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Top House Dem exposes party’s strategy to blame Republicans for looming government shutdown
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The top House Democrat signaled that his party is readying to blame Republicans as the threat of a government shutdown grows larger by the day.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., held a news conference on Wednesday where he said Democrats were «ready to get to work, ready to meet with anyone, any time, any place in order to avoid a painful Republican-caused government shutdown.»
At the same time, he restated that Democrats would not accept a GOP-led plan to keep the government funded at roughly current levels through Nov. 21, dismissing the measure as a «partisan exercise.»
«Republicans have clearly demonstrated they want to shut the government down throughout this process,» Jeffries said. «An intentional decision was made by Republican leadership in the House and the Senate not to have a single conversation with Democrats. They’re not even pretending as if they want to find common ground.»
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The House passed a short-term extension of current federal funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), last week. The vote fell largely along party lines, with just one Democrat crossing the aisle in the measure’s favor.
An effort to consider the bill in the Senate hours later was scuttled when most Democrats, along with two Republicans, opposed a vote to begin debating the measure.
Now both parties are blaming one another for a potential shutdown – which could hit at midnight on Oct. 1 if a deal is not passed in both chambers by then.
Republicans are accusing Democrats of recklessly pushing for a shutdown and making unworkable demands in exchange for keeping the government open.
«REMINDER: House Republicans have already done the job of passing a clean, bipartisan bill to keep the government open,» Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement on X Wednesday. «Now it’s up to Senate Democrats – who have long said shutdowns are bad and hurt people – to vote to fund the American government, or shut it down because they want to restore taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens.»
Republicans have also pointed out that government funding levels have remained relatively steady since fiscal year (FY) 2024, when Democrats supported then-President Joe Biden’s spending priorities.
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
But Democrats, infuriated by being sidelined in discussions on the bill, have been pushing for the inclusion of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire at the end of 2025 without congressional action.
Jeffries has also repeatedly made reference to Republicans’ «big, beautiful bill,» conservative legislation that imposed new restrictions and work requirements on Medicaid coverage for certain able-bodied Americans. He and other Democrats have accused Republicans of ripping healthcare away from millions of people, while the GOP has insisted the system is getting reformed to work better for vulnerable Americans who need it.
A short-lived hope for bipartisan discussion was quickly scuttled on Tuesday – Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had been expected to meet with President Donald Trump this week to discuss federal funding.
Trump called off the meeting, however, accusing Democrats of making «unserious and ridiculous demands» in their push for a compromise deal to avert a shutdown.
«They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!» the president said on Truth Social.
During his Wednesday news conference, however, Jeffries would not say exactly what he opposed in the bill – instead criticizing the process by which it was formed.
«It’s partisan because it didn’t have the votes in the House in a bipartisan way. There was no conversation. There was no discussion. There was no effort to actually sit down and figure out what type of spending bill would meet the needs of the American people,» Jeffries said.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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«The notion that we’re supposed to accept that this is a clean continuing resolution is a joke. It’s not. It’s dirty for a wide variety of reasons. I explained it repeatedly, and it continues the assault on the healthcare of the American people.»
He also argued against the point that Democrats approved those same spending levels last year, noting that a majority of his caucus opposed a bill in March that kept those levels extended through Sept. 30.
«It’s very easy to take a look at the bill in December that was passed with bipartisan margins, and signed into law by then-President Joe Biden, and the bill in March that was jammed down the throats of the American people in a very partisan way and signed into law by Donald Trump,» Jeffries said. «Don’t accept that idea that it’s the Biden spending numbers when the facts say exactly the opposite.»
Democrats introduced their own CR last week aimed at keeping the government funded through Oct. 31, while also reversing Republicans’ Medicaid changes and preventing Trump from making any cuts to funding allocated by Congress – both of which were panned as nonstarters by Republicans.
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Trump confirmó que EEUU “destruyó y hundió” nueve barcos de la Marina del régimen iraní
El presidente Donald Trump confirmó este domingo que el Ejército norteamericano hundió nueve embarcaciones navales iraníes y destruyó parcialmente el cuartel general de la Marina de Irán, durante el ataque masivo del sábado contra el régimen persa.
“Acabo de ser informado de que hemos destruido y hundido 9 barcos de la Marina iraní, algunos de ellos relativamente grandes e importantes”, dijo Trump en su plataforma Truth Social.
“Vamos por el resto: ¡pronto estarán reposando en el fondo del mar también! En otro ataque, destruimos en gran medida su cuartel general naval. ¡Aparte de eso, a su Marina le va muy bien!”.
