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House Republicans split with Trump team over ‘very frustrating’ funding fight as shutdown looms
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House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee are at odds with the Trump administration and some conservatives over how long a stopgap spending bill should last, with just weeks left to avert a government shutdown.
Congress is currently marking up fiscal 2026 spending levels, but some in the administration are pressing to bypass the process and instead extend current levels through a year-long continuing resolution (CR).
Republicans broadly agree some form of CR will be needed to avoid a partial shutdown when fiscal 2025 ends on Sept. 30, but the length of that CR has become a point of friction, frustrating appropriators who argue their work is being undermined.
A Trump administration official told Fox News Digital that appropriators’ complaints were «nonsense,» arguing they are simply unhappy with the funding levels the administration had proposed.
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Republicans in Washington are divided over a government funding strategy as the Sept. 30 deadline to avert a shutdown looms large. (Fox News Digital photo illustration)
The White House is in favor of a clean CR stretching into the new year, while one House lawmaker said appropriators would like a stopgap that was «as short as possible.» Some conservative lawmakers have even argued for a bill lasting at least the full fiscal year.
Committee member Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., called the idea of a long-term measure «very frustrating.»
«As a member of Appropriations, where you do an enormous amount of work, and it leads to a continuing resolution because that’s easier…I’m deeply concerned that we will roll over and not do our job,» Zinke told Fox News Digital.
Senior appropriator Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., predicted «a very short-term CR,» but he warned a year-long measure «would be devastating for the country.»
«The concept that Republicans control the House, Senate and the White House, and we would somehow be stuck with the last Biden [budget] for a second year, to me, is preposterous,» Diaz-Balart said, adding that the push for a year-long measure «is not coming from appropriators.»
Other committee Republicans echoed those concerns and issues with what they saw as a lack of direction from top officials on a top-line spending number.
The Trump administration official said accusations that House appropriators were not given enough direction from leaders are «completely false,» however, and said the White House was engaged in monthly and weekly conversations with lawmakers relevant to the process.
Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on July 17, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)
«The frustrating part is we don’t have a top line yet,» Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., said.
One GOP lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said, «We’re sort of flying blind right now, trying to get something done and across the finish line without really having a direction on what leadership wants, or frankly, what the president wants.»
Another House Republican pointed to Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), accusing him of delaying the administration’s proposed budget until early May to build support for a year-long CR.
«That’s what Russ Vought wants. He wants a year-long CR,» that lawmaker said. «There’s enough appropriators who won’t allow that. That will fail.»
It’s not uncommon for administrations to unveil their budget proposals after the traditional early February deadline, however. The Biden administration similarly let its budgets slip past the Feb. 15 deadline, including fiscal 2022, when its proposal was not released until late May.
In 2018, during the Obama administration, no White House budget was proposed at all.
House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., told Fox News Digital he supports going even further with a CR that stretches into December 2026.
«Why put us through the misery next September?» Harris said. «The American people shouldn’t be subjected to the question of whether or not Chuck Schumer wants to shut down the government for the election.»
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., for his part, said he would like to see a CR into November. And while he said there were «a lot of people» who could share blame for the current situation, he was hesitant to single any one party out.
«The top-line number, that wasn’t done this year, the president’s budget was late in arriving, and I think Democrats are still flustered by President Trump and aren’t sure whether they should deal with him or fight him at every step,» he said.
Cole also said of the White House’s proposal, «There’s some discussion about going as far as the first quarter. That’s not coming from the appropriators, but it is coming out of the White House. I’m willing to work within any time frame my leadership gives me. I don’t want a government shutdown. I want a bipartisan deal.»
In March, with the White House’s support, Congress passed a CR through Sept. 30 that extended fiscal 2024 spending levels, with some increases for defense funding.
The White House has since acted to rescind some of those funds, chiefly aimed at foreign aid and public broadcasting.
It’s soured bipartisan government spending talks with Democrats, who have warned they will not agree to any spending deal without assurances that more funding rescissions would not happen.
