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Government shutdown live updates as impasse enters second day

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The National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department, released its plans for the shutdown late Tuesday evening. The document says 9,296 of the service’s 14,500 employees will be furloughed, but many areas will remain open to the public. “Park roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible to visitors,” the

Patel Says FBI Cut Ties With Anti-Defamation League

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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times FBI Director Kash Patel said on Oct. 1 that the bureau has severed ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organization that tracks anti-Semitism, after conservatives criticized the group for including Turning

Government shutdown live updates as impasse nears second day

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The National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department, released its plans for the shutdown late Tuesday evening. The document says 9,296 of the service’s 14,500 employees will be furloughed, but many areas will remain open to the public. “Park roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible to visitors,” the

The facts behind the shutdown debate over health care and immigrants in U.S. illegally

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One of the main lines of attack the White House and Republican lawmakers have leveled against Democrats amid the government shutdown is the claim that Democratic lawmakers want to give immigrants in the U.S. illegally free healthcare — which Democrats deny.  “Democrats are holding the American government HOSTAGE so they can give FREE health care