The Trump administration is freezing $2.1 billion in funding for Chicago infrastructure projects over accusations of “race-based contracting” as the government shutdown continues. 
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced the move Friday morning, saying that the freeze would impact construction to modernize the city’s public transit system. It comes just two days after the Department of Transportation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-freezes-18-billion-for-nyc-infrastructure-over-unconstitutional-dei-principles?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Freezes+%2418+Billion+For+NYC+Infrastructure+Over+%E2%80%98Unconstitutional+DEI+Principles%E2%80%99">froze</a> $18 billion for New York City infrastructure projects over “unconstitutional” diversity, equity, and inclusion “principles.”
“$2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects — specifically the Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization Project — have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” Vought wrote on X. 
Shortly after Vought’s announcement, the Department of Transportation <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-statement-review-chicagos-discriminatory">confirmed</a> the freeze and suggested that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) were to blame for leading the Democrats’ resistance to a temporary government funding bill. 
The department said that it was “committed to conducting these reviews as fast as possible so reimbursements can move forward. Unfortunately, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ decision to shut down the government has negatively affected the Department’s staffing resources for carrying out this important analysis.”
“We urge Democrats in Congress to stop holding the federal government’s budget hostage so USDOT can get back to the important work of the American people,” the department added. 
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It sent letters on Friday to the Chicago Transit Authority, stating that it had initiated an administrative review of two ongoing projects to modernize the city’s rail system, and added that it was concerned about preferential treatment in construction contracting based on race. 
“Together, these critical reviews are intended to ensure no additional federal dollars go towards discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices,” the department said. “The American people don’t care what race or gender construction workers, pipefitters, or electricians are. They just want these massive projects finally built quickly and efficiently.”
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-meeting-set-to-axe-democrat-agencies?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump%3A+Meeting+Set+To+Axe+‘Democrat+Agencies’">has urged</a> Republicans to take advantage of the shutdown to cut “Democrat Agencies” and eliminate wasteful spending. 
“I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday. 
The White House has tasked Vought with reviewing the federal bureaucracy amid the shutdown and identifying areas for spending cuts.

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Blue City Blues: Another Democrat-Run Stronghold Gets Infrastructure Funding Frozen

Blue City Blues: Another Democrat-Run Stronghold Gets Infrastructure Funding Frozen Amid Shutdown

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Hamas has until 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday to agree to President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan before “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against” the terror group, the president warned on Friday morning.
Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-in-trumps-20-point-plan-for-eternal-peace-in-the-middle-east">plan</a>, which was announced on Monday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, establishes a path to ending the war in Gaza, which has raged on for nearly two years after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people.
“The details of the document are known to the WORLD, and it is a great one for ALL! We will have PEACE in the Middle East one way or the other. The violence and bloodshed will stop. RELEASES THE HOSTAGES, ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT ARE DEAD, NOW!” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115310630808491399">wrote</a>. “An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.”
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The proposal drawn up by the Trump administration and agreed to by Israel would require Hamas to disarm and turn over the remaining hostages. In return, Hamas terrorists who agree to disarm would be given amnesty to live in Gaza or the option to be given safe passage elsewhere. Israel would also be forced to turn over “250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context,” according to the document.
Hamas has been reluctant to sign the deal, despite Muslim nations in the Middle East, including Qatar and Egypt, issuing a <a href="https://mofa.gov.qa/en/latest-articles/statements/joint-statement-by-the-foreign-ministers-of-qatar--jordan--uae--indonesia--pakistan--t%C3%BCrkiye--saudi-arabia--and-egypt-welcome-us-president-s-sincere-efforts-to-end-the-war-in-gaza">joint statement</a> welcoming Trump’s “sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza.” After unveiling the proposal, Trump said he would give Hamas “three or four days” to respond. On the fourth day following the announcement, the president’s patience is wearing thin.
“Hamas has been a ruthless and violent threat, for many years, in the Middle East! They have killed (and made lives unbearably miserable), culminating with the October 7th MASSACRE, in Israel, babies, woman, children, old people, and many young men and women, boys and girls, getting ready to celebrate their future lives together,” Trump said. “As retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization, more than 25,000 Hamas &#8216;soldiers&#8217; have already been killed. Most of the rest are surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, &#8216;GO,&#8217; for their lives to be quickly extinguished. As for the rest, we know where and who you are, and you will be hunted down, and killed.”
The president called on “all innocent Palestinians” to flee to “safer parts of Gaza” to avoid “potentially great future death.”
“Everyone will be well cared for by those that are waiting to help. Fortunately for Hamas, however, they will be given one last chance!” Trump added.
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NEW: President Trump says that &#8220;an agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time.&#8221;
He calls for &#8220;all innocent Palestinians&#8221; to &#8220;immediately leave this area of potentially great future death for safer parts of Gaza&#8221; as he threatens…
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1974115886530179444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump To Hamas: Agree To Peace Plan By Deadline Or ‘All HELL Will Break Out’

