Government shutdown nears record for longest ever as Senate returns

President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation. The comments come after he urged Republicans late last week to take “the Nuclear Option” to reopen the government without Democratic votes. “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR

China denies Trump’s claim that it’s testing nuclear weapons

China’s Foreign Ministry responded on Monday to President Trump’s assertion that Beijing has conducted clandestine nuclear weapons testing with a flat denial. “China’s testing ’em too,” Mr. Trump told CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell in an interview for 60 Minutes. “You just don’t know about it.” “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk

US Could End Dependency on Chinese Rare Earths Within 18 Months, Trump Says

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One before traveling to South Korea, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said the United States would end its dependence on China for rare-earth minerals within 18 months under an “emergency program” to build domestic

US Could End China Dependency on Rare Earths Within 18 Months, Trump Says

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to meet with soldiers and servicemen at the USS George Washington at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2025. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo President Donald Trump has said that the United States would end its dependence on China for rare-earth minerals within 18 months

Trump Says Gaza Cease-Fire ‘Very Solid’ as Hamas Returns Bodies of 3 Hostages

President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump described the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas as “very solid” over the weekend, as the terrorist group returned the bodies of three more hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Trump made the comments during an Oct.31 interview with