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Trump appears to forget that Jan 6 happened on his watch as he blames Biden in late-night screed: 'What a SCAM!'

Sunday 12 October 2025 15:41 BST Donald Trump leaned into fiction on Saturday evening as he blamed Joe Biden for events that happened while Trump was still president and angrily insisted that the FBI was in on a conspiracy to make his followers look bad on January 6, 2021. The president’s allies in Congress have often been dinged by the press for erroneously attacking the Biden administration for events that transpired in 2020 and the start of 2021, such as Sen. Jim Banks — who just last week ...

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Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close temporarily as government shutdown drags on

Oct. 12, 2025, 11:04 AM EDT WASHINGTON — The pandas at the National Zoo will find themselves without their usual adoring crowds Sunday when the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and research centers close their doors to the public as funding starts to dry up during the government shutdown. The Smithsonian announced the temporary closure on X, adding that its social media accounts aren’t likely to be updated until there’s a plan to reopen the federal government. The zoo and museums had remain ...

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Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown

10/12/25 3:10 PM ET Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Democratic support for the GOP proposal to reopen the government. Kelly, in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” called for a “real negotiation” and solution to the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that are expected to increase health insurance premiums for millions ...

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Pentagon Looking to Buy $1 Billion in Critical Minerals, FT Says

3h (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon is looking to buy as much as $1 billion of critical minerals to stockpile, the Financial Times reported, citing public filings published in recent months by the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency. The increased purchases come as new export controls of rare earths and other key materials for defense and technology manufacturing were unveiled by China’s Ministry of Commerce last week. Reacting to the announcement, President Donal Trump said on Friday he would ...

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GOP congressman 'breaks with the speaker' on shutdown strategy: 'No justification'

October 12, 2025 2:30PM ET A Republican member of the House passionately called on his Speaker to change course in a CNN interview on Sunday. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) gave an interview with CNN's Manu Raju, who asked the lawmaker, "What do you say to Speaker Johnson, who says there is no reason for the House to come back into session?" Kiley said there are "a lot of reasons" for the House to come back into session. "We were supposed to be in session the last two week ...

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CDC 'Not Functional' After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings

Sat, 11 October 2025 at 3:19 pm Dozens of employees were fired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late on Friday, as the Trump Administration made good on its promise to begin mass firings in response to a prolonged government shutdown. The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases, injury prevention and global health, the New York Times reported. Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, also known as “disease de ...

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Pressure growing on Johnson to call House back amid shutdown fight

10/12/25 6:00 AM ET House GOP leaders are facing increasing pressure to bring the chamber back to Washington amid a shutdown fight with no end in sight. A growing number of GOP lawmakers are voicing frustrations with their leadership for prolonging the House recess, warning that the optics surrounding that inactivity could backfire on the party to the benefit of Democrats. The rumbling is creating a headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team, who have made canceling vot ...

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Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

October 11, 2025 7:10 PM ET The Trump administration has laid off more than 100 employees at the nation's main mental health agency, NPR has learned. Current and former employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) told NPR about the layoffs, which were part of a government-wide reduction in force. The sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the agency, said the layoffs came late Friday, as the nation's government shutdown dragged on. Em ...

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Hegseth Slammed By Critics For 'Clarification' On Qatar Deal: 'That's Not What You Said'

Oct 11, 2025, 06:10 PM EDT | Updated 10 hours ago Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an “Important clarification” on Friday after enraging many in MAGA with the claim that Qatar, which gifted President Donald Trump a $400 million luxury jet earlier this year, will get its own airbase on American soil. “The U.S. military has a long-standing partnership w/ Qatar, including today’s announced cooperation w/ F-15QA aircraft,” he clarified on X. “However, to be clear, Qatar will not have their o ...

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'Why are they so scared?' Lawmaker accuses Mike Johnson of 'massive Epstein cover-up'

October 11, 2025 7:35PM ET Mike Johnson is a "liar" and Republican citizens are pushing for Jeffrey Epstein transparency amid Mike Johnson's "massive Epstein cover-up," according to a Democratic lawmaker. Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, where he talked about what he is hearing from everyday voters. After saying he sees citizens pushing Republicans to negotiate on healthcare in connection with the shutdown, Garcia said, "The secon ...

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Trump appears to forget that Jan 6 happened on his watch as he blames Biden in late-night screed: 'What a SCAM!'

