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Reporter’s Notebook: Trump cancels meeting with Democrats as shutdown looms

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The Cincinnati Bengals missed the playoffs the past two seasons. They finished 9-8 both years, despite a loaded offense headed by quarterback Joe Burrow (when healthy).
During the offseason, the Bengals refused to re-sign All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson. He led the league in sacks last season with 17.5. The Bengals considered trading Hendrickson. They then grudgingly signed him to a year-long contract just before the first game.
Cincinnati drafted defensive end Shemar Stewart of Texas A&M in the first round last spring. But then the Bengals and Stewart tussled over a contract.
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Tuscaloosa County initially forfeited its win over Bessemer City.
The Bengals have been less parsimonious in recent years when doling out the dollars to top-flight players. But owner Mike Brown has a miserly reputation. And despite a talent-laden roster, the Bengals are peerless in mediocrity. They have never won the Super Bowl. That fuels a narrative about the franchise.
Stewart summed up the Bengals when speaking to Sports Illustrated:
«Y’all just want to win arguments (more) than winning games,» he declared.
«Arguments» and «games» are now afoot in Washington, D.C. over avoiding a government shutdown next week.
The question is what counts as winning an «argument» and what constitutes prevailing in a «game.» Both Republicans and Democrats can compete in both categories over the next few days. A government funding deadline looms at 11:59:59 p.m. ET Tuesday night. In fact, both sides might secure victories in the argument category. But marshaling a true title in the win column is an altogether different enterprise. Moreover, this tournament’s rules don’t dictate that one side emerges victorious and the other loses. In fact, both sides could execute losing campaigns.
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That said, do the sides have more interest in echoing the Cincinnati Bengals and winning «arguments?» Or would they rather win «games» and avert a government shutdown.
«I don’t have any meetings or any scheduling updates for you today,» said White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt at the briefing early Monday afternoon.
But there was a flicker of hope a few hours later.
Word came that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would head to the White House on Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump. Neither leader has huddled with the president since he took office in January. But one wasn’t quite sure what this session might accomplish.
«We want a clean funding extension to keep the government open. That’s all we’re advocating for,» said Leavitt.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that President Donald Trump will make a decision on the U.S. becoming involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran within the next two weeks. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Democrats pushed for something else. They advocated a renewal of subsidies to defray the cost of Obamacare. The price tag for health care coverage for millions of Americans is set to skyrocket early next year unless Congress intervenes. Democrats want to dial back other health care reductions which were part of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill – passed by Congress earlier this summer. Democrats also insist on assurances that the president won’t claw back any money for programs already doled out by Congress. Finally, Democrats want the administration to reinstate dollars cut from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The House is out of session this week – and prospectively until October 7 – after passing a GOP-backed interim spending plan late last week. But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., materialized at the Capitol early Tuesday morning.
Johnson told Fox News he was skeptical that a meeting between President Trump, Schumer and Jeffries «is necessary.» But the Speaker noted that he would attend the Oval Office conclave.
«Why would I not be there? This is the legislative branch communicating with the executive branch. If there is such a meeting with the leaders, then (Senate Majority Leader) John Thune, R-S.D., and I will certainly be a part of it,» said Johnson.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
It was news that Johnson and Thune were set to be part of a meeting with the president on government funding. But it would have been news to Johnson that Trump nixed the meeting. Moments later, Trump posted a lengthy screed to Truth Social, scrubbing the session.
«I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive,» he wrote.
He argued that the Democratic request would provide «free healthcare for Illegal Aliens,» along with government funded «Transgender surgery for minors.» He also said the Democrats proposal would «allow men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody.»
It’s not clear where the provisions the president cited lie in the Democratic counteroffer. But the fact of the matter is that the government will shutter early next Wednesday morning unless the Senate can secure Democratic votes to overcome a filibuster. The House passed an interim bill renewing funding at current levels last week. Only one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted «yea.»
