing,” Vance said. “I hope they change their mind, but we’re going to see.”AdvertisementTrump’s sit-down on Monday with Jeffries, Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) He canceled a meeting with Democrats last week, declaring that no meeting could possibly be productive. Before the meeting on Monday, Jeffries insisted Democrats were earnestly seeking a bipartisan policy negotiation — and that a shutdown would be Republicans’ fault. The retiring Illinois Democrat was one of 10 Senate Democrats who voted in March to advance a GOP-spending bill that funded the government.

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As Congress faces a midnight Tuesday deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, Fallon joked: “You know the second the government shuts down, President Trump is going to be like, ‘That’s too bad. I was going to tell Congress to release the Epstein files. Anyway, too bad. That’s too bad. Sorry, not sorry.’”

The White House has yet to explain why the president of the United States would fuel speculation about a completely fantastical health care treatment. Before Trump won his second term, medbed believers claimed that he would make them free for all Americans if he became president again. AdvertisementOne such company, called Tesla BioHealing, sells at-home treatments and appointments at one of several “medbed” locations around the country. Skepticism in mainstream medicine has only proliferated since then, culminating with vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking over the nation’s health department in Trump’s second term. Meanwhile, actually promising scientific research has faced unprecedented cuts in Trump’s second administration.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON – Donald Trump is lying about his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt. “That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘Law Enforcement Officials.’”AdvertisementTrump’s claim is false. The agents were dispatched after Trump’s mob grew violent, attacking police officers and storming the building. “274 FBI agents were thrown into crowd control on Jan 6 against FBI standards,” he wrote. Trump’s new lie about the 274 FBI agents is essentially an updated version of that Carlson conspiracy theory.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States — a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates. “Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States. Unlike other sectors that have recently been targeted by tariffs, movies go beyond physical goods, bringing larger intellectual property ramifications into question. Koppuzha added that film production is more like an applied service that can be taxed, not tariffed. “Sometimes you just need to go to the location, because frankly it’s way too expensive just to try to create in a soundstage”Could movie tariffs have repercussions on other intellectual property?

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