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole said he would want to see a CR into November. (Getty Images)
A White House official told reporters on a recent call, however, that they believed a clean CR for «however length» would put Democrats in a politically tricky situation and pin the blame for a shutdown on them if they reject the measure.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has privately signaled support for a short-term clean CR, two sources told Fox News Digital. Democrats have indicated openness to that approach.
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When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Johnson pointed Fox News Digital to recent comments in Punchbowl News that he understood both sides of the argument. «There are reasonable people on both sides who understand this is a basic function and responsibility of the government, so we’re working towards that,» he said.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Tuesday he had an «opening conversation» with Johnson on funding.
With just 11 joint House and Senate working days left before the Sept. 30 deadline, lawmakers are racing to avoid another shutdown showdown.
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Baltimore residents reveal what changes they want to see to combat crime amid National Guard threat
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BALTIMORE – While politicians debate how to combat crime in Baltimore, Maryland, local residents who spoke to Fox News Digital advocated for more affordable housing, recreational centers and accessible community resources.
Earlier this month, Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott deployed the Maryland State Police and the Transportation Authority Police to partner with the Baltimore Police Department after President Donald Trump floated deploying the U.S. National Guard to crackdown on crime.
«We got so many kids getting into stuff and killing and on drugs, especially down here in this neighborhood on the Penn North,» Tasha, a young mother who spoke to Fox News Digital earlier this month while pushing her baby’s stroller through Baltimore’s Penn-North neighborhood, said.
Tasha said more kids need access to rec centers because «so many of them are getting hooked on drugs and caught up in things that they don’t got no business getting caught up in, all because they don’t have nothing else out here to do.»
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Fox News Digital spoke to residents in Baltimore’s Penn-North neighborhood about how to combat the city’s crime as President Donald Trump floats deploying the National Guard. (Fox News Digital)
Fox News Digital spoke to more than a dozen Baltimore residents about how crime is impacting their community. While locals were split on whether Trump deploying the National Guard would curb crime, residents said safety concerns were top of mind.
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More than two dozen people were hospitalized in a mass drug overdose event in Penn-North in July. Meanwhile, three out of the seven homicides in Baltimore during August were in the nearby Park Heights, according to local reporting.
Between people selling and using drugs on the corner as one police car was parked just down the street, Tasha said that in Penn-North, «everything is back out here running like it didn’t even happen a month ago.»
A busy street corner in Baltimore’s Penn-North neighborhood (Fox News Digital)
Joseph, a Penn-North resident who spoke to Fox News Digital while a homeless woman slept on his front stoop, said there are abandoned houses and buildings on his street and «all over the place.»
But Trayvon, another Baltimore local, asked, «How can you fix a place and not fix the people?»
«If you fix that, all you’re going to do is make a prettier place to sell drugs,» he said.
Scott Graham, a Republican who campaigned in 2022 for Maryland’s House of Delegates to represent the Baltimore suburbs, said high property taxes «discourage people from coming in and buying» property.
«We have vacant housing all over the place, and people are reluctant to come in. That vacant housing is in areas where there’s high crime,» Graham said.
Abandoned buildings in Baltimore’s Penn-North neighborhood. (Fox News Digital)
Moore and Scott have touted «historic reductions in violent crime» in Baltimore, pointing to 91 homicides and 218 nonfatal shootings in 2025, which Scott said are 29.5% and 21% drops.
But statistics compiled by the nonprofit research institute Just Facts show that Baltimore’s 2024 murder rate is still 6.8 times the average for all metropolitan areas in the nation and that if the murder rate stays the same as it was in 2024, roughly 1 in every 38 people in the city will have their lives cut short by murder at some point during the course of their lives.
The 17 Baltimore locals who spoke to Fox News Digital earlier this month were divided over whether deploying the National Guard is the solution to their crime concerns. While many worried it would raise tensions and inspire riots, others said the troops could serve as a crime deterrent.
«We just need to get back to where we used to be when we were coming up as kids, where everybody got together and everybody worked together, and they moved people off the blocks, and they made the clean blocks, and they did all of those things,» Ronette, a Baltimore resident, said. «Our city just got to a point where we just, it’s everybody for their self. Nobody works together.»
