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Dems ‘sacrificed the American people,’ Thune says as government barrels toward midnight shutdown
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., railed against Senate Democrats’ move to block the GOP’s short-term funding extension as Congress gears up for a government shutdown.
Democratic lawmakers led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voted to block Republicans’ continuing resolution (CR) for a second time just hours ahead of the deadline to fund the government.
It’s unlikely that a deal will be struck in the waning hours of fiscal year (FY) 2025, and neither side is ready to blink.
Thune said there would be more votes to come on the same bill but noted that if Schumer wanted to talk, he knows where to find him. He also said there are Democrats who «are very unhappy with the situation that they are in.»
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RISK GROWS AFTER DEMS BLOCK TRUMP-BACKED EXTENSION FOR A 2ND TIME
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, as House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listens. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
«We didn’t ask Democrats to swallow any new Republican policies. We didn’t add partisan riders,» Thune said. «We simply asked Democrats to extend existing funding levels to allow the Senate to continue the bipartisan appropriations work that we started.»
«And Senate Democrats said no,» he continued. «Why? Because far left interest groups and far left Democrat members wanted a showdown with the president. And so, Senate Democrats have sacrificed the American people to Democrats’ partisan interests.»
Republicans tried and failed to again advance their CR, which would have extended government funding until Nov. 21 with the main goal of giving lawmakers more time to pass the dozen spending bills needed to fund the government, a feat that hasn’t been accomplished since the 1990s.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL GOES DOWN IN FLAMES WITH SHUTDOWN DEADLINE IN HOURS
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., walk speak to members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Despite an impending shutdown, Thune and Senate Republicans found a bright spot in the failed vote: more Democrats crossed the aisle than the previous test earlier this month.
«The cracks in the Democrats are already showing,» Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said. «When we had a vote on our proposal to keep the government open, the clean CR right before the recess, we had one Democrat vote. Tonight we had three.»
Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Angus King, I-Maine, all crossed the aisle to support the bill.
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House Sept, 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Under pressure from Trump, the DOJ indicted former FBI Director James Comey on counts of making false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding related to the September 2020 Russia investigation. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Schumer signaled that he was not ready to budge from his position and instead pointed the finger at the GOP and President Donald Trump for «plunging America into a shutdown, rejecting bipartisan talks, pushing a partisan bill, and risking America’s health care.»
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Senate Democrats pushed for an extension to expiring Obamacare tax credits, among other things, that Republicans argued were not provisions that should be tacked onto a short-term funding extension.
Still, Schumer was resolute that Thune and the GOP needed to come to the negotiating table to solve that issue and craft a bipartisan CR.
«We hope they sit down with us and talk. Otherwise, it’s the Republicans who will be driving us straight towards a shutdown tonight, and at midnight,» Schumer said. «And the American people will blame them for bringing the federal government to a halt.»
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Cliff-hanger: Ciattarelli, Sherrill claim upper hand in crucial New Jersey showdown for governor
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BELLEVILLE, N.J. – As the competitive and combustible race for New Jersey governor barrels towards a possible photo finish, both major party nominees are playing up the positives.
«Our polling’s looking good. I think we’re feeling really good right now,» Democratic nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill touted as she spoke with Fox News Digital after headlining a major party gathering this week in this northern New Jersey township.
But with a week and a half to go until Election Day, the latest public opinion polls in one of only two races for governor in the nation this year suggest that Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli is narrowing the gap with Sherrill in one of only two races for governor this year across the country.
«I think we’re in a great position,» Ciattarelli said in a Fox News interview after a diner stop in Linden, N.J.
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In a state where registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans despite a GOP surge in registration this decade, four public opinion polls released over the past two weeks — from Fox News, Quinnipiac University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Rutgers-Eagleton — indicated Ciattarelli tightening the margins with Sherrill in the race to succeed the term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Other public and internal surveys suggest a margin of error contest.
BATTLE FOR GOVERNOR IN THIS CLOSELY WATCHED RACE MAY BE HEADED FOR A PHOTO FINISH
«As you know, many of these polls have a dead heat. And that’s in a state in which Republicans typically under poll because we are the minority party,» Ciattarelli said. «And when you have the endorsement of Democratic mayors across the state, it says people want change. That’s exactly what we’re going to deliver when we win this race.»