1 hr ago - Sunday 12 October 2025 15:41 BST Donald Trump leaned into fiction on Saturday evening as he blamed Joe Biden for events that happened while Trump was still president and angrily insisted that the FBI was in on a conspiracy to make his followers look ... (The Independent)

Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown

1 hr ago - 10/12/25 3:10 PM ET Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Democratic support for the GOP pro ... (The Hill)

Democratic lawmaker decries strikes on Venezuelan boats as 'illegal killings'

2 hrs ago - 10/12/2025 02:08 PM EDT Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Sunday characterized a string of U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats in international waters as “illegal killings,” saying the White House has not yet shared their legal justification for the ... (Politico)

California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump's immigration agenda

2 hrs ago - Updated 11:29 AM EDT, October 12, 2025 Immigrants selling food, flowers and other merchandise along the sidewalks of California will have new privacy protections intended to keep their identities secret from federal immigration agents. The measure, s ... (AP)

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close temporarily as government shutdown drags on

2 hrs ago - Oct. 12, 2025, 11:04 AM EDT WASHINGTON — The pandas at the National Zoo will find themselves without their usual adoring crowds Sunday when the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and research centers close their doors to the public as fundin ... (NBC News)

JD Vance Dodges A Question About Border Czar Reportedly Taking A Bribe

3 hrs ago - Oct 12, 2025, 01:18 PM EDT Vice President JD Vance said he doesn’t know about a recording of border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepting a $50,000 bribe from undercover FBI agents in September 2024. After George Stephanopoulos asked Vance if Hom ... (Huff Post)

GOP congressman 'breaks with the speaker' on shutdown strategy: 'No justification'

4 hrs ago - October 12, 2025 2:30PM ET A Republican member of the House passionately called on his Speaker to change course in a CNN interview on Sunday. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) gave an interview with CNN's Manu Raju, who asked the lawmaker, "What do you say to ... (Raw Story)

Pentagon Looking to Buy $1 Billion in Critical Minerals, FT Says

4 hrs ago - 3h (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon is looking to buy as much as $1 billion of critical minerals to stockpile, the Financial Times reported, citing public filings published in recent months by the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency. The increased p ... (msn/Bloomberg)

Warner Bros rebuffs Paramount takeover approach, Bloomberg News reports

5 hrs ago - Published Sun, Oct 12 2025 1:27 AM EDT Updated Sun, Oct 12 20256:20 AM EDT Warner Bros Discovery has rebuffed Paramount Skydance’s initial takeover approach as too low, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Warner Bros rejected Paramount’s o ... (CNBC)

New Jersey declares state of emergency as nor'easter approaches

5 hrs ago - By KATHY McCORMACK Updated 2:12 PM CDT, October 12, 2025 Leer en español A nor’easter churned its way up the East Coast on Sunday, washing out roads and prompting air travel delays as heavily populated areas of the Northeast braced for e ... (AP)

Air Traffic Controllers Reject Credit for Ending the Last Shutdown

5 hrs ago - Oct. 12, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET The political debate around the government shutdown has elevated one group of federal workers above others: air traffic controllers. Because of their role in protecting public safety, controllers are required to work throu ... (New York Times)

Stakes are high for voting rights as Supreme Court again tackles Louisiana redistricting dispute

6 hrs ago - Oct. 12, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON — The way Louisiana’s Republican leaders put it, the pervasive racial discrimination in elections that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is all in the past. That is why they are now urgi ... (NBC News)

'Come and get me': Illinois Gov. Pritzker dares Trump to carry out threat as Vance says Insurrection Act is on the table

6 hrs ago - Sunday 12 October 2025 19:20 BST Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed Sunday to use the power of state government to resist President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard resources and federal law enforcement agents like ICE to Chicago, whil ... (The Independent)

Churches look to step up as government services dwindle under Trump

7 hrs ago - 10/12/25 6:00 AM ET Where the federal government is pulling back, churches are looking to step up. Amid the Trump administration’s funding cuts and the ongoing government shutdown, houses of worship have felt a responsibility to step up servic ... (The Hill)

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein 'we're in this together' in 2011 email

8 hrs ago - Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email Sun 12 Oct 2025 10.29 EDT Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm ar ... (The Guardian)

Vance says ACA credits fuel fraud as Democrats push for extension to end shutdown

8 hrs ago - October 12, 2025 11:15 AM EDT Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance criticized Affordable Care Act tax credits on Sunday, labeling them vehicles for fraud and calling for regulatory reform, even as Democratic lawma ... (Reuters)

'A First Amendment problem': Lawsuit over book bans at Department of Defense schools

9 hrs ago - Oct. 12, 2025, 6:02 a.m. ET By early February, Jessica Henninger realized something had drastically changed at her daughters' school at the Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky. First, she said she received an email from one of her daughter's tea ... (USA Today)

Longest strike in NHS history reaches 200 days

9 hrs ago - 9 hours ago By Georgia Eadie A strike among specialist health workers is now the longest in NHS history as a group of phlebotomists have reached their 200th day of industrial action. Trade union Unison, which represents Gloucestershire phlebotomists, ... (BBC)

'Using us as political pawns': federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay

10 hrs ago - Sun 12 Oct 2025 06.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 12 Oct 2025 06.02 EDT With no end of the federal government shutdown in sight, an estimated 750,000 workers remain furloughed. Hundreds of thousands more are working without pay. They are being “hel ... (The Guardian)

Elon Musk company accused of nearly 800 environmental violations

11 hrs ago - Published October 12, 2025 6:00AM (EDT) Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tes ... (Salon/Propublica)