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Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government as Trump says Democrats ‘lost the negotiation’
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The government shutdown meandered into its 22nd day with no end in sight after a 12th GOP attempt to reopen the government was stalled and then blocked by Senate Democrats on Wednesday evening.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus kneecapped Republicans’ bid to reopen the government for the 12th time. The latest failed vote comes as Schumer has demanded another meeting with President Donald Trump and on the heels of an almost 24-hour filibuster by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore, that pushed the vote late into Wednesday.
During his marathon floor speech, which began at 6:23 pm on Tuesday, Merkley spoke on authoritarianism — what he called the Trump Administration’s overreach on immigration, separation of powers, and more.
«Republicans have shut down the government to continue the strategy of slashing Americans’ healthcare,» Merkley said, referring to the healthcare-centered debate holding up consideration of the government’s funding.
He concluded his remarks at 5:00 p.m. on Wed.
Little has changed in the upper chamber since the shutdown began. Schumer and the Senate Democratic caucus demand that there be a real, ironclad deal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, while Senate Republicans remain adamant that there is no path forward available on the matter until the government is reopened.
SCHUMER REQUESTS MEETING WITH TRUMP ‘ANY TIME, ANY PLACE’ AS DEMOCRAT STALEMATE DRAGS ON
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., steps away from reporters following a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
But what is old is new in a repeating cycle, and Schumer wants to meet with Trump again.
Schumer, speaking on behalf of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., requested another meeting with Trump ahead of the vote in a bid to go around Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and congressional Republicans to secure a deal.
There have been informal talks — more casual conversation than true negotiation — between Republicans and Democrats, but nothing has materialized that puts lawmakers any closer to solving the ongoing stalemate.
«Hakeem and I reached out to the president today and urged him to sit down and negotiate with us to resolve the healthcare crisis, address it and end the Trump shutdown,» Schumer said. «He should sit — the things get worse every day for the American people. He should sit down with us, negotiate in a serious way before he goes away.»
The last time the top congressional Democrats met with Trump came just a day before the climactic vote to avert a shutdown. Neither side walked away with a compromise, or agreement, to keep the lights on.
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President Donald Trump listens as Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a lunch with Republican senators on the Rose Garden patio at the White House in Washington, Oct. 21, 2025. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Fast-forward to the shutdown’s fourth week, and Trump signaled he’d speak with Schumer and Jeffries — only after the government is reopened.
«The government has to be open,» he said. «You know how long it will take for them to do that? Just say, ‘OK, government is open.’ That’s it. There is nothing — They’re not negotiating.»
«What they’re doing is saying they lost the negotiation,» Trump continued. «And when we got the great ‘big beautiful [bill]’ done, they lost the negotiation. Now they’re saying, ‘Well, we want to get some of the things we lost.’ But the problem is the things they lost are very bad for our country.»
Congressional Democrats’ initial demands, made in a counter-proposal to the House-passed continuing resolution (CR), called for a permanent extension to the enhanced Obamacare premium tax credits and guardrails on Trump’s ability to claw back congressionally approved funding, among other things.
SCHUMER’S SHUTDOWN SCHEME EXPLAINED: DEMS DOUBLE DOWN ON OBAMACARE CREDITS AS STANDOFF DRAGS ON
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pictured at the US Capitol in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
A White House official doubled down on Trump’s position and told Fox News Digital, «We will not have policy conversations while the Democrats are holding the American people hostage. Reopen the government.»
While Democrats desire more than just an extension to the COVID-19-era subsidy, they’ve made their primary argument all about the tax credits.
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Thune offered Senate Democrats a vote on the subsidies, but so far they have declined to take the leap and instead are holding out for a guaranteed outcome in the shutdown fight. However, that is unlikely to come as Republicans and the White House, so far, are equally dug in against Schumer’s demands.