But the Senate is a different animal. Republicans only have 53 votes there. Sixty votes are necessary to crack a filibuster. So if Democrats don’t accede to the GOP demands, there’s a shutdown. And, by contrast, if Republicans refuse to grant Democrats their wishes, there’s a shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., panned Senate Democrats for their resistance to a government funding extension, and blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for trying to appease his «far Left» base with threats of a shutdown. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Avoiding a shutdown could qualify as winning «games.» But we’re not certain if the sides are interested in that sweepstakes just yet.
«The statement that Donald Trump issued today was unhinged,» said Jeffries, adding that «Trump always chickens out.»
«Today seems to be tantrum day for Donald Trump,» said Schumer. «He just ain’t up to it. He runs away before the negotiations even begin.»
Since the House greenlighted its interim bill, Johnson cut everyone loose – cancelling scheduled session days next week when the House could at least be in a position to wrangle with any spending bill which comes over from the Senate. But Republicans are adamant that it’s the House bill or nothing.
«You’re not planning to bring the House back at any stage now?» I asked Johnson.
«The House is on district work period right now. We got our work done in the House. We got it done early with regard to the funding. People have a lot to do back in their districts. So we’re on the ready at any time. But the plan would be to come back when it’s necessary. But the current plan is to not have session days on September 29 and 30th,» he said.
«Is that a bad look if the House is not here and the government shuts down despite what you did?» I countered.
«The government would not shut down until the earliest, October 1st,» replied Johnson, slightly cracking open the door to a potential recall. «But if Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries decide to shut the government down, they’ve created the problem.»

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was briefly hospitalized Wednesday for dehydration, his office said. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
So, we’re less than a week before a possible government shutdown. Seemingly each September, just before the end of the fiscal year, the chances of a government shutdown are «high» and there’s almost no way to avert a shutdown. Yet nearly each time, Democrats and Republicans, the House and Senate, figure out a way to stave off a shutdown at the last minute. In fact, that might be the case this time. But the calculus is different, with the House nowhere to be found, and the Senate left with just the House bill. That’s only exacerbated by a lack of negotiations.
One can only imagine the arguments which may have emanated from the Oval Office had Trump huddled with Jeffries and Schumer this week. They may have viewed a televised meeting with the president as the perfect forum to skirmish. Democrats have struggled for months to demonstrate to their base that they’re «fighting.» That said, Trump may have been ready for a tilt, ala his verbal combat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February. And who can forget former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., storming out of a meeting with Trump during his first term?
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At this stage, everyone is trying to win arguments. Not games. And we’ll truly know if they lost the game when the government’s new fiscal year begins at 12:00:01 a.m. ET next Wednesday.
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EN VIVO: El Ejéricto de Israel llevó a cabo una “oleada de ataques a gran escala” en Teherán

La Casa Blanca anunció que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dará este miércoles a las 21:00 (hora de Washington) una “importante actualización” sobre la guerra en Irán, en un mensaje institucional que se difundirá por los canales oficiales.
Trump declaró el martes desde la Oficina Oval que el retiro de las fuerzas estadounidenses de Irán se concretará “muy pronto, en dos o tres semanas”, en el marco de la ofensiva conjunta con Israel. “Estamos terminando el trabajo”, sostuvo. En paralelo, el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, aseguró que la operación militar continuará hasta desmantelar la estructura de poder de la república islámica. “La campaña no ha terminado. Seguiremos aplastando al régimen del terror”, afirmó.
Por su parte, el Jefe de Estado iraní, Masud Pezeshkian, señaló que su país tiene la “voluntad” de poner fin a la guerra con Estados Unidos e Israel, aunque exigió garantías para evitar una reanudación del conflicto en caso de un acuerdo de paz. En contraste con esa postura, Teherán lanzó ataques contra el aeropuerto de Kuwait, Arabia Saudita, una embarcación frente a las costas de Qatar, Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Bahréin durante la madrugada.