Trump To Hamas: Agree To Peace Plan By Deadline Or 'All HELL Will Break Out'

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has gone DEFCON-1 on President Trump’s new education agenda — <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/gov-newsom-threatens-to-withhold-billions-from-california-colleges-that-sign-trumps-compact/68366652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatening</a> to yank billions in state funding from any California university that dares join Trump’s sweeping “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
Trump’s 10-page declaration demands universities ditch DEI ideology, stop using race and gender-conscious admission standards, freeze tuition hikes, cap international student enrollment, and enforce free speech protections for conservative students. The compact calls for ending race-based hiring, restoring standardized tests like the SAT, and banning the use of endowment money for political causes.
The Trump administration sent the compact to nine elite universities this week — including the University of Southern California, the only school in California on the list. Those universities that agreed would get preferential access to massive federal grants, increased overhead payments, and priority in civil rights investigations.
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Newsom responded in all-caps rage, appearing to mock Trump’s social media style: “IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY’LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.”
USC — a private university — received $28.4 million in Cal Grants last year alone. Statewide, private institutions hauled in $227.6 million. Public colleges, such as the University of California and California State University systems, raked in a whopping $2.2 billion from Cal Grants in the most recent budget year. Newsom is threatening to axe it all.
The legacy media is clutching pearls over the compact, warning that Trump is “politicizing” higher ed. But White House adviser May Mailman <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjelwuXl8TA4CzirTqRK9Hyi6E682Bq3vwYUToAONl96khJkbNWTWxpdFeloT8%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68dfbc86&amp;gaa_sig=C5Sjme964PrJZ5EEW7ZEedhXq7Hn7eUUHmJEm0OHm8IDOhaliFSUR_pzVPOgoDMOVi_iuqK7Hm9UYNkpjUZ3NQ%3D%3D">stated</a>, “Our hope is that a lot of schools see that this is highly reasonable.”
Meanwhile, the usual suspects are losing their minds. Ted Mitchell of the American Council on Education <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-agenda-colleges-federal-money-756407729a3b16c7bb51564d5056084c">called the proposal</a> a “Faustian bargain.” Larry Summers — Obama’s former Treasury Secretary — said it’s like “fixing a watch with a hammer.”
The compact also explicitly defends women’s sports by requiring colleges to recognize biological sex in athletics and protect fairness in competition — a direct rebuke to Newsom’s radical gender policies.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson fired back at Newsom’s tantrum, saying, “Gavin Newscum should worry about the disaster he’s created in his own state.” She added that opposing the compact means opposing “efforts to cap wild tuition hikes and protect free speech.”

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Newsom Goes Nuclear: Threatens Colleges That Back Trump’s Education Agenda

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President Donald Trump has “determined” that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels that he has designated as terrorist organizations, according to a memo to Congress. 
The memo reportedly sent this week said that the American military remained ready to eliminate drug smugglers and that the country was at a “critical point” requiring the use of force. It comes as the Trump administration has conducted multiple strikes on boats the president said were filled with narcoterrorists bound for the United States.
“The President determined these cartels are non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States,” the memo <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-determined-us-armed-conflict-cartels-congress-notice-rcna235294">said</a>, according to NBC News. &#8220;In response, based upon the cumulative effects of these hostile acts against the citizens and interests of the United States and friendly foreign nations, the President determined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with these designated terrorist organizations.&#8221;
Violent gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have all been <a href="https://www.state.gov/designation-of-international-cartels">designated</a> as foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department. 
The memo <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/02/white-house-war-drug-smugglers-00592369?utm_content=politico/magazine/Politics&amp;utm_source=flipboard">added</a> that the administration remained “postured to carry out military operations as necessary to prevent further deaths or injury to American citizens by eliminating the threat.”
“The United States has now reached a critical point where we must use force in self-defense and defense of others against the ongoing attacks by these designated terrorist organizations,” the memo <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-cartels-armed-conflict-cb57804807e55a00ace60ad5f4d4f24d">said</a>. 
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Last month, the Trump administration carried out a series of strikes on drug-running boats, the president said. The first, on September 2, targeted a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua that had departed Venezuela loaded with “a lot of drugs,” according to Trump.
Another strike was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blows-up-another-boatful-of-narcoterrorists-we-are-hunting-you">conducted</a> on September 15 that killed three male drug traffickers operating a boat carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, according to the Department of War. 
The Trump administration has said the strikes are necessary to protect the country from dangerous drugs. 
“As we have said many times, the President acted in line with the law of armed conflict to protect our country from those trying to bring deadly poison to our shores, and he is delivering on his promise to take on the cartels and eliminate these national security threats from murdering more Americans,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said on the memo to Congress.

