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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its sixth day. House Speaker Mike Johnson said “there’s nothing for us to negotiate” while House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries declared the “time is now” to work out a deal on health care. Johnson, R-La., told …

Futures rise amid ongoing U.S. federal shutdown – what’s moving markets  Investing.com Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as shutdown drags on, AMD-OpenAI deal boosts hopes  Yahoo Finance Why stocks keep hitting record highs in the middle of a government shutdown  CNN Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq Open Higher; Gold Nears $4,000; AMD in Focus —Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal …

The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, accused Democrats of being “not serious” in negotiations to end the federal government shutdown, while the Democratic leader accused Republicans of driving the shutdown, now on its fifth day and expected to last at least through next week. Talks between the opposing political parties stalled over the weekend, with no votes anticipated to end …

A person walks past the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit from a federal workers union argues changes to employees’ out-of-office messages to include partisan language violate the First Amendment. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees’ …

2 Motorists Charged in Chicago, Including One Shot by Federal Agent  The New York Times Chicago police ordered not to respond after car-ramming attack on federal agents: sources  Fox News Chicago police ordered to ignore border patrol agents’ plea for help while surrounded by angry mob of protesters  New York Post Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours  WBEZ …

2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle  WTTW News Chicago police ordered not to respond after car-ramming attack on federal agents: sources  Fox News Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours  WBEZ Chicago Woman shot after allegedly attempting to hit ICE agents with car  WGN-TV 2 Chicago suspects charged after cars used …

Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’  The New York Times Trump authorises National Guard deployment to Chicago  BBC Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker’s objections  WBEZ Chicago Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago as protesters confront immigration personnel  Reuters Trump authorizes National Guard in Chicago as judge temporarily blocks his …

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, called Chicago “a war zone” on Sunday after federal agents shot a woman and the governor of Illinois accused the administration of fueling the crisis rather than resolving it. Speaking on Fox News Sunday morning, Noem took aim at the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump …

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland on Saturday, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. Outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, federal officers pushed crowds of protesters hundreds of yards down city streets and fired tear gas, …

The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and Democrat-led cities intensified this weekend, with a federal judge in Oregon hitting pause on the president’s plan to deploy federal troops in Portland, and the White House announcing authorization for hundreds of National Guard members to be sent to Chicago. Those developments came against the backdrop of continuing protests in Chicago and …