We've now reached day 16 of the government shutdown and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to reopen it. The Senate failed to advance a House passed GOP bill to fund the government for the ninth time yesterday, attracting no additional support from Democrats who are digging in their heels on an extension of healthc care tax credits in exchange for their votes. Lawmakers will vote for a 10th time today, but that is expected to fail once again. Also happening today, Republican Senate M ...

Democrats and Republicans both feel they have upper hand in the government shutdown, and President Trump hasn’t signaled what deal he would support https://t.co/nZMSdqyHQB ...

It is day 269 for those of you who are counting of the second Trump administration. And this afternoon, the president held a press conference touting the surge of federal agents to American cities that he claims are struggling with crime. Trump was joined in the Oval Office by FBI director, you know him well, Cash Mattel, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who both helped him make his case for the crackdown. And the president floated the next city that could soon see a deployment of federal forces. I'm going t ...

Okay, so Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome is out with a new video and it's causing some mixed reactions. Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government and because of this, many of our operations are impacted and most of our TSA employees are working without pay. The Department of Homeland Security is asking airports to play that clip near security lines, but not everyone's on board.Some airports in New York, Nevada, New Jersey, and Oregon say they won't do it. A few of them releasing ...

[Music] Hello and welcome to Ask for a Trend. I'm Josh Lipton and for the next half hour, we are breaking down the trends of today that'll move stocks tomorrow. There's a lot to keep track of, so we're focusing on what you need to know to get ahead of the curve. Here's some of the trends we're going to be diving into.Stocks giving back most of their gains Wednesday before ticking up again as volatility continued to engulf Wall Street. At the end of the session, stocks did close the day mixed. Bickering in W ...

And you know all those layoffs we've been talking about, these federal workers getting fired permanently since Friday during the shutdown. Set back now on that for the Trump administration because in just the last few hours, a federal judge has stopped those firings for now saying they are not legal. So that's where things stand as of tonight, as of Wednesday night.That's after, remember, a couple of unions sued last month over that so-called riff plan. RIFFs, that's DC speak for reductions in force. So, th ...

We have a little bit of breaking news. A federal judge in California has just issued a temporary restraining order against uh the reduction in force uh attempts the administration might make the riffs the the layoffs. Um she says you can't do this or I'm not sure if it's a she. The judge says you can't do this in a nation of laws.We had word just last hour, Ashley, that OM Director Russ Vote wanted to lay off as many as 10,000 federal workers. That's right. He he has been very clear not just since the begin ...

Government Shutdown Impact - The government funding bill is expected to fail for the ninth time, prolonging the shutdown [1] - Capitol Police officers are not receiving paychecks, impacting their personal finances and increasing pressure on lawmakers [1][2] - A Capitol Police Union statement highlights the real-world impact on officers who still have financial obligations [1] - Speaker Johnson is open to finding a mechanism to pay Capitol Police officers, similar to how the military was paid during the shutdown [2] Political Standoff - Senator Murkowski suggests a lack of trust is hindering progress due to actions by the OM director [2][3] - The White House believes Democrats will ultimately be blamed for the government shutdown [9][10] - The White House is not willing to change course or negotiate, insisting on a clean CR for Democrats to vote on [10][11] Job Cuts - The OM director aims to aggressively shutter the bureaucracy, not just funding [5][6] - The OM director initially cut 4,000 jobs [5][6] - The OM director anticipates job cuts could exceed 10,000 [7] - Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns that these cuts will make it more difficult to reopen the government and affect their constituents [8][9]

Breaking: A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with mass firings of federal employees while the government is shut down https://t.co/oCgVL16eZP ...

Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs https://t.co/EV7Hc1RCs2 ...