Asimismo, este domingo declaró que “hablará” con los dirigentes iraníes, pero sin preisar cuándo ni quiénes serían sus interlocutores, según una entrevista con The Atlantic difundida el domingo.
“Ellos quieren hablar, y yo he aceptado hablar, así que hablaré con ellos. Deberían haberlo hecho antes”, dijo, de acuerdo con las declaraciones recogidas por esta revista estadounidense.
“La mayoría de esa gente ha muerto. Algunos de aquellos con quienes estábamos negociando han muerto”, añadió Trump, quien consideró que los dirigentes iraníes “quisieron pasarse de listos”.
Las declaraciones llegaron poco antes de que el Pentágono confirmara las primeras bajas estadounidenses de la campaña: tres militares muertos y cinco heridos graves en el operativo.
Trump se mostró convencido de que un levantamiento popular contra el régimen iraní es inminente, citando las celebraciones observadas en las calles de Irán y entre la diáspora en ciudades como Nueva York y Los Ángeles. “Eso va a ocurrir. Lo están viendo, y creo que va a pasar. Mucha gente está extremadamente feliz allá”, afirmó. Sin embargo, cuando se le preguntó si Estados Unidos prolongaría los bombardeos para apoyar una eventual rebelión, el mandatario se mostró evasivo: “Tengo que analizar la situación en el momento en que ocurra. No se puede dar una respuesta a esa pregunta.”
Consultado sobre posibles amenazas iraníes renovadas contra territorio estadounidense, Trump se negó a dar detalles. Sobre el impacto económico del conflicto, restó importancia a las proyecciones más pesimistas: “Esto podría haber sido un enorme aumento de precios del petróleo si las cosas hubieran salido mal”, señaló, descartando además que la guerra afecte las perspectivas republicanas en las elecciones de medio término. “Tenemos la mejor economía que hemos tenido jamás”, aseguró.
La apertura al diálogo contrasta con la intensidad de los combates en curso. Israel lanzó este domingo una nueva oleada de bombardeos sobre Teherán y prometió una “cadena de ataques sin interrupciones”, mientras los Guardianes de la Revolución iraníes llevaban lanzadas al menos ocho oleadas de misiles y drones contra Israel y bases militares en el Golfo. El saldo en Israel subió a al menos diez muertos, incluyendo nueve personas fallecidas en Beit Shemesh en el ataque más mortífero contra suelo israelí desde el inicio del conflicto.
La ofensiva del sábado fue la segunda vez en ocho meses que la administración Trump atacó conjuntamente con Israel a Irán. En junio de 2025, una operación de 12 días debilitó severamente las defensas aéreas, el liderazgo militar y el programa nuclear iraní. En esta ocasión, los ataques eliminaron al propio Khamenei y a buena parte del alto mando. Irán conformó un triunvirato de transición para gobernar el país hasta que la Asamblea de Expertos designe un nuevo líder supremo, mientras el presidente Masoud Pezeshkian calificó la venganza como “un deber y derecho legítimo” de la república islámica.
Trump cerró la entrevista con una reflexión sobre el largo historial de tensiones: “La gente ha querido hacer esto durante 47 años. Han matado gente durante 47 años, y ahora se les revirtió.”
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One of President Donald Trump’s longtime Republican critics, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joined Gang of Eight Democrats in opposition to Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets.
Trump has not sought congressional approval for an attack on Iran, Massie wrote on X, rebuking «acts of war unauthorized by Congress.»
«I am opposed to this War,» Massie added in a second X post Saturday morning. «This is not ‘America First.’
«When Congress reconvenes, I will work with @RepRoKhanna to force a Congressional vote on war with Iran. The Constitution requires a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly met earlier this week with the Gang of Eight, and a spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News Digital that Rubio called the speaker before the overnight strikes were carried out in Iran.
Notably, Trump has reminded the world that Iran’s regime had targeted him, including fomenting assassination talk in retaliation of his first administration’s taking out Islamic Republican Guard QUDs force commander Qasem Soleimani Jan. 3, 2020.
«I was the hunted, now I am the hunter,» Trump said on the White House lawn before the Operation Midnight Hammer strikes and amid past warnings to Iranian leaders.
Article I of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war, but a U.S. official told Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin that Trump’s U.S. military armada in the Middle East, working in concert with Israel, is targeting military targets and ballistic missile sites that pose an «imminent threat.»
The U.S. military is not targeting Iran’s leadership, but Israel is, the official added.
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Alerting Congress was a topic of contention during the stealth operation to extract Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, when Trump and Rubio said they did not alert the Gang of Eight in advance, fearing leaks and putting U.S. troops at risk before the operation.
The Gang of Eight consists of the four Republican and Democrat leaders of Congress and four other members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees.