President Trump Visits Fort Bragg To Honor U.S. Forces

Trump To Congress: U.S. In ‘Armed Conflict’ With ‘Terrorist’ Drug Cartels

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Democrats have repeatedly insisted that they did not shut the government down over a demand for healthcare for illegal aliens, and several of them have expressed their displeasure at the media outlets willing to call them out on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-democrats-want-to-give-illegals-free-healthcare-here-are-the-facts">that lie</a>.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) got testy with &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; host Tony Dokoupil on Thursday, claiming that it wasn&#8217;t &#8220;strictly true&#8221; when he challenged her directly on the issue.
&#8220;So, Senator, you know, Republicans say what you’re really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for, as they put it, illegal aliens. I know that’s not strictly true but there is a provision –&#8221; Dokoupil began.
&#8220;Oh, excuse me, not strictly true,&#8221; Warren&#8217;s protest was immediate.
&#8220;It’s not directly true, but –&#8221; Dokoupil tried again.
&#8220;It is a flat-out lie. It is a flat-out lie,&#8221; Warren insisted. &#8220;There is nothing in Medicaid, nothing in Medicare, that permits one undocumented immigrant to get one dollar of assistance. None.&#8221;
&#8220;Sorry, in the Democratic counteroffer the proposal for funding, there is a restoration of Medicaid benefits for certain noncitizens that had been taken away in the &#8216;Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8217; as Republicans put it,&#8221; Dokoupil pushed back.
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WATCH: Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren explodes when ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host Tony Dokoupil points out Democrats do, in fact, want to provide health care to “noncitizens…on the taxpayer dime.”
Warren snapped back by declaring “it’s not strictly true” and “a flat-out lie”….… <a href="https://t.co/fOSqgcSdUI">pic.twitter.com/fOSqgcSdUI</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1973743570755506319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On CNN, a very similar scene played out between anchor Jake Tapper and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
&#8220;Here&#8217;s a provision &#8230; it shows you want to give illegal aliens healthcare,&#8221; Tapper noted.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s a lie!&#8221; Jeffries protested.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a lie — but, what you support does bring back funding for emergency Medicaid to hospitals, which pays for undocumented immigrants &#8230; and a provision for people seeking asylum and &#8216;temporary protected status,&#8217; noncitizens &#8230; why even include that?&#8221; Tapper asked.
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! Hakeem Jeffries REGRETS going on CNN, Jake Tapper just embarrassed him. <a href="https://t.co/KmdS9gMxJN">pic.twitter.com/KmdS9gMxJN</a>
TAPPER: Here&#8217;s a provision&#8230;it shows you want to give illegal aliens healthcare&#8230;
JEFFRIES: It&#8217;s a lie!
TAPPER: It&#8217;s a lie &#8211; BUT, what you support DOES bring back…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1973515804919345641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) attempted to claim that she&#8217;d never heard anyone in her party calling for providing healthcare for illegals — and Fox News host Lawrence Jones responded with video evidence of members of her party doing exactly that.
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t heard anybody in my party saying illegal immigrants should get access to the health insurance marketplace,&#8221; she said.
Jones showed a clip of Democrats on the 2020 debate stage, and then replied, &#8220;That&#8217;s literally every member of your party from moderate to more progressive that have said that in the past.&#8221;
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Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: I haven&#8217;t heard anybody in my party saying illegals should get taxpayer-funded health care!
*ROLLS THE TAPE*
Fox: &#8220;That&#8217;s literally every member of your party from moderate to more progressive&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ziu6pMhLKO">pic.twitter.com/ziu6pMhLKO</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1973728411085578487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Republicans shared the receipts in a post to X, highlighting the relevant portion of the resolution: &#8220;It’s right there on paper. Democrats are fighting for healthcare for illegal aliens, NOT the American people.&#8221;
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It’s right there on paper.
Democrats are fighting for healthcare for illegal aliens, NOT the American people. <a href="https://t.co/HIRQyu9lZK">https://t.co/HIRQyu9lZK</a> <a href="https://t.co/qaj4KGzBIj">pic.twitter.com/qaj4KGzBIj</a>
— GOP (@GOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1973800680055009462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And it&#8217;s not a new position, either. Several people posted videos and still photos from one of the 2020 Democratic primary debates, when every Democrat on the stage raised a hand to confirm that all of their healthcare plans would include coverage for &#8220;undocumented immigrants.&#8221;
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The question was:
Raise your hand if your healthcare plan covers illegal immigrants. <a href="https://t.co/xS4WYIZCo5">pic.twitter.com/xS4WYIZCo5</a>
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1973540060529303939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dems Peeved That Media Sees Through Their ‘No Healthcare For Illegals’ Lie

