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Unearthed debate clip goes viral against Dems as illegal immigrant health coverage becomes top issue

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As the federal government shutdown continues, a clip from the 2019 Democratic presidential primary went viral when the candidates were asked if they support providing healthcare to those in the country illegally.
«Is JD Vance a liar or just woefully ignorant when claiming that Democrats want to give health benefits to undocumented immigrants?» disgraced ex-Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken posted to X on Wednesday, leading to the clip being posted in the comments by one user.
«Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants,» NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie asked while moderating the June 2019 debate followed by all ten Democrats on stage raising their hands.
JOHNSON SAYS DEMOCRATS LYING ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HEALTHCARE PUSH
Before he entered politics, Al Franken was a performer on «Saturday Night Live» for a decade. (R. Diamond/Getty Images)
Franken’s post triggered a range of responses, including from conservatives.
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«You should stick to intimate photography,» GOP communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X, referring to the disgraced ex-senator’s scandal that included a photo of him smiling while posing and groping radio host Leeann Tweeden, who was sleeping in the photo.
DEMS IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER OBAMACARE’S SPIKING PREMIUM COSTS TORPEDO THEIR NARRATIVE
«Why don’t we let Democrats answer that?» Heritage Action said, posting the debate clip.

Democratic presidential candidates debate each other on NBC News in June 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
The clip, which included multiple current members of Congress like Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also garnered the attention of billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who posted «lol» in response to the debate video, which means «laugh out loud.»
Part of the ongoing government shutdown debate centers on subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, which would lead to a rise in premiums that opponents say prove that the program is unsustainable.
Illegal immigrants are unable to get insurance on the ACA marketplace, but Emergency Medicaid is covered as well as several states that use state taxpayer dollars for illegal immigrants to enroll in Medicaid.
SPEAKER JOHNSON, ABC’S STEPHANOPOULOS CLASH OVER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GETTING HEALTHCARE

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks as U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) looks on during a press conference on the first day of a partial government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
However, California was once the subject of a federal audit where they were recommended to refund over $52.7 million in «improperly claimed» medical costs for those with «unsatisfactory immigration status.»
«Democrats are now trying to run away from their RIDICULOUS $1.5 Trillion big government spending bill — now that Americans are learning what’s in it,» House Speaker Mike Johnson posted to X on Thursday. «Some Democrats now claim they don’t want illegal immigrants on Medicaid — but their previous votes, and the ACTUAL LANGUAGE of their current bill, say otherwise.»
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However, some Democrats have also criticized Republicans for bringing up state-based Medicaid programs that offer coverage to illegal immigrants.
«This isn’t funded by the Federal Government or ACA Tax credits. [The Vice President] is lying again. However if he wants to tell the GOP to write a bill to exclude illegal immigrants from buying on the market and restore ACA tax credits to 24 million Americans, I would be game,» Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said in response to a post from Vice President JD Vance, which included a screenshot showing New York’s public health insurance coverage for «undocumented immigrants over age 65.»
As of Thursday afternoon, it’s unclear when the shutdown will end.
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Government shutdown enters 3rd day as Senate stalemate over Obamacare subsidies drags on

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The federal government entered its third day of a shutdown without a clear off-ramp in sight as the Senate gears up to once again vote on a short-term funding extension Friday.
Lawmakers will again vote on the GOP’s continuing resolution (CR) and congressional Democrats’ counter-proposal on Friday. There’s been little movement on Capitol Hill since the last failed vote, given that some either left Washington, D.C., or did not come to the Hill, in observance of Yom Kippur.
In fact, the Senate floor was open for less than three hours on Thursday, with only a handful of lawmakers giving remarks to a mostly empty chamber.
DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO BUDGE OVER OBAMACARE FIGHT AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., plans to put the GOP’s short-term funding extension up for a vote again on Friday as the government shutdown enters its third day. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Republicans hope that more Senate Democrats will peel off and vote for their bill, but it’s unlikely. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and most of his caucus are firmly rooted in their position that expiring Obamacare tax credits must be dealt with now.
And Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he isn’t planning on keeping lawmakers in town over the weekend if the House GOP’s bill fails for a fourth time. Still, bipartisan talks are happening among the rank-and-file members to find some way to reopen the government.
«I’m glad that people are talking,» Thune said. «I think there are a lot of Democrats who want out of this, you know, grapple that Schumer is running now, so I’m hoping that perhaps that will lead somewhere. But it all starts with what I’ve said before, reopen the government, and I think that’s what we got to have … happen first.»
FIRST BIPARTISAN SHUTDOWN NEGOTIATIONS SURFACE ON CAPITOL HILL AFTER FUNDING BILL BLOCKED AGAIN

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
There are some ideas being tossed back and forth among Senate Republicans and Democrats, like agreeing to work on the subsidies until Nov. 21 under the GOP plan, or compromising on a shorter CR that lasts until Nov. 1 to coincide with the beginning of open-enrollment for Obamacare.
«We’re not asking for a full repair of a broken system,» Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said. «We understand how badly the healthcare system is working, but it’s going to be so much worse if the Republicans continue on this path of cutting healthcare for millions of Americans.»
Thune threw cold water on the latter idea.
«Well, and what’s the House going to come back and vote on, a one-month as opposed to seven weeks? I mean, think about this right now. We’re really kind of quibbling over pretty, pretty small stuff,» he said.
Schumer made clear over the last several days that he wants bipartisan negotiations to craft a funding extension with Democratic and Republican input, but the GOP argues that their bill, which is backed by President Donald Trump, would unlock future bipartisan negotiations on spending bills.
SHUTDOWN EXPLAINED: WHO WORKS, WHO DOESN’T AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
But Republicans argue that his insistence on negotiating is more about political optics than actually finding a path out of the shutdown.
«This Democrat shutdown is nothing but a cynical political shutdown, with Senator Schumer kowtowing to his radical left-wing extremists,» Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said on the Senate floor. «He’s desperately recoiling, fighting to stave off a primary and to save his party from the piranhas in their own midst.»
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And while talks at the lower level are ongoing, some contend that ultimately it will be Trump’s decision on what happens next.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said on the Senate floor, «Unfortunately, right now, our Republican colleagues are not working with us to find a bipartisan agreement to prevent the government shutdown and address the healthcare crisis.»
«We know that even when they float ideas, which we surely do appreciate, in the end, the president appears to make the call,» Klobuchar said.
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El gobierno uruguayo se niega a intervenir en el mercado del dólar y sugiere invertir en pesos