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, is part of the group.
«Everything I have heard from the administration before and after these strikes on Iran confirms this is a war of choice with no strategic endgame,» Himes wrote in a statement. «As I expressed to Secretary Rubio when he briefed the Gang of Eight, military action in this region almost never ends well for the United States, and conflict with Iran can easily spiral and escalate in ways we cannot anticipate. It does not appear that Donald Trump has learned the lessons of history.
«The president’s own statement acknowledges this is war, and the Constitution requires the administration to come to Congress for authorization, something it has not done. Next week, the House will vote on a war powers resolution, and I will support that resolution. In the meantime, I will be praying for the safety of our service members and all civilians who are in harm’s way.»
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke out against Trump’s Operation Epic Fury action.
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«Iran’s leadership has long supported terrorism across the region, undermined regional stability, continued to advance its nuclear ambitions and brutally repressed its own people, but acknowledging those realities does not relieve any president of the responsibility to act within the law, with a clear strategy, and with Congress,» Warner wrote in a statement.
«The American people have seen this playbook before — claims of urgency, misrepresented intelligence and military action that pulls the United States into regime change and prolonged, costly nation-building. We owe it to our service members, and to every American family, to ensure that we are not repeating the mistakes of the past.»
Warner added a call for Trump to give the «country clear answers: What is the objective? What is the strategy to prevent escalation? And how does this make Americans safer?»
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«The president moved forward without seeking congressional authorization,» Warner’s statement concluded. «The Constitution is clear: The decision to take this nation to war rests with Congress, and launching large-scale military operations — particularly in the absence of an imminent threat to the United States — raises serious legal and constitutional concerns.
«Congress must be fully briefed, and the administration must come forward with a clear legal justification, a defined end state and a plan that avoids dragging the United States into yet another costly and unnecessary war.»
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, noted Trump gave «Iran plenty of opportunities to take the diplomatic route.»
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«Prior to the initiation of this action, in earnest diplomatic engagements with Iran, President Trump was very clear about his red line from the start and his expectations of Iran during these negotiations,» Crawford wrote in a statement. «Iran absolutely cannot be allowed to maintain a nuclear weapon or capabilities. The safety and security of Americans and our allies are on the line.»
Crawford’s statement stressed concern for American forces conducting the operation versus Democrats’ concerns over Trump’s authority as commander in chief.
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«The United States of America has the most premier military in the world, and I am confident it will successfully carry out the very clearly stated goals of this operation,» Crawford wrote. «As the operations continue, we pray for the safety of the U.S. military forces involved, Americans in the region, and our allies.
«I would strongly advise the Iranian regime heed President Trump’s warning.»
Trump warned in his State of the Union earlier this week that he will hold to his longtime vow that «Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,» saying in his Truth Social video overnight to explain the strikes that Iran was attempting to reconstitute its designs on a nuclear arsenal.
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«One thing is certain, I will never allow the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon,» Trump said in the State of the Union. «Can’t let that happen.»
Senate Armed Forces Committee Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., praised the «decisive action» against «the world’s leading proliferator of terrorism.»
«This is a pivotal and necessary operation to protect Americans and American interests,» Wicker wrote in a statement. «The president has stated the operation’s goals clearly: thwart permanently the ayatollahs’ desire to create a nuclear weapon, degrade their ballistic missile force and their production capacity, and destroy their naval and terrorism capabilities.
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«These are the hardest decisions that face any American commander-in-chief, and I appreciate that President Trump and his team conducted a comprehensive strategy using all tools of national power and a well-orchestrated military planning process.»
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, echoed the long-time Trump position against «regime-change wars.»
«Has President Trump learned nothing from decades of U.S. meddling in Iran and forever wars in the Middle East?» Kaine wrote in a statement.
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«For months, I have raised hell about the fact that the American people want lower prices, not more war — especially wars that aren’t authorized by Congress, as required by the Constitution, and don’t have a clear objective.
«These strikes are a colossal mistake, and I pray they do not cost our sons and daughters in uniform and at embassies throughout the region their lives,» Kaine said. «The Senate should immediately return to session and vote on my War Powers Resolution to block the use of U.S. forces in hostilities against Iran.
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«Every single senator needs to go on the record about this dangerous, unnecessary, and idiotic action,» Kaine added.
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., echoed the call to vote on Kaine’s war powers resolution.
«Americans don’t want to go to war with Iran,» Kim wrote in a statement. «By launching strikes, President Trump has made the same dangerous and foolish decision President Bush did a generation ago. He put Americans in harm’s way without clearly showing there’s an imminent threat to our national security. He put the Iranian people in harm’s way by calling on them to rise up without a broad coalition of partners to assist in their protection.
