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House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats Monday for the government funding stalemate, deriding what he called “costly political games that are being played by Democrats here in Congress.””We’re now on Day 13 of the Democrats’ Schumer shutdown,” Johnson said at a news conference, mentioning the Senate Democratic minority leader. “This marks the third week that Democrats have blocked paychecks to our troops, they’ve blocked pay for 2.2 million federal workers and they’ve held critical services that the American people rely upon in limbo.”The Louisiana Republican added, “At least, they tried to block those checks” to the military, but “President Trump,…

The names of 16 people who are presumed dead in the massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant last week have been released. Their remains have not been identified, as authorities continue search efforts following the Friday explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in McEwen, but Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis and Hickman County Sheriff Jason Craft on Monday read out loud the names of the victims.”I know some of you have probably seen that information through Facebook or whatever, but we want to confirm with you the names of those individual souls that we’ve been talking about,” Davis said during a…

Glocks are among the most popular handguns sold in California. Even former Vice President Kamala Harris owns one. But Californians will no longer be able to buy a new Glock gun in the state.Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that bans the sale of new Glock guns in California.At issue, the new Glock design allows the gun to be easily modified with a Lego-sized piece of plastic known as a “Glock Switch” that can be 3-D printed to turn it into a fully automatic weapon. Glock “switches” are already illegal, but Democratic lawmakers in California went one…

Stocks are rebounding after President Trump softened his tone on China, easing concerns that trade tensions between the two nations could escalate after he late Friday announced an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports.The S&P 500 jumped 96 points, or 1.5%, to 6,637 in morning trade, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 561 points, or 1.2%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 1.9%. Monday’s gains erased some of Friday’s losses, when the S&P 500 shed 2.7%, marking the index’s worst day since April.On Friday, investors were spooked by Mr. Trump’s announcement of a fresh round of tariffs on imports from China, pointing…

A person walks past the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department. The reduction-in-force, or RIF, affects the dozens of staff responsible for roughly $15 billion dollars in special education funding, and for making sure states provide special education services to the nation’s 7.5 million children with disabilities. “This is decimating the office responsible for…

President Trump hailed ” the historic dawn of a new Middle East” in remarks to Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset on Monday, after all living hostages were reunited with their families. The president received repeated standing ovations from the Israeli parliament during his more than hour-long speech Monday, as he declared the start of a new era in the Middle East and peace for Israel. The hostages were released to the Red Cross in Gaza early Monday, before being taken to be reunited with their families in Israel, more than two years after Hamas launched its deadly assault on Oct. 7,…

Books & the Arts / October 13, 2025 The triumphs and travails of American Marxism. Karl Marx never visited the United State but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless. Ad Policy Illustration by Joe Ciardiello. This article appears in the November 2025 issue. Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he was long fascinated by the lure—and contradictions—of American freedom. As a young man, he applied for permission to emigrate to Texas. But he couldn’t tear himself away from the debates gripping the Young Hegelians as Europe’s old order crumbled in the 1840s. Later, he would correspond…

Americans worried that the U.S. government shutdown could derail their plans to take out a mortgage or refinance their home loan can breathe easy — mostly. Housing experts says lenders will continue processing mortgages as usual even if federal agencies close shop, while noting that a shutdown could lead to hitches for borrowers applying for government-backed loans. “If you’re expecting to close in a week or a month, there could be some slight delay,” said Jeff Ostrowski, a housing analyst at Bankrate. “But I think for most people, it’s probably going to be a blip more than a real deal killer.”The…

The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 12, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes. He is the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee. Good to have you here. You are a House lawmaker in town, but I want to talk to you about your intelligence portfolio. The Financial Times is reporting, right now, that the United States is helping Ukraine to target Russian oil installations. In other words, hitting Russia right in that pocketbook. What can you…

Jimmy Kimmel appeared as a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, September 30, a week after Kimmel’s return to ABC. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS hide caption toggle caption Scott Kowalchyk/CBS When Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show on ABC after a near-weeklong suspension, some cheered it as a triumph of free speech over the oppressive reach of government censorship. But I saw something a little different. I saw bold proof that, despite all the talk about late-night TV losing its relevance, there sure seemed to be a lot of people who still cared about what hosts like…