Dems Peeved That Media Sees Through Their 'No Health Care For Illegals' Lie

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CBS News is reportedly set to name Bari Weiss as its inaugural editor-in-chief after Paramount inked a deal to buy Weiss’ outlet, The Free Press, for $150 million.
Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, circumventing both CBS News president Tom Cibrowski and CBS president George Cheeks, who typically oversees all CBS News executives, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/02/media/paramount-skydance-to-name-bari-weiss-editor-in-chief-of-cbs-news-sources/">New York Post</a>.
Weiss’ The Free Press will not be incorporated into CBS News, but will remain a standalone property under Paramount.
The $150 million buyout of The Free Press involves cash and stock options, according to the Post.
Weiss will move to helm the news division at CBS, vaulting her over reporters and anchors to have a significant hand in managing the editorial direction of the outlet, a remarkable comeback for a journalist who left The New York Times under controversial circumstances five years ago.
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Weiss has long been seen as an independent voice since her departure from the opinion page of The New York Times in 2020. In her resignation letter, Weiss <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/business/media/bari-weiss-resignation-new-york-times.html">cited</a> “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment” among her reasons for leaving the paper. With the deal with Paramount, Weiss has sprung into a highly influential position as media organizations grapple with the heavy progressive slant that the largest outfits have operated under for decades.
Paramount’s decision to move Weiss to the helm of CBS News reflects a new dynamic in corporate media to invite in voices that are more critical of the political Left wing of the country. Though Weiss is not a conservative, she is friendly with many on the Right, often inviting them to come on her podcast “Honestly,” and her ascension should be seen as a positive development for conservatives who want to see a more balanced approach to politics in corporate media.

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Bari Weiss To Direct CBS News As Editor-In-Chief As Part Of Free Press Deal: Report