«And Trump once again started a cycle of violence that has already escalated and could spiral out of control,» he continued. «This is unacceptable. The Senate should vote on Senator Kaine’s War Powers Resolution immediately.
«I stand ready to do so today.»
Fox News Digital’s Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
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Irán anunció que bombardeó el portaaviones Abraham Lincoln de los Estados Unidos, pero el Pentágono salió a negarlo
Los Guardianes de la Revolución de Irán afirmaron este domingo haber atacado el portaaviones estadounidense USS Abraham Lincoln, ubicado en la zona del Golfo, después de que el líder supremo iraní muriera en una ofensiva militar de Estados Unidos e Israel. Sin embargo, el Pentágono lo negó.
«El portaaviones estadounidense Abraham Lincoln fue alcanzado por cuatro misiles balísticos», afirmaron desde la agencia de noticias oficial iraní en un comunicado difundido por medios locales, y advirtieron que «la tierra y el mar se convertirán cada vez más en el cementerio de los agresores terroristas«.
Es la primera vez que desde Teherán apuntan directamente a uno de los buques insignia de la Armada norteamericana desde el inicio del conflicto. Sin embargo, el Pentágono salió negar que el buque haya sido alcanzado.
«El CGRI de Irán afirma haber atacado el USS Abraham Lincoln con misiles balísticos. MENTIRA -respondieron desde el mando militar de Estados Unidos para Oriente Medio (Centcom)-. El Lincoln no fue alcanzado. Los misiles lanzados ni siquiera se acercaron«, confirmaron desde Washington en un posteo en la red social X.
🚫Iran’s IRGC claims to have struck USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles. LIE.
✅The Lincoln was not hit. The missiles launched didn’t even come close. The Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM’s relentless campaign to defend the American people by… pic.twitter.com/AjaeHMemtA— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 1, 2026
El ataque anunciado por Irán y desmentido por Estados Unidos tampoco pudo ser verificado de manera independiente. No está claro si el lanzamiento de los misiles hacia el portaaviones realmente ocurrió o si el anuncio forma parte de una campaña propagandística destinada a proyectar fortaleza ante los partidarios del régimen en un momento de extrema vulnerabilidad, tras la muerte del ayatollah Ali Khamenei y de decenas de altos mandos militares en los bombardeos del sábado llevados a cabo por Israel y Estados Unidos.
Por lo pronto, el ejército estadounidense había reportado daños mínimos y ninguna baja pese a “decenas de ataques con misiles y drones iraníes” desde el inicio del conflicto.
El portaaviones estadounidense Abraham Lincoln había llegado a la zona del Golfo el 25 de enero pasado junto a tres destructores de misiles guiados. Según se informó en ese entonces era «para reforzar la presencia naval estadounidense durante las negociaciones con Irán sobre su programa nuclear».
El USS Abraham Lincoln es el quinto portaaviones de la clase Nimitz de la Armada estadounidense. Lleva aviones furtivos F-35, capaces de evadir los radares enemigos y cuenta con tres destructores equipados con misiles de crucero Tomahawk para ataque terrestre. El navío, suele ir acompañado de un submarino de propulsión nuclear, que dispara el mismo tipo de arma.
El presunto ataque informado por los Guardianes de la Revolución se suma a los ocho oleadas de misiles y drones contra Israel y bases militares estadounidenses ubicadas en Bahréin, Kuwait y Qatar.
Desde Washington, se informó que hasta el momento son tres militares estadounidenses quienes murieron y otros cinco resultaron gravemente heridos en el marco de la operación contra Irán.
El anuncio fue realizado este domingo por el Centcom. Se trata de las primeras bajas estadounidenses conocidas desde que los norteamericanos e Israel lanzaron el sábado masivos bombardeos contra Irán.
El Centcom todavía no reveló ningún detalle sobre el lugar ni la identidad de los soldados en su comunicado publicado en la red social X.
«La situación es cambiante, así que, por respeto a las familias, retendremos cualquier información adicional, incluida la identidad de los guerreros caídos en combate, hasta 24 horas después de que sus allegados hayan sido informados», añadió el mando estadounidense.
Varios otros soldados sufrieron heridas «leves» por esquirlas y traumatismos cerebrales, pero están siendo «reasignados a sus funciones», precisó el Centcom.
El Mando Central de los Estados Unidos (USCENTCOM o CENTCOM) es uno de los 11 comandos combatientes unificados del Departamento de Defensa. Establecido el 1 de enero de 1983, y es responsable de las operaciones militares estadounidenses en una región crítica que abarca 21 naciones en el Medio Oriente, Asia Central y del Sur, y Egipto.
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