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The Latest Breaking News from Chuck Schumer

Republican leader Mike Johnson channels Captain America to rip ‘Shutdown’ Schumer as tied to ‘Marxist’ Mamdani

The House Speaker accuses Schumer of appeasement to the left flank of the party after seeing the rise of socialist-leaning mayoral candidate in his hometown mayor’s race

The Independent UK

Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown

Exclusive: employees would be reimbursed for fees paid to childcare facilities under plans initiated by Ilhan Omar

The Guardian - US

US Aviation Sector Plagued By Delays, Staffing Disruptions As Government Shutdown Continues: DAL, UAL And Others Call For 'Urgency' To Reopen

The U.S. aviation sector is plagued by delays amid staffing shortages as the U.S. Government shutdown continues.

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Chuck Schumer Blames Trump For Government Shutdown, Says Republicans Are 'Hellbent On Taking Health Care Away From 60 Million Americans'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans of triggering the government shutdown, calling the standoff a "life or death" issue for millions of Americans.

Benzinga

Jon Stewart on Democrats protecting healthcare in shutdown: ‘The least they can do’

Late-night hosts discuss government shutdown and Trump sending national guard to quash imagined insurrections

The Guardian - US

Jon Stewart shreds ‘human flat tire’ Chuck Schumer in ‘WTF’ rant over government shutdown

Daily Show host derides Senate minority leader over ineffective leadership and weak jokes

The Independent UK

Shutdown showdown: US government remains closed for now

In Washington, the US Senate on Monday evening failed to pass a short-term budget to keep federal agencies open. Legal experts suggest, Democrats have almost no chance of extracting real concessions from the Republicans.

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Lawmakers’ health care, government shutdown claims - Roll Call

FactCheck.org digs into each party's claims about health insurance coverage — the issue that has spurred a shutdown over federal funding.

Roll Call

Schumer rejects Trump’s claim that bipartisan government shutdown negotiations are under way – as it happened

Senate Democratic leader says of president ‘if he’s finally ready to work with Democrats, we’ll be at the table’

The Guardian - US

US Government Shutdown May Last Weeks, Analysts Warn

The bitter tribalism that drove the United States into a government shutdown is putting compromise out of reach, analysts say -- and threatening to turn a staring contest between the Democrats and Donald Trump's Republicans into a protracted crisis.

International Business Times

AOC Says, 'Can't Settle For Republicans' Promise Of Later Negotiations,' Slams GOP Tactics: 'They Need To Keep Health Care Premiums From Skyrocketing'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused Republicans of using the government shutdown as a bargaining chip and warned that Americans' health care premiums could spike if Democrats concede without firm commitments from the GOP.

Benzinga

Trump news at a glance: Democrats say administration refusing shutdown talks as president repeats threat of firings

Chuck Schumer says administration has ‘refused to talk with us’. Key US politics stories from 5 October at a glance

The Guardian - US

Trump adviser repeats threat of mass federal layoffs as shutdown talks stall out

Economic council director says White House will judge Monday whether Democrats are willing to talk

The Independent UK

House speaker claims Democrats aren’t serious about shutdown negotiation

Mike Johnson adds Trump does not want permanent job cuts as talks between parties stalled over weekend

The Guardian - US

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Democrats are embracing the risky politics of a government shutdown to rein in president, activists say

In ‘holding the line on healthcare’ Democrats answered the call to do something in a rare display of unity

Latin Times

Feds Suspend Billions for Chicago Transit Projects Amid 'Race-Based Contracting' Concerns

Local leaders expressed alarm at the decision, with Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) calling it "a very bad day for public transit in the country when it becomes weaponized"

The Independent UK

Senate fails to end the shutdown as both parties aren’t even speaking to each other: ‘I’m not optimistic’

Neither Republicans nor Democrats appear willing to give an inch as Americans pay the price

Latin Times

House Speaker Johnson Tells 'Friend' Jeffries to Ignore Trump's Sombrero Memes: 'These Are Games'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) urged House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to disregard AI-generated videos posted by President Donald Trump that depict him wearing a sombrero and mustache

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The Independent UK

Trump and White House ramp up racist memes blaming Democrats for shutdown: ‘Dollar Store Obama’

President continues to troll House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries with mariachi jibes as U.S. government remains mired in shutdown with federal jobs and public services at stake

International Business Times

US Government Shutdown Seen Dragging Into Next Week

The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared Friday to vote for a fourth time on a funding fix proposed by Donald Trump's Republicans that has little hope of success.

The Independent UK

Trump calls Democrats ‘the party of hate, evil, and Satan’ in late-night Truth Social rant

President continues social media attacks on opposition over government shutdown

The Independent UK

Schumer warned a shutdown would hand Project 2025’s architect ‘freedom’ to slash the government. So why did he do just that?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Nearly everything Schumer warned about in March has come to fruition, Eric Garcia writes. So what changed?

Axios

The sombrero videos Trump keeps posting, explained

The AI videos targeting Democrats are using Latino cultural tropes as a cudgel.

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson offers advice to ‘friend’ Hakeem Jeffries about racist Trump sombrero videos: ‘Just ignore it’

‘Look, these are games. These are sideshows. People are getting caught up in battles over social media memes,’ Mike Johnson said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

‘The president is ... unwell’: Mike Johnson doesn’t refute claim as Democrat assails Trump to his face over generals address

Pennsylvania rep Madeleine Dean also took Johnson to task over ‘racist’ AI meme Trump shared of Democratic leaders during shutdown negotiations

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