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Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.
Follow live coverage of the Trump administration as the DOJ details a couple’s harrowing plan to kill a right-wing influencer, one month to the day that Kirk was shot dead.
Watch live coverage as President Trump makes an announcement about lowering drug prices from the Oval Office. Earlier today Trump received what he called a "semi-annual physical" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is preparing for a trip to the Middle East for the formal signing of the ceasefire deal he helped broker between Israel and Hamas.
Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune call on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats to end their standoff and vote to fund the government.
The House passed a spending resolution that would extend fiscal year 2025 levels until Nov. 21, but the bill has been stalled in the Senate due to Democratic opposition. Democrats are angry with their Republican colleagues over what they consider a refusal to negotiate on health care policy — something GOP leaders say must wait until later in the year.
It's Day 8 of the federal government shutdown amid a bitter impasse on Capitol Hill. When does the Senate vote today? Will the government reopen?