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In the days before and since Democrats triggered the ongoing government shutdown, a number within their own ranks have also triggered a series of groans and cringes across legacy media outlets and social media platforms alike.
In the span of just a few days, they&#8217;ve delivered a series of over-the-top performances — and The Daily Wire has compiled several of their greatest hits for the sake of posterity.
<h4>The pre-shutdown group photo:</h4>
The caption made the photo seem positive: &#8220;House Democrats are in DC and ready to cancel the cuts, lower the costs, save health care.&#8221;
What they omitted was the fact that Democrats were planning to hold the federal government hostage until their demands were met — and with Republicans controlling the House and Senate even by the slimmest of margins, that wasn&#8217;t going to happen. They drove willingly into the government shutdown, and then blamed Republicans for it.
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House Democrats are in DC and ready to cancel the cuts, lower the costs, save health care. <a href="https://t.co/vnNRqGD3NS">pic.twitter.com/vnNRqGD3NS</a>
— House Democrats (@HouseDemocrats) <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseDemocrats/status/1972828851442204762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h4>Trans-identifying congressman&#8217;s &#8220;Where are the Republicans?&#8221; skit:</h4>
Rep. Tim McBride (D-DE), who now identifies as &#8220;Sarah,&#8221; released a video of himself running through the halls of the Capitol and pretending to look for Republicans so that they could all work together to avert the looming shutdown.
But as previously noted by multiple Republicans and by President Donald Trump, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/do-the-right-thing-trump-axes-meeting-with-radical-dems-calls-for-realistic-terms">demands</a> presented by Democrats were non-starters — and that based on their own prior statements, what McBride and other Democrats meant by &#8220;work together&#8221; was &#8220;Republicans would need to give in to all of their demands.&#8221;
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The Democrat Party is an absolute joke.. 😭😭
How does anyone still take that Party seriously, <a href="https://t.co/cLwVU5guHi">pic.twitter.com/cLwVU5guHi</a>
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) <a href="https://twitter.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1973203192839336288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h4>&#8220;Kitty explains government shutdown&#8221;:</h4>
No, that is not a typo. Yes, the Democratic Party posted a video — to its official X account — that featured badly photo-shopped cats arguing over the shutdown with the Capitol building in the background.
&#8220;Republican and Democrat kitties cannot agree on what should be funded,&#8221; a digital-sounding voice provided exposition. &#8220;Democrat kitties want you to have health care. Republican kitties do not. Republican kitties control the Senate, House, and the White House, so they&#8217;re using that to cut your health care and give money to billionaires.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrat kitty tries to negotiate,&#8221; the voice continued. &#8220;But Republican kitty keeps running away. He has a vacation to get to. Uh-oh! Suddenly the money you pay for your health insurance has tripled! Thanks, Republicans.&#8221;
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— Democrats (@TheDemocrats) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/1973440352938852686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h4>The &#8220;Blair Witch&#8221; shutdown horror short:</h4>
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) posted a video right as the shutdown began, showing herself in total darkness save for the flashlight beam shining directly in her face — and apparently blinding her. The only sound before she began to speak was the ticking of a timer running down to the last seconds.
&#8220;It&#8217;s past midnight in D.C., which means Donald Trump just shut down the government,&#8221; she declared, despite the fact that Congress — specifically Democrats — had actually triggered the shutdown.
She went on to suggest that food would suddenly become unsafe due to a lack of FDA inspections, and that travel would become a nightmare because of short staffing in the FAA. National Parks, she claimed, would be &#8220;locked up&#8221; or &#8220;trashed&#8221; because park rangers had been furloughed.
&#8220;This is all Donald Trump&#8217;s fault,&#8221; she declared again.
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Time’s up — Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress just shut down the federal government. Here’s what that means for you. <a href="https://t.co/SvyenbW8iq">pic.twitter.com/SvyenbW8iq</a>
— Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@RepSaraJacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSaraJacobs/status/1973241035980702154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h4>The insurance horror trailer complete with a spit-take:</h4>
Another short film, posted by the Democrats of the House Ways &amp; Means Committee, used dramatic horror-film-esque music and blaring headlines warning of unmitigated disaster in the health care and insurance industries — all of which would come to pass if Republicans did not give in to their demands.
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The entire tone of the ad was undercut from the beginning when one of the men in the video, supposedly reading from a medical bill or an insurance bill, responds with a dramatic spit-take.
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TELL REPUBLICANS: SAVE HEALTH CARE <a href="https://t.co/bCQZcIE8ED">pic.twitter.com/bCQZcIE8ED</a>
— Ways and Means Democrats (@WaysMeansCmte) <a href="https://twitter.com/WaysMeansCmte/status/1972747063956824467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h4>Chuck Schumer — and to be fair, a lot of others — pretending he doesn&#8217;t know the difference between government-funded and privately-funded projects:</h4>
&#8220;Yes to ballrooms. No to health care for Americans. Got it,&#8221; Schumer snarked, sharing a screenshot of a headline from People Magazine that read, &#8220;White House will continue construction on 90,000-square-foot ballroom during government shutdown.&#8221;