Ciattarelli, who has crisscrossed the campaign trail in the Garden State this summer and autumn, has drawn energetic crowds at his stops during the closing stretch of the campaign. And with early voting about to get underway, he’s urging his supporters to cast their ballots.
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for governor in New Jersey, speaks to supporters at a diner in Saddle Brook, N.J. on Oct. 15, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«Early voting starts this Saturday. We turn out, we win. Let’s finish strong,» he urged.
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President Donald Trump will hold a tele-rally with Ciattarelli ahead of Election Day. And also helping him make sure low propensity Trump supporters vote during an off-election year when the president isn’t on the ballot have been some top MAGA stars, including Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former White House contender Vivek Ramaswamy and Rep. Byron Donalds, the top candidate for Florida governor next year.
«Jack’s been running a great campaign. I’ve been watching it from down in the Sunshine State. But it’s about winning. We got to help everybody get across the line,» Donalds told Fox News.
New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli, left, is joined by GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida at a diner in Linden, N.J. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News )
Former Rahway, N.J. GOP chair Patrick Cassio, who was at the Ciattarelli-Donalds diner stop in Linden, told Fox News that «a lot of Trump voters do not vote for anybody else, so getting guys out that they like will get them out to vote.»
And he noted that «four years ago, 400,000 Republicans didn’t vote. So, think about that. He [Ciattarelli] picks up half of that, he wins. The math is pretty simple.»
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Ciattarelli, who’s making his third straight run for Garden State governor, and who nearly upset Murphy four years ago, says things are different this time around.
«Because of the closeness of that race in ’21, people are paying closer attention this time around,» Ciattarelli said.
Rep. Mikell Sherrill of New Jersey, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, speaks at a news conference on Oct. 13, 2025 in Clifton, N.J. (Mikie Sherrill campaign)
But Sherrill criticized her Republican rival as a «kind of a perennial candidate.»
THE POLITICAL BOMB TRUMP EXPLODED IN THE NEW JERSEY SHOWDOWN FOR GOVERNOR
Sherrill, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who flew helicopters during her military service and who was first elected to Congress in 2018, is also enjoying plenty of company on the campaign trail. Last weekend she was joined by Govs. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Wes Moore of Maryland — who are considered potential 2028 White House contenders. And former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, two more potential presidential candidates, are on deck.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Mikie of New Jersey, left, teams up on the campaign trail with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 19, 2025. (Mikie Sherrill campaign )
And Sherrill’s campaign announced this week that the most popular Democrat in the country — former President Barack Obama — will headline a rally with her in Newark on Nov. 1, the final weekend before Election Day.
While Sherrill has faced criticism by Republicans and some political pundits for a lack of energy on the campaign trail, she pointed to her get-out-the-vote operation.
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«We’re seeing great returns on the vote by mails. We’ll start early voting the 25th, which we’re really excited about. We’re seeing a ton of energy on the ground,» she told Fox News.
And Sherrill touted that her campaign has «the biggest volunteer field program that anyone in New Jersey has ever run… We are getting the right doors, and I’m really excited about what we’re gonna see.»
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Cinco hembras de bonobo atacaron a un macho adulto, identificado como Hugo, en el parque nacional de Salonga, en la República Democrática del Congo. La agresión fue observada sin que ningún congénere interviniera.
El ataque, registrado por integrantes del Proyecto Bonobo Luikotale, se extendió durante 25 minutos. Este incidente desató debates en la comunidad científica por la intensidad y organización del linchamiento.
Los científicos que documentaron el hecho informaron que Hugo intentó protegerse en el suelo, mientras las hembras lo golpearon, mordieron y le causaron múltiples lesiones graves. La agresión comenzó con una explosión de vocalizaciones que alertó al equipo de observadores.
Según precisó la investigación publicada en la revista Current Biology, al llegar, encontraron a Hugo tendido boca abajo, rodeado por Polly, Tao, Ngola, Djulie y Bella, las cinco hembras adultas que lo atacaron de forma alternada.
