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The federal government shut down on Wednesday for the first time since December 2018. That shutdown lasted for five weeks, until January 2019. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images The federal government has shut down for the first time since 2018. The first shutdown in over five years began just after midnight on Wednesday, after a standoff between Senate Republicans and Democrats over healthcare spending culminated in their failure to pass a pair of last-ditch funding bills. Both parties are blaming each other, though a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows that more…

Since President Trump returned to the White House in January, his administration has mounted an aggressive effort to crack down on cities, counties and states that aren’t participating in its mass deportation campaign, threatening these so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions with lawsuits, funding cuts and other penalties.The Trump administration has also directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies to surge deportation agents to sanctuary jurisdictions like Chicago and Los Angeles, where highly visible federal immigration raids have triggered massive protests and confrontations.But eight months into Mr. Trump’s second administration, the effort to exert pressure on these jurisdictions has yielded few…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener.  Later in the hour: None of us were prepared for the double whammy of last week’s White House press conference, where Trump made false claims not only about vaccines, but also about Tylenol causing autism.  We’ll have analysis from Gregg Gonsalves. He teaches at the Yale School of Public Health; he’s been an AIDS activist for 30 years; and he’s also a MacArthur Fellow — class of 2018.  And he’s The Nation’s public health correspondent.  But first: The Democrats challenged Trump on the budget & the…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments in January on whether President Trump can fire Lisa Cook from her position on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.The high court said in a brief unsigned order that it is not yet acting on Mr. Trump’s request for emergency relief. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court last month to allow the president to fire Cook while a legal challenge to her removal moved forward.By deferring a decision on the president’s bid for emergency relief, Cook can remain in her position on the Fed’s Board of Governors…

Vice President JD Vance put the blame on the “far-left faction” of Senate Democrats for the shutdown on Wednesday, crediting moderates who voted with Republicans on a House-passed bill on Tuesday to extend government funding. “There are critical services that the Democrats have taken hostage because they have a policy disagreement that they are open to work with us on, but they shouldn’t be shutting the government down because of that policy disagreement,” Vance said Wednesday on “CBS Mornings.”Vance said “we’re going to have to make sure that as much of the peoples’ government remains open or functional as possible.””That’s…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Much of the federal government is now shut down after the Senate was unable to reach an agreement on two competing funding bills. The last government shutdown, which lasted 35 days and was the longest in U.S. history, occurred from December 2018 to January 2019. The Trump administration has used government websites and agency-wide emails to accuse Democrats of causing the shutdown. Some ethics experts say that…

Hurricane Imelda is eyeing Bermuda and Hurricane Humberto has already passed it but, the National Hurricane Center said early Wednesday, both are likely to bring dangerous conditions behind them to a significant stretch of the U.S. East Coast.”Swells generated by Hurricane Imelda and Hurricane Humberto are affecting the Bahamas, Bermuda, and much of the U.S. East Coast. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” the Miami-based center said.The storms’ centers were several hundred miles apart, with Imelda swirling west-southwest of Bermuda and Humberto north-northwest of the British island territory. Imelda had maximum sustained winds of…

Ad Policy Elon Musk, with his son X, speaks as Donald Trump looks on at a victory rally at the Capital One Arena on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images) Don’t forget to ⁠vote for American Prestige ⁠in the Signal Awards! Danny welcomes to the show journalist and historian Garrett Graff, host of the podcast Long Shadow. They talk about the show’s latest season about the Internet, tracing how its promise of democratization and liberation devolved into an engine of polarization and conspiracies. Topics include: Facebook’s cynical algorithmic choices, Watergate’s enduring influence on American political…

Congress failed to reach a funding deal by Wednesday morning’s deadline, leading to a government shutdown that will force active-duty service members to continue to serve without pay until a deal is made. During a government shutdown, all active-duty personnel, as well as National Guard who are currently deployed, must carry out their assigned duties with their pay delayed until the shutdown is over. Civilian personnel whose work the Defense Department considers essential, or “excepted,” will also continue to work, while other civilians are furloughed for the duration of the shutdown. “After the government shutdown, all government employees will automatically receive back pay,…

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