As a number of people quickly pointed out, the $200 million ballroom project was being funded privately — by President Trump and other private donors — and thus would not be affected by any government shutdown.
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Yes to ballrooms. No to healthcare for Americans. Got it. <a href="https://t.co/HgBvO1i0Ff">pic.twitter.com/HgBvO1i0Ff</a>
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1973546381307683179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h4>The guy who could have been vice president pretending he doesn&#8217;t know how the Senate works:</h4>
Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) tried to claim that Republicans had the power to prevent the government shutdown because they controlled the House, Senate, and White House. While that is true, the Senate also requires a 60-vote threshold to pass a stopgap funding measure — and Democrats are the ones preventing that from happening.
&#8220;Republicans control every branch of the federal government and they can’t even pass their own BS to keep the lights on,&#8221; he said.
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Republicans control every branch of the federal government and they can’t even pass their own BS to keep the lights on.
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&#8220;Senate Republicans have the votes to fund the government. Senate Democrats are using the filibuster to BLOCK that vote from taking place. Keep up,&#8221; GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) shot back.
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Senate Republicans have the votes to fund the government.
Senate Democrats are using the filibuster to BLOCK that vote from taking place.
Keep up. <a href="https://t.co/hGJUOmQ49T">https://t.co/hGJUOmQ49T</a>
— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1973796444151951689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global stocks gained and gold traded near record highs on Thursday as investors took in their stride the potential ramifications of a U.S. government shutdown, while a weak private U.S. labor market report bolstered bets for Federal Reserve rate cuts.
Investors have been largely sanguine about the shutdown&#8217;s impact on the markets and economy, helped by data of past shutdowns that showed limited fallouts. Morgan Stanley, for example, said U.S. share prices have risen an average 4.4% while real U.S. economic growth has expanded 2.2% during shutdowns in the past.
Instead, investors are focused on how much the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates this year, and whether the roaring U.S. stock market is due for a short-term pullback in the near future.
Nicholas Colas and Jessica Rabe, co-founders of DataTrek Research, said sector sub-indices for the S&amp;P 500 index are showing a marked correlation with downside risks.
&#8220;Every other time they have done so since 2023, the S&amp;P has declined by 5-18% in the following weeks,&#8221; Colas and Rabe said. &#8220;This is not an outright &#8216;sell&#8217; signal, but history says to be selective here.&#8221;
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The S&amp;P 500, which has risen 14% so far this year, was flat after briefly touching a record high of 6,731.94 points. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.3% after also hitting an all-time high of 22,900.60 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was also little changed.
A protracted U.S. government shutdown could mean that the release of key official data on employment and inflation is delayed or disrupted, clouding the picture on the health of the world&#8217;s biggest economy and the path for interest rates.
A monthly payrolls report seems unlikely now to be released on Friday, putting an ADP employment report that showed the economy unexpectedly shed jobs in September into sharper focus. Traders are now pricing in two quarter-point Fed rate cuts by the end of the year as almost a done deal.
&#8220;I hope they sort this out rapidly,&#8221; said Kevin Thozet, investment committee member at asset manager Carmignac, referring to the government shutdown, adding that inflation data was also due ahead of the Fed&#8217;s next meeting. &#8220;It&#8217;s like a blind man walking with a blind dog,&#8221; he said.
SHUTDOWN ANGST HURTS DOLLAR, BOOSTS GOLD
The MSCI&#8217;s broadest index of global stocks was up about 0.1% on Thursday, after European stocks hit another record high, up about 0.5%.
Tech shares in Asia had earlier rallied, helping drive up the region&#8217;s stock indexes, partly lifted by news that South Korean chip heavyweights Samsung and SK Hynix inked partnerships to supply OpenAI data centres.
Gold , which have been buoyed by a combination of Fed easing bets and some shutdown angst, took a breather and slipped 0.5% after reaching another all-time high of $3,895.09 overnight.
The two-year Treasury yield sank to a two-week low of 3.531% overnight, and was last at 3.5449%.
&#8220;As is often the case, fresh highs are likely to beget yet more fresh highs here, with momentum still firmly with the bulls, and the fundamental case for further upside in PMs (precious metals) a solid one too,&#8221; said Michael Brown, senior research strategist at Pepperstone.
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the currency against six major peers, languished near a one-week low of 97.459 reached overnight. It last stood at 97.864, up 0.1% from Wednesday&#8217;s closing level.
The dollar was little changed against the yen at 147.165 yen, after Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida signalled confidence that conditions for another interest rate hike were falling into place in remarks at an industry event.
The euro dipped 0.1% to $1.1717, while sterling fell 0.3% at $1.3441.
Oil prices edged lower on Thursday, extending a run of declines into a fourth day due to concerns about oversupply in the market. [O/R]
Brent crude futures fell 1.8% to $64.18 a barrel, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude also dipped 1.9% to $60.6 a barrel.
(Reporting by Iain Withers in London and Kevin Buckland in TokyoEditing by Deepa Babington and Nick Zieminski)

