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Facts Matter: Trump shared video clip with false claims on Truth Social

By Bob Oswald
Sep 28, 2025 4:00 am - In this Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald looks at a video clip shared by President Donald Trump, inaccurate reporting on Charlie Kirk tributes and a fake misspelling.
Trump’s looming shutdown: Mass layoffs, fewer regulations and military deployments

By Jacob Bogage
Sep 27, 2025 8:39 pm - Under the Trump administration’s plans for a government shutdown, the Labor Department would cut off most activities - then fire thousands of employees. National parks would close, and their staffs could face layoffs. Phone help lines at the Internal Revenue Service would go unstaffed, perhaps permanently.
Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as government shutdown risk looms

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
Sep 27, 2025 8:12 pm - President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown.The meeting involving House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune as well as House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was confirmed Saturday by a White House official and two other people familiar with the planning.
Trump officials ask Supreme Court to uphold ban on birthright citizenship

By Justin Jouvenal
Sep 27, 2025 2:39 pm - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to carry out its ban on birthright citizenship, potentially setting up a major showdown over one of the most important and controversial elements of the president’s anti-immigration agenda.
Trump calls for troops in Portland, Oregon, escalating use of military inside US

By CLAIRE RUSH and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Sep 27, 2025 1:51 pm - President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defense to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.”
Congress takes steps to help restore dignity of work in Illinois

By Matt Paprocki
Sep 27, 2025 12:52 pm - For too long, government policies have made it too easy not to work, stifling people’s growth, confidence and ability to prosper. It also has limited the labor pool for businesses.
Ghislaine Maxwell likely to testify virtually in near future about Epstein, Krishnamoorthi says

By Marni Pyke
Sep 27, 2025 11:00 am - Schaumburg Democrat on the Oversight Committee says it’s important to obtain full transparency on the scandal.
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

By ERIC TUCKER
Sep 26, 2025 10:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the han...
Democrats say Bill Pulte ‘abused’ his role with mortgage fraud probes

By Rachel Siegel
Sep 26, 2025 8:52 pm - Senate Democrats are pressing Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s firebrand housing finance official, for information on how authorities are investigating claims of mortgage fraud by the White House’s political adversaries and raising questions about how personal documents became a key political and legal weapon.
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

By Tara Copp, Ellen Nakashima, Dan Lamothe, Alex Horton and Noah Robertson
Sep 26, 2025 8:31 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Washington Post.

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