Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he ‘won’t be extorted’ by Democrats
The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month.
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Will logistics and the courts stand in the way of Indiana’s redistricting efforts?
The goal for President Donald Trump and his allies is for Republican supermajorities in Indiana to redraw the state’s maps to buoy Republicans’ chances of keeping control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown
President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.
Lawyers for Comey seek grand jury transcript, bringing fresh challenge to a case pushed by Trump
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey want to review a transcript and audio recording of grand jury proceedings in his criminal case, citing what they say were “irregularities” in the process that should result in the dismissal of an indictment pushed by President Donald Trump.
Judge says she’ll likely order Trump administration to send SNAP funds to states
A federal judge on Thursday indicated she would probably order the Trump administration to use reserves to partially fund food assistance for about 42 million Americans in November, potentially delaying a complete cutoff in benefits during the government shutdown.
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans.
Judge’s order blocking removal of man from US wasn’t received until after he was deported, DHS says
The man was deported to Laos a day after a federal judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, told U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep him in the country so that he could present what the judge called a “substantial claim of U.S. citizenship.”
Court disqualifies Trump-appointed US attorney from overseeing multiple criminal cases
A federal judge disqualified acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli in Southern California from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law.
Federal trial to start over Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon
U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, will preside over the trial in Portland. The trial stems from a lawsuit filed by the city and state against the Trump administration in a bid to block the troop deployment.
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office
The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired.
Judge seeks assurances that Abrego Garcia won’t be deported to Liberia in violation of court order
Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a notice late last week of their plan to deport him to the West African nation of Liberia as early as Friday.
Despite Braun move, Indiana Senate leader’s office says ‘votes still aren’t there for redistricting’
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray maintains that there still isn’t enough support in his chamber for redistricting.
Braun set to call lawmakers back to Statehouse for redistricting vote
Currently, seven of Indiana’s nine districts are represented by Republicans. Advocates of redistricting say that new maps could give the GOP a strong shot at all nine seats.
New York Attorney General Letitia James pleads not guilty in mortgage fraud case pushed by Trump
James accused the Trump administration of using the justice system as a “tool of revenge”
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure
The pardon caps a monthslong effort by Zhao, a billionaire commonly known as CZ in the crypto world and one of the biggest names in the industry. He and Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.
Trump says he’s owed a ‘lot of money’ over federal probes. Here’s how the government could pay him
The Republican president’s comments in the Oval Office on Tuesday have put a spotlight on a law through which people can seek damages if they believe they were wronged by the federal government.
Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee creates confusion, concerns for Hoosier companies
Some employers are freezing efforts to recruit H-1B workers because they don’t know if the federal government will apply the $100,000 fee to certain applicants.
ICE would need more money to expand use of bodycams in Chicago crackdown, official says
Many federal officers assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have body cameras but Congress would have to allocate more funds to expand their use, officials testified Monday at a hearing about the tactics agents are using in Trump administration’s crackdown.
US appeals court says Trump can take command of Oregon troops though deployment blocked for now
An appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower-court ruling that kept President Donald Trump from taking command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops. However, Trump is still barred from actually deploying those troops, at least for now.
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market
President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown on immigration is throwing foreigners out of work and shaking the American economy and job market. And it’s happening at a time when hiring is already deteriorating amid uncertainty over Trump’s erratic trade policies.