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CNN anchors John Berman and Kaitlan Collins appeared to have trouble wrapping their brains around the Trump administration&#8217;s willingness to defend — and even embrace — a meme they described as &#8220;racist&#8221; without any apparent concern about the repercussions for doing so.
Berman raised the topic during a Wednesday conversation with Collins, noting that the meme in question — an AI-doctored video that featured House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) with a fake mustache and a sombrero — had been on full display at the White House briefing room.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins can’t believe the Trump admin is doubling down with memes and mariachi music in the WH briefing room:
“They simply don’t care about the criticism.&#8221;
Correct — and that&#8217;s exactly what’s driving the propaganda press insane. They&#8217;re powerless. <a href="https://t.co/hduEvgFT3q">pic.twitter.com/hduEvgFT3q</a>
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&#8220;So we played sound from Vice President Vance not just defending that AI racist video of Minority Leader Jeffries wearing a sombrero, but also, like celebrating that video, and it was playing on a loop in the briefing room today,&#8221; Berman said, turning to Collins: &#8220;What are you hearing from the inside about that?&#8221;
Collins set the scene for Berman, saying that in addition to the video being played on a loop, the mariachi music from the video had been piped through the room&#8217;s sound system so that everyone could hear it.
&#8220;It just kind of gives you a window, John, into how they&#8217;re dealing with this,&#8221; Collins continued. &#8220;And how they believe they have the upper hand when it comes to the messaging here and also kind of how things have changed from the first time Donald Trump was in office.&#8221;
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&#8220;I mean, there was a shutdown then, I remember all 35 days of it, as the president said at the beginning he&#8217;d be &#8216;proud to shut the government down,&#8217; and that it ended with him obviously not getting the money for his border wall,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This time, you know, there&#8217;s a moment here, they&#8217;re being heavily criticized over this — over these posts by the president — by Democrats, and instead of backing off or apologizing for it, they&#8217;re leaning into it. They&#8217;re playing the music over loudspeakers and on repeat inside the briefing room because they simply don&#8217;t care about that criticism.&#8221;
Vice President JD Vance, when asked about the memes, gave his word that the sombrero memes would stop if and when Jeffries helped put an end to the government shutdown, which was triggered on Tuesday when Democrats refused to vote for a stopgap funding measure unless they got certain concessions.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) drew an audience of dozens to his recent livestream event, which featured a handful of Democrats complaining about — and blaming Republicans for — the government shutdown triggered by Democrat demands.
Jeffries named the event “Stop the Republican Shutdown,” went live prior to the shutdown, and stayed online after it took effect. As people checked in on him throughout the livestream, several noticed that the number of people streaming struggled to approach 200 — well below even the numbers late-night comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmels-ratings-spike-crashes-back-down-to-his-usual-terrible-numbers">Jimmy Kimmel</a> has generated since returning from suspension over his comments about assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
“Currently 152 people watching Hakeem Jeffries ’24 hour shutdown livestream’ on YouTube,” GOP communications strategist Matt Whitlock commented, sharing a screenshot that showed the number of live viewers (152) as Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) spoke.
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Currently 152 people watching Hakeem Jeffries “24 hour shutdown livestream” on YouTube. <a href="https://t.co/dmlzBUJxAf">pic.twitter.com/dmlzBUJxAf</a>
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1973232723700621708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Another screenshot shared by independent reporter Ken Klippenstein showed A.B. Burns-Tucker speaking with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who was sporting a “no kings” cap in an apparent protest of President Donald Trump. The viewer count sat at 156.
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About 20 minutes into shutdown and Hakeem Jeffries’ livestream is down to 93 viewers <a href="https://t.co/MssThRSsJb">pic.twitter.com/MssThRSsJb</a>
— Ken Klippenstein (NSPM-7 Compliant) (@kenklippenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1973241870718578955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A short time later, the viewer count dropped to fewer than 100.
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A screenshot shared by the Republican Party showed viewership of the stream dropping to just 66 in the 10 a.m. hour.
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Congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> for a full 66 viewers in the 10 am hour on his 24-hour “shutdown livestream” <a href="https://t.co/oeW34LeRJu">pic.twitter.com/oeW34LeRJu</a>
— GOP (@GOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1973453634982559787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Even <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/10/01/democrats-shutdown-livestream-00591178">Politico</a> jabbed at the debacle, with reporter Adam Wren noting that he’d watched much of the stream “so you didn&#8217;t have to,” and then laying out a series of missteps made by Democrats trying to win the messaging war over the shutdown.
“In launching the livestream, which featured the feel of a throwback telethon with none of the charisma or surprise, Jeffries and his allies seemed to tacitly acknowledge that they needed to be fighting, and sounding and looking as if they were. (‘Y’all, I ain’t scared,’ Jeffries said at one point. ‘I’m from Brooklyn.&#8217;) But few Dems seemed willing to fight on camera,” he wrote.
Wren noted that while Jeffries himself appeared — as did Swalwell and a few others — most of the party’s more prominent voices had not. In addition to the glaring absence of progressives like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), there was a very noticeable chunk of the broadcast filled with rerun content rather than live conversation. According to Wren, despite an internal email <a href="https://x.com/reesejgorman/status/1973076184134009181">begging Democrats</a> to rally and fill the empty time slots, no one was available between 2:30 and 5:30 a.m.
A spokesperson for Jeffries claimed in a statement that the total viewership for the event was significantly higher, stating that there had been approximately 60,000 viewers across several streams and that “clips from the livestream are continuing to also generate hundreds of thousands of views and we still have more coming.”

