Government shutdown drags into weekend as Senate Democrats block GOP plan
The government shutdown will roll into the weekend as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demands bipartisan negotiations on a continuing resolution and healthcare credits.
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Spanberger defends abortion ad criticizing Sears after Bernie warns against highlighting issue
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Vice President Harris to focus on working class issues over abortion, but Virginia's Spanberger continues targeting Earle-Sears on reproductive rights.
Trump, Johnson appear at odds in government shutdown messaging
As Democrats refuse to back a GOP funding plan without healthcare subsidies, President Trump and Speaker Johnson strike different tones on the shutdown’s impact.
White House pressed about Trump seemingly changing his tune on Project 2025
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Cabinet secretaries will decide government cuts when asked if Project 2025 is the "the blueprint for shrinking the government."
No Tangible Plan for ICE at Super Bowl: White House
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) attends the premiere of “Caught Stealing” at Regal Union Square in New York on Aug. 26, 2025. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP WASHINGTON—There is “no tangible plan” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be at Super Bowl LX, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Oct. 3 during a
RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired a top official with the National Institutes of Health who blew the whistle on internal clashes over vaccine research in the early months of the Trump administration. On Wednesday, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo received a letter from Kennedy — which CBS News reviewed — informing her that her
Trump administration reviewing Portland federal funding amid anti-ICE clashes, journalist’s detention
The White House says the Trump administration will review aid to Portland, Oregon, after violent anti-ICE clashes and a journalist's controversial arrest.