Trump signed a memorandum this month establishing a task force to address crime in Memphis, Tennessee, similar to his ongoing crime crackdown in Washington, D.C.
He said the effort includes deployment of the National Guard, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Last month, Trump mobilized 800 D.C. National Guard troops to reduce crime in the nation’s capital. More National Guard troops from Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee were dispatched to support the crime crackdown.
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In addition to Baltimore, Trump has also floated deploying troops to Chicago and Oakland, but the plans have been met with resistance by Democrats.
Fox News Digital’s Diana Stacy contributed to this report.
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La ciencia desmiente mitos sobre gamers y salud psicológica en relación a los videojuegos
Frente a una computadora, muchos jóvenes encuentran en los videojuegos una parte central de su vida cotidiana. Lejos de las pantallas, surgen dudas y advertencias en la sociedad sobre los posibles efectos psicológicos de pasar tantas horas ante un juego.
Sin embargo, una investigación reciente aporta claridad al debate y demuestra que los gamers no presentan desventajas psicológicas significativas frente a quienes no juegan. Los resultados señalan que la práctica habitual de los videojuegos no implica un daño o alteración relevante en la salud mental.
Según un trabajo publicado en Psychological Reports, expertos analizaron aspectos fundamentales como la regulación de las emociones, las relaciones interpersonales y los mecanismos de defensa de personas que destinan tiempo a jugar videojuegos. El objetivo consistió en responder si se diferencian de quienes no participan en esa actividad bajo parámetros clínicos.
De acuerdo con los autores, el interés por el tema surgió ante la percepción social que asocia los videojuegos con adicción, aislamiento y dificultades emocionales, una visión que genera preocupación y debate.
La investigación incluyó a 762 personas de entre 18 y 44 años. Se clasificó como gamers a quienes jugaban ocho horas o más por semana y consideraban el juego parte importante de su vida. El grupo de no gamers estaba compuesto por quienes jugaban menos de ocho horas semanales, o bien no atribuían relevancia a esa práctica.
Para evaluar las características psicológicas, los investigadores utilizaron tests reconocidos que miden trastornos de personalidad, dificultades en la gestión emocional y estilos de defensa ante el estrés o conflictos internos.
De acuerdo con los resultados, solo se advirtieron diferencias pequeñas en la frecuencia de ciertos rasgos de personalidad. Los no gamers presentaron puntajes levemente más altos en indicadores vinculados con rasgos paranoides, histriónicos, narcisistas, evitativos y dependientes.
Por otra parte, los gamers mostraron niveles un poco superiores en rasgos antisociales y esquizotípicos. Sin embargo, una vez ajustados los resultados por edad —ya que los gamers eran en promedio dos años mayores—, la mayoría de esas diferencias perdió relevancia estadística.
Según detallaron los autores, tras el ajuste por edad persistieron tres diferencias: los gamers mantuvieron leves aumentos en rasgos antisociales y esquizotípicos, mientras que los no gamers conservaron una tendencia mayor hacia rasgos evitativos y dependientes. Estas variaciones fueron consideradas menores y no alcanzan a definir perfiles patológicos.
Además, la edad se mostró como un factor relevante, dado que algunos rasgos tienden a disminuir con el paso del tiempo, como la impulsividad o la sensibilidad en las relaciones interpersonales.
Los investigadores también analizaron el área de las relaciones con otras personas, un punto esencial para el desarrollo emocional sano. De acuerdo con el estudio, no existen diferencias significativas entre gamers y no gamers en dimensiones como la capacidad de vincularse, el sentimiento de alienación o la seguridad afectiva. Este hallazgo resulta relevante, ya que sugiere que el contacto regular con videojuegos no provoca aislamiento social ni dificulta la construcción de relaciones sanas, al menos en los parámetros medidos.
El estudio observó los mecanismos de defensa, es decir, las estrategias inconscientes que las personas usan para enfrentar el malestar interno. Según los datos, los gamers emplean mecanismos maduros con mayor frecuencia, estrategias consideradas sanas como el humor, la anticipación y la sublimación.
