Trump news at a glance: Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill after splinter group disappoints | Trump administration
Democrats’ resolve was shattered this week, when a splinter group in the Senate joined with the Republican Party to craft a compromise bill that reauthorizes government funding through January, without extending health care tax credits.
Donald Trump called the deal a “very big victory” during a speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
“We are opening our country,” the president said. “It should never have been closed, it should never have been closed.”
The spending plan has been transferred to the House of Representatives, which could vote on it as early as Wednesday. But top Democrats have vowed to oppose the bill because it doesn’t meet their demand for more health care funding.
“We hope that the House will vote at some point tomorrow and that House Democrats will strongly oppose any legislation that does not decisively address the Republican health care crisis,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN on Tuesday.
Top House Democrats Pledge to Oppose Health Care Funding Bill
Democrats have been demanding for weeks that any measure to fund the government include an expansion of tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans, which were created under Joe Biden and are set to expire at the end of the year, raising premiums for enrollees.
Democratic opposition threatens to cause a close vote for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, who has kept the House out of session for more than 50 days in an effort to pressure Senate Democrats into giving in to GOP demands.
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Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters
The US Navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, considered the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the US Southern Command area of responsibility, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.
The deployment of the ship and the strike group it leads — which includes dozens of aircraft and destroyers — was announced nearly three weeks ago, and its arrival marks an escalation in the military buildup between the United States and Venezuela.
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Supreme Court extends Trump’s pause on $4 billion in food aid
Millions of Americans struggling with food insecurity will face more uncertainty this week after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue withholding $4 billion in food stamp funding.
In an administrative stay issued Tuesday, the highest court upheld the administration’s request to extend a stay of a federal judge’s ruling that would have required funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Snap, the food aid on which 42 million people depend, to be distributed. The funding freeze now remains in effect until midnight on Thursday.
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US flight problems will worsen even if shutdown ends
Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even as the U.S. government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday imposed deeper reductions in flights at 40 of the nation’s major airports, officials said.
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Outrage over Trump’s pardons of his friends and allies
The president’s unprecedented wave of pardons for his political and business friends since returning to the White House has drawn warnings from former prosecutors and legal experts about “corrupt” payment systems, conflicts of interest and blatant partisanship. It includes hundreds of Maga allies, a cryptocurrency tycoon with ties to a Trump family crypto company, disgraced politicians and others who could generate political and financial benefits.
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A plan to authorize oil and gas drilling off the California coast
The Trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling off California’s coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft plan shared with The Washington Post.
The move is sure to spark a battle with the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, a staunch opponent of offshore drilling.
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A new attempt to dismantle the main consumer watchdog in the United States
The Trump administration has launched its most direct attempt yet to shut down the U.S. consumer watchdog, arguing that the current funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is illegal.
Administration lawyers argued in a court filing that the agency “plans to exhaust its currently available funds by early 2026,” setting the stage for its dismantling.
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