WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown — with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened to do, Trump…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he won’t submit to the Trump administration as the White House blocks funding for Democratic-led states during the federal government shutdown. In an attempt to put pressure on Democrats and end the stalemate, the Trump administration cut funding to Democratic-led states. That included $8 billion in climate funding for states including…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The U.S. Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end the government shutdown failed earlier Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven…
People listen during a worship song before the start of a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump and prominent members of his “Make America Great Again” movement were paying tribute Sunday to Charlie Kirk, praising the slain political conservative activist as a singular…
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show Kimmel, the veteran late-night comic, made several comments about the reaction to Kirk’s assassination on his show Monday and Tuesday nights. He said that “many in MAGA…
Charlie Kirk speaking at event in 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)OREM, Utah (AP) — The suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination has been captured, President Donald Trump said Friday, representing a significant breakthrough in the investigation into a targeted killing that raised fresh alarms about political violence in the United States. “With a high degree of certainty, we have him,”…
This undated combination of images provided provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)Investigators released two images of the person and appealed for tips to help solve the shooting…
FILE – Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)The director of the nation’s top public health agency, Susan Monarez, was fired by President Donald Trump himself late Wednesday because she…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Fifteen months before the election, President Donald Trump is giving an early endorsement for re-election to Rep. Julie Fedorchak of North Dakota. Writing on TRUTH Social on Tuesday, Trump said Fedorchak is doing a fantastic job representing the great people of North Dakota, a state he won big in three times: 2016, 2020 and 2024. He…