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Harvard University is set to host a drag performer who calls himself “LaWhore Vagistan” as a visiting professor at the Ivy League institution.
Kareem Khubchandani will teach in the Studies of Gender and Sexuality program, per <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/us-news/harvard-hires-drag-queen-named-lawhore-vagistan-as-visiting-professor/">The New York Post</a>. The classes offered will be “Queer Ethnography” in the fall and “RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire” in the spring semester, according to Harvard’s announcement.
Khubchandani did an “<a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/595546">interview</a>” with his own drag persona for Johns Hopkins University Press in 2015, during which he discussed his provocative stage name.
“My name is LaWhore Vagistan, my preferred pronouns are ‘she’ or ‘aunty.’ I chose ‘LaWhore’ because my family traces its origins to Pakistan: Lahore is an important city in Pakistan, and well, I’m a bit of a whore,” he said at the time. “And Vagistan because I see the subcontinent as one, big, beautiful Vag … istan.”
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Harvard isn’t the only place LaWhore worked as a professor. The drag performer has a bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology, as well as a Master’s degree and a PhD in performance studies from Northwestern University. His work has been published in several academic journals.
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Harvard hires drag queen named ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as visiting professor <a href="https://t.co/2vL0LziK6T">https://t.co/2vL0LziK6T</a> <a href="https://t.co/YkNA4cA11f">pic.twitter.com/YkNA4cA11f</a>
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He is listed as an Associate Professor for Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and an Associate Professor in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University.
Khubchandani is the author of “Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife” (2020). 
The appointment of drag performer “LaWhore Vagistan” as a visiting professor at one of America’s most prestigious colleges comes as Harvard has become a central target of the Trump administration’s push to use federal funding to force change at U.S. universities, which Trump says are overrun with antisemitism.
Trump’s administration cracked down on Harvard for anti-Israel protests that followed Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror attack.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would hold discussions on which “Democrat Agencies” should be cut amid the ongoing government shutdown. 
Trump said he will meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, who oversees the allocation of federal funds. The shutdown started on Wednesday after the Senate failed to pass a temporary government funding bill backed by Republicans. 
“I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115304455138824245">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The meeting follows Trump&#8217;s call Wednesday night for Republicans to take advantage of the shutdown as an opportunity “to clear out dead wood, waste, and fraud. Billions of Dollars can be saved.”
Vought has already moved to suspend or cancel billions of dollars of federal funding following the shutdown. He <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1973450301236715838">announced</a> Tuesday that nearly $8 billion in “Green New Scam” funding spent on “the Left’s climate agenda” was being cancelled. 
The terminated projects were mainly in blue states like California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. 
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Following Vought&#8217;s announcement, the Department of Energy <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-termination-223-projects-saving-over-75-billion">said</a> that it had terminated 321 financial awards worth $7.65 billion supporting 223 projects. The department said the projects were not economically viable, did not advance the nation’s energy needs, and would not yield a positive return on taxpayer investment. 
“On day one, the Energy Department began the critical task of reviewing billions of dollars in financial awards, many rushed through in the final months of the Biden administration with inadequate documentation by any reasonable business standard,” said Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “President Trump promised to protect taxpayer dollars and expand America’s supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy. Today’s cancellations deliver on that commitment. Rest assured, the Energy Department will continue reviewing awards to ensure that every dollar works for the American people.”
About one quarter of the awards were distributed between Election Day 2024 and Trump’s inauguration, the Energy Department said. 
Vought also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-freezes-18-billion-for-nyc-infrastructure-over-unconstitutional-dei-principles?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Freezes+%2418+Billion+For+NYC+Infrastructure+Over+‘Unconstitutional+DEI+Principles’">said</a> Wednesday that $18 billion in funds for New York infrastructure projects was being frozen. New York Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have spearheaded Democratic resistance to Trump’s government funding proposal.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that Vought had been tasked with reviewing the federal bureaucracy amid the shutdown.
“There are unfortunate consequences to a government shutdown, and the federal government is not receiving any cash at the moment,” she <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3832694/trump-leans-vance-senate-background-shutdown-fight/#google_vignette">said</a>. “The Office of Management and Budget has been tasked with looking over the receipts and looking over the budget of the entire federal bureaucracy.”

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