La cotización del dólar se ha devaluado en torno a un 10% en lo que va del año, algo que está en línea con lo que sucede en el mercado global. La divisa estadounidense cerró el mes de septiembre a la baja y ya son ocho los meses en los que pierde valor en la comparación entre el primer día del mes y el último. Desde el sector exportador ven con preocupación este fenómeno porque aseguran que le genera una pérdida de competitividad. Pero el gobierno responde que tiene poco para hacer.
En el gobierno argumentan que la caída del dólar responde principalmente a causas externas. En Brasil, que es el principal mercado de referencia para Uruguay, su cotización tuvo la mayor caída mensual en septiembre y también presenta un retroceso grande en lo que va del año.
Los exportadores alertan que estas caídas podrían derivar en la fuga de algunas empresas. “Es siempre un factor de preocupación porque las exportaciones se venden en dólares y esos dólares rinden cada vez menos para pagar todas las cuentas en pesos, ya sea salarios, tarifas públicas, impuestos”, explicó a Canal 5 la economista de la Unión de Exportadores María Laura Rodríguez.

Hubo, a su vez, una “alerta especial” para las empresas que exportan servicios. “Al no tener una infraestructura física, podrían cambiar de país. Muchas de ellas tienen dependencias en distintos países y pueden comparar los costos de trabajar en un país y en otro. Vienen planteando que las casas matrices les dicen: ‘Defendeme por qué Uruguay’. Están teniendo cada vez menos elementos por un tema básicamente de competitividad”, señaló la economista.
Durante una gira por el interior del país, el ministro de Economía, Gabriel Oddone, respondió estos planteos y negó que el gobierno vaya a intervenir en el mercado. “A diferencia de lo que pasó en los últimos cuatro años cuando la apreciación del peso uruguayo era un evento espurio –que ocurría en Uruguay pero que no estaba ocurriendo en el mundo–, lo que está ocurriendo hoy con el peso uruguayo va en línea con lo que está ocurriendo a nivel global”, explicó el ministro en una conferencia de prensa consignada por Telemundo de Canal 12.

El foco del equipo económico está puesto en que haya condiciones para que la inflación del país sea baja, algo que entienden que ayuda a la competitividad de los exportadores. Además, Oddone defendió algunas medidas que tomó el gobierno pensando en estos empresarios, como la eliminación de tasas.
Si bien históricamente el problema de la competitividad se ata al dólar, el gobierno de Yamandú Orsi busca desligar estos dos conceptos. “El gobierno no tiene vocación por fijar el precio del dólar (…). Para el gobierno el dólar no constituye un objetivo de política”, expresó y pidió que los uruguayos aprendan que en el país “no hay control de precios”.
En el gobierno hay una fuerte apuesta por desdolarizar la economía, en un contexto en el que la suba de los precios está consolidad. El presidente del Banco Central del Uruguay, Guillermo Tolosa, hizo explícita esta sugerencia días atrás: “No vengo a decir que hay que invertir en pesos porque no sé lo que va a pasar de acá a tres meses. Pero algo que sí sé es que si invertís en dólares tu poder adquisitivo va a ser muy volátil. Es una especie de timba de casino donde poder invertir y perder en el corto plazo y a largo plazo perdés siempre. Cuando invertís en UI o en pesos tu poder adquisitivo va a estar estable”, explicó.

Este miércoles, el ministro Oddone dijo estar de acuerdo con él. “En estos contextos de inflación baja, cualquiera que haga los números puede encontrar que es muchísimo más rentable ahorrar en pesos que en dólares. Por supuesto que hay un riesgo en el que se incurre: una eventual devaluación. En Uruguay no tiene lugar una devaluación en escalón desde hace 20 años”, expresó.
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Church of England names Sarah Mullally first woman Archbishop of Canterbury after Welby exit

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The Church of England announced Friday that Sarah Mullally will become the next Archbishop of Canterbury, marking the first time a woman has been selected for the role.
Serving as the bishop of London since 2018, Mullally replaces former archbishop Justin Welby, who resigned last November after an independent investigation found he failed to act after learning about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND HEAD RESIGNS AFTER FAILING TO REPORT DECADES-LONG SEXUAL ABUSE BY SUMMER CAMP VOLUNTEER
Britain’s new Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, Sarah Mullally, speaks following the announcement of her posting, at Canterbury Cathedral in south east England on October 3, 2025. (BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
She will be the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury after 105 male predecessors.
Mullally will be known as the Archbishop of Canterbury-designate until her election is confirmed at St. Paul’s Cathedral in January 2026, according to the church. A service of installation will take place in March at Canterbury Cathedral.
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The Church of England is the mother church of the Anglican Communion, which has more than 85 million members in 165 countries.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
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