A continuación, la cobertura minuto a minuto:
Un niño israelí de 11 años resultó herido tras los ataques de Irán a Israel
El servicio de emergencias médicas de Israel reportó que una niña de 11 años se encuentra en estado grave tras un ataque con misiles que el ejército atribuyó a Irán.
Las alertas por misiles se activaron en el centro y norte de Israel luego de que las fuerzas de defensa emitieran advertencias sobre el fuego entrante. Los rescatistas informaron, además, de al menos 12 heridos más como resultado del ataque.
Otras dos personas sufrieron heridas moderadas, entre ellas un niño de 13 años y una mujer de 36, según el servicio de emergencias médicas Magen David Adom.
Un ciudadano bangladeshí muere por metralla de dron en Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Un bangladeshí murió en Emiratos Árabes Unidos tras la caída de metralla resultante de la interceptación de un dron, informó este miércoles la agencia oficial de noticias WAM.
El incidente ocurrió en Fujairah, cerca del estrecho de Ormuz. “La caída de metralla tras la interceptación de un dron… provocó la muerte de una persona de nacionalidad bangladesí”, publicó WAM en X.
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Israel llevó a cabo una “oleada de ataques a gran escala” en Teherán

“Recientemente, las FDI completaron una extensa serie de ataques contra la infraestructura del régimen terrorista iraní en Teherán; próximamente se darán a conocer más detalles“, informó el Ejército israelí vía X.
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, afirmó el martes que Washington “va a tener que reexaminar” su relación con la OTAN una vez concluida la guerra contra Irán, en medio de restricciones europeas al uso de bases militares por parte de fuerzas estadounidenses.
Las defensas de Israel respondieron a un misil procedente de Yemen

El Ejército israelí informó que sus defensas aéreas respondieron la madrugada del miércoles al lanzamiento de un misil desde Yemen, donde los hutíes, aliados de Irán, han reivindicado ataques contra Israel en los últimos días.
Un comunicado castrense señaló que las fuerzas israelíes “identificaron el lanzamiento de un misil desde Yemen hacia territorio israelí; los sistemas de defensa aérea están operativos para interceptar la amenaza”.
Posteriormente, el ejército anunció que se “permitía a los residentes abandonar las zonas protegidas en todas las áreas del país”.
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel reportaron más de 10.000 operaciones en Irán
Israel lanzó más de 16.000 municiones en territorio iraní desde el inicio de la guerra, en más de 800 oleadas de ataques, según fuentes militares.
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) informaron que se realizaron más de 10.000 ataques distintos contra 4.000 objetivos, entre los que figuran sistemas de defensa aérea, lanzadores de misiles balísticos, centros de producción de armas, instalaciones nucleares, cuarteles generales y comandantes y líderes militares.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció el martes que su país dejará de asumir responsabilidades directas sobre la seguridad del estrecho de Ormuz y que avanzará con la retirada de sus fuerzas de Irán en un plazo de dos o tres semanas, al considerar cumplidos sus objetivos en la región.
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Dem gubernatorial candidate racked up eye-popping travel bill as AG on up to 400+ travel days out of state

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FIRST ON FOX: Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat running for governor of Nevada in November, has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs since assuming office, prompting criticism from his political rivals as he pursues re-election in 2026.
State records indicate that Ford spent close to $270,000 on airfare and out-of-state hotel stays since assuming office in 2019. When combined with over $140,000 Ford accepted from group-sponsored travel and lodging, such as the Democratic Attorneys General Association, his total travel amounts to over $410,000 in trips over seven years.
In 2024 alone, Ford spent $60,730 on trips to 16 different cities, including $2,819 on a trip to Secrets Puerto Los Cabos, a luxury resort in Mexico, and another $11,992 at Martha’s Vineyard, a top vacation spot that attracts a wealthy clientele.
While it’s unclear how much of the figure represents in-state travel, the numbers dovetail with reports that Ford spent as much as 137 days away from his state in 2024, a figure confirmed by his office.