Los especialistas detallaron que las agresoras lo pisotearon, mordieron la cabeza, el cuello, las extremidades y le provocaron heridas profundas en el rostro, los labios y las cejas.
Al final de la paliza, Hugo perdió gran parte de su pelo en la cabeza, los hombros y la espalda. Sufrió también la pérdida de falanges en los pies y daños severos en las manos, los genitales y el cuello.
Según los investigadores, el resto de los bonobos del grupo observó el episodio en silencio y a distancia. Nadie intentó ayudar o mediar, lo que resultó inquietante para los primatólogos especializados en la especie.
En los días previos, se registró que Hugo había ejercido un comportamiento agresivo hacia la cría de Bella, la más joven de las hembras participantes. Este antecedente motivó interrogantes sobre un posible motivo de defensa colectiva por parte de las hembras.
De acuerdo a National Geographic, el bonobo, conocido como Pan paniscus, es una de las especies más cercanas al ser humano. Suelen habitar zonas remotas y selváticas del Congo, lo que dificulta estudios extensivos y directos sobre su comportamiento.
Hasta hace algunos años, se les consideraba primates excepcionalmente pacíficos, propensos a resolver conflictos a través de interacciones sociales y prácticas sexuales, más que mediante agresiones.
La evidencia tradicional mostraba que el sexo entre bonobos cumplía funciones sociales: alivio de tensiones, bienvenida de miembros nuevos o fortalecimiento de vínculos, reduciendo así la violencia directa.
Estudios previos, como los realizados por el primatólogo Frans de Wall, documentaban que los bonobos, a diferencia de los chimpancés, practicaban la reconciliación tras una disputa en vez de formar coaliciones violentas o participar en guerras entre grupos.
Sin embargo, investigaciones más recientes describieron casos en los que los bonobos exhiben conductas agresivas, incluso superiores en frecuencia a los chimpancés, especialmente cuando se trata de machos.
La comunidad científica señala que el liderazgo social dentro de los grupos de bonobos lo ocupan principalmente las hembras. Ellas desarrollan relaciones complejas, donde el fortalecimiento de alianzas influye en la estabilidad del grupo.
El reciente estudio, basado en observaciones sistemáticas y prolongadas, estima que hasta el 85% de las coaliciones violentas orientadas al dominio de los machos son protagonizadas por las hembras.
Los recursos compartidos y la protección de las crías juegan un papel central en la estructura social y en la toma de decisiones para emplear la violencia como mecanismo de control o sanción. La razón por la que las hembras de bonobo, habitualmente asociadas a vínculos sociales, deciden emplear la agresión sigue en estudio.
Los autores del artículo en Current Biology sostienen que la consolidación del estatus dominante y el fortalecimiento de los lazos pueden traer ventajas inmediatas, como la defensa de recursos, y de largo plazo, como la prevención del infanticidio.
El infanticidio, frecuente entre otras especies, suele beneficiar a los machos, ya que incrementa su éxito reproductivo. Sin embargo, en el caso de los bonobos, las hembras recurren a la violencia para proteger a sus crías y sostener la cohesión del grupo.
Durante el ataque, Hugo se mantuvo pasivo y no intentó huir. Las lesiones sufridas incluyeron cortes profundos, mutilaciones y pérdida de piel.
El informe señala que no se lo volvió a ver en los 150 días posteriores al evento, lo que sugiere que probablemente falleció por las heridas.
Este caso desafía el retrato tradicional de los bonobos como una especie eminentemente pacífica. Aunque la evidencia científica refuerza que la resolución de conflictos mediante la sexualidad mantiene su lugar central en la vida social de la especie, aumenta el número de estudios que describen el uso de la violencia por parte de hembras para mantener el equilibrio interno del grupo.
La agresión de cinco hembras de bonobo a un macho adulto bajo la mirada impasible del grupo, sin intervención de ningún individuo, revela una complejidad social más profunda de lo que se creía.
El hecho de que la violencia pueda surgir en sistemas regidos por redes sociales sólidas y estructuras matriarcales pone en foco la necesidad de continuar investigando los factores que influyen en el comportamiento social de nuestros parientes más cercanos.
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