«I think [Trump] wants the Democrats to take ‘yes’ for an answer,» Thune said. «We’ve offered them a lot of the things they were asking for — a normal appropriations process, an opportunity to get a vote on some of the things that they want to see voted on, with respect to the expiring Obamacare enhanced subsidies. But that can’t happen until we open up the government.»
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Tim Walz demands federal government ‘pay for what they broke’ after Homan announces Minnesota drawdown
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Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is demanding the federal government «pay for what they broke» after the Trump administration announced it would draw down its immigration enforcement presence in the Twin Cities.
During a news conference after Border Czar Tom Homan’s announcement that the administration would be ending its Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, Walz said federal law enforcement’s presence in the state was leaving «deep damage» and «generational trauma.»
«The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here,» said Walz. «There [is] going to be accountability on the things that happened, but one of the things is the incredible and immense costs that were borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible. You don’t get to break things and then just leave without doing something about it.
«So, we’re going to be asking the federal delegation to be investing and doing the things necessary.»
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Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to reporters after he announced he would not seek re-election at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 5, 2026. (Reuters/Tim Evans)
Walz, best known for being former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, has been at odds with the administration throughout much of the operation, which was meant to crack down on rampant fraud and abuse in the state.
Regarding the federal drawdown, Walz said, «We are cautiously optimistic … that this surge of untrained, aggressive federal agents are going to leave Minnesota, and I guess they’ll go wherever they’re going to go.
«The fact of the matter is they left us with deep damage, generational trauma. They left us with economic ruin in some cases. They left us with many unanswered questions: Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigations into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?
«So, while the federal government may move on to whatever next thing that they want to do, the State of Minnesota and our administration is unwaveringly focused on the recovery of what they did.»
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Anti-ICE protesters gathered in Minnesota Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Homan announced Thursday that the administration will conclude Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. Homan told reporters during a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal in Minneapolis that the operation succeeded in reducing public safety threats with «unprecedented levels of coordination» from state officials and local law enforcement.
«As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals,» Homan said. «I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.»
Homan said «a significant drawdown» of immigration agents was already underway and will continue through next week.
The border czar announced last week that 700 federal officers would leave Minnesota, though 2,000 officers will remain. He cited improved cooperation with jails and said a complete drawdown was the goal, but it was «contingent upon the end of illegal and threatening activities against ICE.»
ICE ARRESTS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES DURING SUPER BOWL WEEKEND AS AGENTS SAY HALFTIME SHOW ‘DEMONIZED’ THEM
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis Feb. 4, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
He said only a «small footprint of personnel» will remain for a period of time, while he will also remain on the ground to oversee the operation’s drawdown and success.
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«Additionally, federal government personnel assigned to conduct criminal investigations into the agitators, as well as the personnel assigned here for the fraud investigations, will remain in place until the work is done,» Homan said.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
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Netanyahu urges court to revoke Palestinians’ Israeli citizenship after convictions for violent crimes
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday asked a court to revoke the Israeli citizenship of two Palestinian men convicted of terrorism offenses.
The effort appears to be the first use of a law enacted three years ago allowing the revocation of citizenship and subsequent deportation of Palestinian citizens who were convicted of certain violent crimes such as terrorism and received financial support from the Palestinian Authority as a reward.
Netanyahu filed court documents arguing that the severity of the crimes, along with payments the men reportedly received from a Palestinian Authority fund, justify pulling their citizenship and expelling them from the Jewish State.
The prime minister has long claimed the fund rewards violence, including attacks on civilians.
TRUMP SAYS HE WOULD ‘ABSOLUTELY’ REVOKE CITIZENSHIP FROM NATURALIZED CRIMINALS — IF HE HAS THE AUTHORITY
Palestinian men are released from Israel’s Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
But Palestinian officials have contended that it is a safety net for the broad cross‑section of society with family members in Israeli detention. They also accused Netanyahu of focusing on the relatively small number of beneficiaries who carried out the attacks.