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Aaron Ford, left, pictured alongside a dock at Martha’s Vineyard, right. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)
Additionally, Ford’s record of hotel travel stays since his election indicate he has spent almost 20% of his career as Nevada AG out of the state, based on reporting from The Nevada Independent that found Ford spent at least 420 days out of state during his time in office.
To at least one Republican strategist, the costs and time away exceed what’s likely necessary for the job.
«High-Flying Aaron Ford has treated his position as attorney general like a part-time job, vacationing on the dime of special interests and campaign donors for well over a year of his tenure,» John Burke, spokesman for Better Nevada PAC, said in a comment to Fox News Digital.
Ford is also under investigation by the Nevada Commission on Ethics over whether he solicited improper gifts or used his office to improperly benefit himself, according to documents recovered by local outlets.
John Sadler, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, noted that the reported travel falls under campaign events and would not draw from state funding. At the same time, Sadler noted that Ford traveled to perform his role and coordinate with law enforcement offices across the country. Under Nevada state law, candidates are allowed to use campaign funds to conduct official business.
«He attended several meetings for bipartisan groups, such as NAAG and AGA, an organization that Attorney General Ford was voted by his attorneys general colleagues to serve as chair of in 2024,» Sadler said, referring to the National Association of Attorneys General and the Attorney General Alliance, respectively.
«These events allowed AG Ford to discuss critical issues for Nevadans, such as human and sex trafficking, cybercrime and fraud and the opioid crisis,» Sadler added.
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The air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas March 19, 2020. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Before becoming attorney general, Ford served in the Nevada State Legislature, leading the chamber as majority leader from 2017-2019. Before that, he served as minority leader from 2015-2016 and as an assistant majority whip from 2013-2014.
Ford’s travel habits didn’t start off expensive. In 2019 and 2020, his travel outside of Nevada totaled less than $15,000 each year but increased significantly soon after. He spent $29,189 outside of Nevada in 2021 and then $52,630 in 2022.
While past attorneys general have also conducted out-of-state travel, Ford stands out when compared to his predecessor, Adam Laxalt, a Republican.
In his last year as AG, Laxalt spent under $5,000 out of state, less than 1% of his total expenses that year.
Ford’s Republican opponent, Gov. Joe Lombardo, reacted to the news via a statement from his campaign.
«Governor Joe Lombardo has delivered real results for Nevada: creating over 40,000 new jobs, driving billions in record economic investment, securing historic funding for education, expanding attainable housing and cutting hundreds of burdensome regulations , all while showing up every day to get the job done,» Halee Dobbins, spokeswoman for the Joe Lombardo Campaign, told Fox News Digital.
«While our state is moving in the right direction, Governor Lombardo is committed to building on this progress and continuing to improve the lives of all Nevadans. Meanwhile, while hardworking Nevada families are struggling, Part-Time Aaron Ford has spent 420 days on special interest-funded travel and collecting a taxpayer-funded salary. Aaron Ford’s record makes clear he’s focused on himself, not the people he was elected to serve.»
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Attorney General Aaron D. Ford (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Burke blasted Ford for failing to provide reasons for the travel expenses or contextualize his time away from the office.
«Now, as he faces legal jeopardy from the Nevada Commission on Ethics, he still refuses to be transparent with the people of our state about his outrageous travel spree. Ford has disgraced his office and made a mockery of public service; he has no business leading Nevada,» Burke said.
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Un juez bloqueó los planes de Donald Trump para construir un enorme y lujoso salón de baile en la Casa Blanca

Un juez federal prohibió este martes al presidente Donald Trump avanzar con la construcción del lujoso y controvertido salón de baile con capacidad para unas 600 personas en el Ala Este de la Casa Blanca y dijo que la obra debe contar con la autorización del Congreso.
«El Presidente de los Estados Unidos es el administrador de la Casa Blanca para las futuras generaciones de Primeras Familias. ¡Sin embargo, él no es el dueño!», señaló el juez Richard Leon en un escrito de 35 páginas.
