Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP … Within hours, Trump walked it back: “I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open,” he wrote on Truth Social hours after his initial comments.

“Insurrectionists”: Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration  —  President Trump called Democrats “insurrectionists” Tuesday and slammed the left for what he described as “kamikaze” attacks on America, invoking increasingly warlike rhetoric to describe the opposition party.

Airport delays hit second day amid government shutdown  —  Staffing shortages have already caused delays at airports in Denver; Burbank, California; and Newark, New Jersey.  —  Flight delays across the United States stretched into a second day Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration braced …

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children  —  Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes.  Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.  —  Residents of a South Shore apartment building …

GOP senator: ObamaCare messaging ‘very challenging,’ polls ‘asking the wrong questions’  —  Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans “hostage” with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was “very challenging.”

Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's ‘authoritarian march’  —  Gov. JB Pritzker accused the president of using troops for political gain.  —  Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on …

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97  —  He led his parents' appetizing store, Zabar's, for more than 70 years, turning it into an institution synonymous with New York.  —  Saul Zabar, who across more than seven decades as a principal owner of the Upper West Side food emporium bearing …

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're doomed … To: Bari Weiss  —  RE: Good luck, babe!  —  I honestly cannot believe you've willingly decided to go into the worst kind of job that exists: management at a dying company. … Managing sucks!  It sucks even when you like the people you're managing and it's a low-stress position!

Man With 200 Explosives And Leftist Manifesto Arrested Outside Supreme Court Event At Church: Police  —  Two days after a Biden judge gave light sentence to attempted Kavanaugh assassin, church event historically attended by conservative justices targeted  —  Washington, D.C. …

There is no budget “deal” to be made  —  President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible. … The original budget justification for the State Department for FY2025, which ended September 30th last week, stretched to hundreds of pages and totaled nearly $60 billion.

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War.  Neither Is Stephen Miller.  —  President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left.  Over the past four weeks, he has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power …

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here  —  The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.  —  To capture a democratic nation, authoritarians must control three sources of power: the intelligence agencies, the justice system, and the military.

Scoop: White House says it has funding to save food aid program  —  The White House has found funding to keep afloat a food aid program that had been threatened by the government shutdown. … - The program — which provides vouchers for healthy food, breastfeeding assistance and nutritional education …

Don't Believe the Hype: Trump Bum-Rushing DC Reporters Edition … News comes today that Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought is now threatening not to pay back pay to federal employees after this shutdown ends.  There's both more and less here than meets the eye.

In Chicago, clergy and faith-based protesters say ICE is threatening their religious freedom  —  (RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide.  Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar …

ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid $825,000 earlier this year to a company that manufactures vehicles equipped with various technologies for law enforcement, including fake cellphone towers known as …

Critics of Trump's immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here's what it means.  —  The phrase, a reference to a legal case about the administration's immigration enforcement efforts, is ‘a window into where they can go next,’ some advocates say.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, sources say  —  The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, and New York to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart …

Federal agents taunted Chicago woman to ‘do something’ before shooting her, attorney claims  —  Officers say woman was in chase ending in ramming border patrol vehicle during Trump's immigration crackdown  —  The attorney for a woman who was shot by federal agents in Chicago over the weekend …

Gov. Gavin Newsom targets antisemitism in California schools with new law … “At a time when antisemitism and bigotry are rising nationwide and globally, these laws make clear: our schools must be places of learning, not hate,” Newsom said in a statement.  —  Much of the requirements in the law …

California's largest high school district adopts policy to oppose trans athletes in girls' sports  —  Kern High School District enrolls more than 40,000 students across 31 schools  —  The biggest high school district by enrollment and land area in the state of California voted 3-2 to adopt …

The Supreme Court fights over whether medical expertise actually exists  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court broke from its increasingly common practice of deciding important cases without holding an oral argument or even explaining the reasoning of its decision, to hear a case about whether states …