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Five Ways Out of the US Government Shutdown Standoff  Bloomberg.com Oct. 14, 2025 – Trump administration and government shutdown updates  CNN Is the US government still closed? Here’s what we know on Wednesday, Oct. 15.  USA Today Capitol agenda: The Senate stalls, ACA buzz builds  Politico 10/14/25 ☀️ AM:  Punchbowl News Source link

Federal agents fired tear gas at a crowd during a tense standoff in East Side, Chicago following a car crash Tuesday. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said border patrol agents were in the city when someone rammed into one of their cars, setting off a chase.  Chicago police said their officers responded to the 10500 block of South Avenue …

(Bloomberg) — US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest tit-for-tat showdown has both countries claiming the ball is now in the other’s court, with the clock ticking toward another escalation in import tariffs. After Trump signaled openness to doing a deal with Beijing, US Vice President JD Vance on Sunday declared the outcome would “depend on how …

Senate passes defense policy bill amid shutdown, troop pay standoff  Politico Senate advances 2026 defense bill after weeks of delay as shutdown drags on  Fox News Senate Passes Bipartisan $925 Billion Defense Policy Bill  The New York Times Senate passes $914B defense policy bill after resolving gridlock on amendments  Breaking Defense Senate passes mammoth annual defense policy bill  The Hill Source link

Derrick Groves, the last of 10 prisoners who had been on the run since escaping jail in New Orleans nearly five months ago, has been captured at a residence in Atlanta, according to the US Marshals. Groves, who had been on the run since May 16 after breaking out of the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans with nine other …

President Donald Trump has called for the jailing of Illinois officials, accusing them of not doing enough to ensure the safety of federal immigration officers who are conducting raids in Chicago. The president wrote in a social media post that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, both Democrats, “should be in jail for failing to protect Ice …

Government Shutdown Live Updates: Senate Set to Vote Again on Advancing Dueling Bills a Week Into Standoff  The New York Times White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight  CNN Government shutdown live updates as Senate prepares to vote again  CBS News Trump’s off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP  Politico Pressure points: 5 ways the shutdown …

Trump floats Insurrection Act use amid National Guard standoff with states  Axios Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Deploy National Guard in Illinois and Oregon  The New York Times What is the Insurrection Act?  CNN Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Portland, says city has ‘been on fire for years’  KOIN.com Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act  Politico Source link

Wall St Week Ahead Wall St eyes Washington standoff with stocks near records  Reuters DC’s shutdown hasn’t stopped the stock market. Here’s what may  AP News CNBC Daily Open: There’s no stopping the U.S. stock markets  CNBC Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures mixed after government shutdown  Yahoo Finance Why the Stock Market Keeps Going Up—Even During a Government Shutdown  Barron’s Source link

NBCUniversal and YouTube are back to being buds after the two deeply divided frenemies negotiated a new carriage deal, avoiding a YouTube TV blackout of NBC, Peacock, Telemundo and a whole bunch of cable channels. NBCU executives probably breathed a particularly deep sigh of relief knowing that such a dispute won’t be so *easy* next time. The scales are tipping, …