Los no gamers, en cambio, manifestaron más uso de mecanismos de defensa de tipo neurótico, como la represión o la formación reactiva. No hubo diferencias entre grupos en los mecanismos de tipo inmaduro, como la negación o la proyección.
Respecto a la regulación emocional, tanto gamers como no gamers mostraron niveles similares de capacidad para manejar sus emociones. Según los autores, la gestión emocional suele mejorar al llegar a la adultez joven, lo que habría influido en los resultados observados.
El estudio fue llevado a cabo por el profesor Ekin Emiral y Yıldız Bilge, quienes, según sus declaraciones difundidas por Psypost, buscaron cuestionar la tendencia a patologizar comportamientos que se alejan de las normas tradicionales. El objetivo no fue identificar a los videojuegos como causa de problemas de salud mental, sino explorar si las personas que dedican mucho tiempo a esta práctica presentan diferencias estructurales notorias frente a quienes no lo hacen.
Según Emiral, “los gamers no presentan más problemas psicológicos que quienes no juegan”, y en determinadas dimensiones, demuestran incluso una mayor capacidad de adaptación.
Los autores reconocen algunas limitaciones en su trabajo. Según el informe, el grupo de gamers incluyó más hombres que mujeres, lo que podría haber influido en los resultados relacionados con el perfil de personalidad y el uso de mecanismos de defensa.
Además, la división entre gamers y no gamers dependió del auto-reporte, por lo que pueden existir matices o situaciones no contempladas. El diseño transversal del estudio tampoco permite establecer causas o efectos a largo plazo.
De acuerdo con los investigadores, los futuros estudios deberían incorporar una muestra más equilibrada en relación al género y generar clasificaciones más detalladas en función de los tipos de juegos y las motivaciones de cada participante.
También sugieren realizar seguimientos prolongados para observar si determinados rasgos de personalidad se desarrollan debido a la experiencia de jugar, o si quienes ya tienen esos rasgos optan por los videojuegos.
A pesar de estos puntos, el estudio representa uno de los análisis más integrales sobre las funciones psicológicas de gamers y no gamers. Según sus conclusiones, la participación frecuente en videojuegos no altera el desarrollo psicológico normal y puede asociarse, en algunos casos, con estrategias de afrontamiento más maduras. Los resultados invitan a abandonar miradas simplistas y considerar al gaming como un espacio de expresión y desarrollo similar a otras actividades culturales.
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Russia launches massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine hitting Kyiv, other targets throughout country
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Russian forces launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles into Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people.
The strike, mostly targeting the capital city of Kyiv, was the first major aerial assault since Russia launched its largest barrage of the war last month. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Administration, confirmed Sunday’s casualties via Telegram and said 10 people were also wounded in the attack. One of those killed was a 12-year-old girl, he said.
«The Russians have restarted the child death counter,» Tkachenko wrote.
Russia fired a total of 595 exploding drones and decoys and 48 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday. Of those, air defenses shot down or jammed 566 drones and 45 missiles, they said.
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Rescuers work at the site of an apartment buildings damaged during a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the bombardment targeted the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa in addition to Kyiv. He said at least 70 people were injured nationwide.
«This vile attack came virtually (at) the close of UN General Assembly week, and this is exactly how Russia declares its true position. Moscow wants to keep fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from the world,» Zelenskyy wrote in a statement on social media.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that Russia’s attack landed on the end of the United Nations’ general assembly week. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Image)
Sunday’s barrage comes after President Donald Trump displayed a shift in tone toward Ukraine during the United Nations General Assembly last week. Rather than emphasizing a peace deal with Putin, Trump instead urged Ukraine to go after Russia in whatever ways possible.
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«I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back in its original form,» he said Tuesday on social media.
«With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original borders from where this war started, is very much an option,» Trump added. «Why not?»
U.S. President Donald Trump shifted his tone on the Ukraine war during the United Nations general assembly. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Trump’s comments present a stark reversal from where he stood when he first re-entered office and, in an infamous February Oval Office meeting told Zelenskyy he «[didn’t] have the cards» to take on Russia, and repeatedly suggested Kyiv would need to make significant concessions to end the war.
Fox News’ Caitlin McFall and The Associated Press contributed to this report
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