The man in the middle of President Trump's shutdown strategy, budget chief Russell Vote, has, as the Wall Street Journal put it, been planning for this moment for years. Vote was OM director for part of President Trump's first term. And after the 2020 election, he spent the next four years as a key architect of Project 2025, developing a plan to rein in the size and spending of the federal government.And the shutdown has given him a key opportunity to put that plan into action. Joining me now, Atlantic staf ...

you're not. If you're not, you're not old. >> I was there.>> You said it, not me. >> I know we're in day two of the government shutdown. Joining us now with where the administration stands on the latest Treasury Secretary Scott.Scott, it helps to us, Mr. . Secretary. It helps to have seen the moon landing, doesn't it.I mean, isn't there something beneficial about having some experience in life or is it me. >> Joe, I find good to be with you and Becky. I find wisdom's good.I remember when my dad got me up ea ...

[Music] We are back with Maryland Governor Wesmore on a very busy news night. There's so much I wanted to ask you about and you gave that amazing speech this morning in Maryland. The government shutdown, but yesterday also Trump and Hegathth gave what I thought was a bizarre politicized event.They did a bizarre and politicized event in front of four, three, two, one star members of the US military. You were a veteran yourself. One of And there are a couple things that struck me.They talked about fighting a ...

Today wasn't just White House press secretary Caroline Levit at the White House briefing. None other than JD Vance joined her. And frankly, the two of them lied through their teeth on some really important issues that people care about.So, I'm going to take a crack at some of the questions and try to set the record straight. Okay. First question goes to Washington Bureau Chief for Breitbart News, Matt Bole.Why not. There's two key Democrat lies I would like uh to get your take on and see if you can address. ...

Well, Tom Nichols, a former professor at the US Naval War College, wrote in the Atlantic that the question on the minds of the top military commanders after listening to Donald Trump yesterday must have been, "How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?" They won't know. How many flashes of insanity from a president should we tolerate. That sounds like something that deserves a zero tolerance policy.And we have never seen public flashes of insanity from any presi ...

Welcome back. We just heard from a Democratic lawmaker on the government shutdown. Now, let's get the view from the other side of the aisle.Joining me now is Republican Congressman from South Dakota, Dusty Johnson. Thank you so much for joining me. I really appreciate it.You just heard Congresswoman Dean make the case. Republicans control the White House, the House, and the Senate that you all own this shutdown. What say you.How do you respond to her. Well, Meline and I were elected at the same time. We're ...

The House will be returning next week and they would be here this week except that we did our work. We passed the bill almost two weeks ago out of the House and sent it to the Senate. The ball is literally in Chuck Schumer's court.So he determines that. Now, as you all know, today and tomorrow, we recognize the Yamapour, the Jewish high holiday. So that's always traditionally a day that Congress doesn't work.We we respect that tradition. Uh and so Friday would have been the first legislative day in the hous ...

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In just a few hours at midnight, the federal government is expected to shut down. It would be the first government shutdown since the last time Donald Trump was president. A new poll by NPR PBS and Mar shows that if the government does shut down tonight, which we fully expect, Americans would blame Republicans more than Democrats with 38% of respondents blaming Republicans, 27% blaming Democrats, and 31% blaming both parties.Meanwhile, the president today said from the Oval Office that Democrats are to blam ...