La decisión es el primer revés significativo para los esfuerzos del presidente por rediseñar la Casa Blanca con su sello personal.
El juez, nombrado en su cargo por el ex presidente George W Bush, dijo que retrasaría la implementación de su fallo durante dos semanas para una posible apelación. Pero advirtió que «cualquier construcción sobre el suelo durante los próximos catorce días que no cumpla» con su sentencia «corre el riesgo de ser retirada».
«¡A menos que el Congreso bendiga este proyecto mediante autorización legal, la construcción debe detenerse!», escribió Leon, añadiendo que la «buena noticia» es que Trump y el Congreso pueden trabajar para autorizar el proyecto.
«El Presidente puede en cualquier momento acudir al Congreso para obtener autoridad expresa para construir un salón de baile y hacerlo con fondos privados. De hecho, el Congreso incluso podría elegir asignar fondos para el salón de baile, o al menos decidir que algún otro esquema de financiación es aceptable», añadió Leon.
«De cualquier manera, el Congreso conservará así su autoridad sobre la propiedad nacional y su supervisión sobre el gasto del Gobierno», escribió el juez. «Y el pueblo estadounidense se beneficiará de que las ramas del Gobierno ejerzan sus funciones constitucionalmente prescritas. ¡No está mal el resultado!»
La decisión sugiere que el juez Leon avala la demanda del National Trust for Historic Preservation, una organización sin ánimo de lucro creada por el Congreso para proteger los edificios históricos de Estados Unidos, que había criticado el proyecto.
Sin criticar personalmente al juez, Trump reaccionó al fallo en su red social: “El National Trust for Historic Preservation me demanda por un salón de baile que está dentro del presupuesto, adelantado a lo previsto, que se está construyendo sin costo para el contribuyente, y que será el mejor edificio de su tipo en cualquier parte del mundo”, señaló y criticó que esa organización no se enfoque en otras construcciones como el edificio de la Reserva Federal, entre otros.
Trump inició la construcción de un gran salón de baile permanente para reemplazar las carpas temporales que hoy se usan para eventos oficiales, una obra financiada con donaciones privadas y que aparentemente costará unos 400 millones de dólares.
Unas dos docenas de empresas tecnológicas, de criptomonedas y de defensa aportaron dinero para financiar la construcción. Un informe del grupo Public Citizen encontró que dos tercios de los donantes corporativos identificados públicamente habían recibido contratos gubernamentales, valorados colectivamente en más de 275.000 millones de dólares.
El presidente presenta al salón como una mejora funcional y estética para recepciones, alineada con necesidades logísticas modernas, pero tiene su sello inconfundible con columnas griegas y ornamentos dorados.
Pero la iniciativa despertó un fuerte rechazo entre arquitectos, historiadores y expertos en preservación, que advierten que una ampliación de ese tipo altera el equilibrio arquitectónico de la residencia presidencial, un símbolo nacional cuidadosamente intervenido a lo largo de los años.
Días atrás arquitectos consultados por The New York Times analizaron además varios errores como que la inmensa escalinata de ingreso no conducía a la entrada principal y otros detalles sorprendentes. El artículo comienza con un dibujo interactivo que señala lo que los arquitectos consideran numerosos fallos de diseño.
Advierten sobre «ventanas falsas en el lado norte», columnas que «bloquean la vista interior del salón de baile» y una zona de azotea «innecesariamente grande». También que “el pórtico es demasiado grande, sus escaleras no llevan a ninguna parte, sus columnas bloquearán las vistas desde el interior del salón de baile», decía el artículo.
Al día siguiente de publicada esa nota, Trump mostró casualmente a los periodistas a bordo del Air Force One una nueva ilustración del proyecto. «Acabamos de recibir esto de los arquitectos», dijo el presidente, mientras mostraba el diseño. Mágicamente la inmensa escalera que no conducía a ninguna parte había sido eliminada.
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