President Trump wants the Senate to change its rules so Republicans can end the government shutdown.
Republicans have a majority in the Senate, but are unable to reach the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold without help from Democrats. So, the president is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, which would allow the GOP to bypass Democrats and reopen the government.
However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has strongly opposed changing the filibuster and repeatedly said he is not considering changing the rules to end the month-long shutdown.
Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings Friday came a day before the payments were due to be halted. SNAP is used by 1 in 8 Americans to buy groceries and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. The administration has said it can't fund SNAP with the government shuttered. Democratic state officials challenged the plan to freeze SNAP payments starting Nov. 1, saying there’s a legal obligation to keep providing the assistance for low-income people. Judges agreed, but gave the administration some leeway on the details.
Speaker Johnson On Gov't Shutdown — "Pray For An End Of This Bitter Partisanship"
With Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
Speaker Johnson On Gov't Shutdown — "Pray For An End Of This Bitter Partisanship"
With Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
Officials say at least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured after a sudden drop in altitude forced an emergency landing in Florida. The Thursday flight from Cancun to Newark, New Jersey, was diverted to Tampa International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the flight crew experienced “a flight control issue” and that it is investigating. A spokesperson for the local fire department said Friday that between 15 and 20 passengers were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. JetBlue says it has taken the Airbus A320 out of service for inspection and will investigate the cause.
FBI Director Kash Patel says federal officials have arrested multiple people in Michigan who had allegedly been plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend. Patel announced the arrests in a social media post, saying they took place Friday morning. FBI and state police were in a neighborhood near Fordson High School in Dearborn. FBI personnel were seen going in and out of a house. An FBI spokesperson says investigators were also in Inkster, another suburb. Michigan's governor says she was briefed by the FBI director but shared no details.
Mike Interviews Colonel Keith Isaacson of the IDF. Isaacson gives insight into how the IDF faught Hamas and how they will move forward with securing Israel during the Ceasefire.
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