When the law passed, critics argued that it allowed Israel’s legal system to treat Jewish and Palestinian people differently. Civil rights groups said that basing a deportation law on Palestinian Authority payments effectively excluded Jewish Israelis, including settlers convicted of attacks against Palestinians, from the threat of losing their citizenship, as the statute targeted people of a certain race.
Netanyahu said this week that the government launched proceedings against the two men and that similar cases would be brought in the future.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked a court to revoke the Israeli citizenship of two Palestinian men convicted of terrorism offenses. (YAIR SAGI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli officials said Mohamad Ahmad, a citizen from Jerusalem, was convicted of «offenses that constitute an act of terrorism and receiving funds in connection with terrorism.» He allegedly received payment after he was sentenced in 2002 for a shooting attack and served 23 years before his release in 2024.
Mohammed Ahmad Hussein al-Halsi was sentenced in 2016 to 18 years behind bars for stabbing elderly women. He also allegedly received payments while in prison.
Ahmad would be deported immediately, while al-Halsi would be removed upon his release, as individuals are subject to removal to Gaza once their sentences are complete under the 2023 law, which applies to citizens or permanent residents convicted of «committing an act that constitutes a breach of loyalty to the State of Israel,» including terrorism.
When the law passed, critics argued that it allowed Israel’s legal system to treat Jewish and Palestinian people differently. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo)
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The general director of Israel’s Adalah legal center, Hassan Jabareen, called the move to use the law «a cynical propaganda move» by Netanyahu. He said stripping citizenship violated the most basic principles of the rule of law, including by acting against people who have completed prison sentences.
«The Israeli government is attempting to strip individuals of the very foundation through which all rights are protected, their nationality,» he said on Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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El secretario de Energía estadounidense, Chris Wright, llegó a Venezuela el miércoles para presionar en favor de una revisión más audaz de la industria energética, y con ello deja claro que Estados Unidos podría utilizar su posición de coloso económico para lograr sus objetivos.
Wright es uno de los funcionarios estadounidenses de más alto rango que visita Venezuela en casi 30 años, lo que refleja cómo se están estrechando los lazos entre ambos países después de que las fuerzas estadounidenses capturaron en enero al exlíder de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, y lo trasladaron por la fuerza a Estados Unidos.
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A pesar de que la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela aprobó el mes pasado cambios radicales en la legislación que regula la industria petrolera, Wright dijo que deseaba que el gobierno venezolano fuera mucho más lejos en la apertura de su economía a las empresas energéticas extranjeras. La presidenta de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, recibió al secretario de Energía de EE.UU., Chris Wright, en Caracas. (Foto: EFE)
“La idea es utilizar la influencia para impulsar el progreso”, declaró Wright a los periodistas en Caracas, la capital, el miércoles. Sobre la nueva ley energética, dijo: “Es un paso significativo en la dirección correcta, probablemente en mi opinión no lo suficientemente lejos y claro como para fomentar los grandes flujos de capital que les gustaría ver”.
Algunos gigantes petroleros estadounidenses, como Exxon Mobil, cuyas operaciones en Venezuela fueron nacionalizadas hace dos décadas, han expresado su escepticismo sobre la posibilidad de volver a Venezuela, con los argumentos de los riesgos legales y la posibilidad de agitación política.
Aunque reconoció que se podría hacer más para atraer inversiones estadounidenses a Venezuela, Wright subrayó que las empresas petroleras internacionales suelen arriesgarse a hacer negocios en países con un historial de agitación porque es allí donde a menudo se encuentra el petróleo. Citó la “avalancha de inversiones” que se espera que llegue a Libia, controlada por dos facciones rivales.
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Al comienzo de su visita de tres días, Wright se reunió con la sucesora de Maduro, la presidenta Delcy Rodríguez. Dijo que tenía previsto viajar con Rodríguez el jueves para ver de primera mano las operaciones de producción de petróleo.
Wright, exdirector ejecutivo de una empresa petrolera que está en el centro del auge de la fracturación hidráulica en Estados Unidos, valoró muy positivamente la voluntad de Rodríguez de introducir grandes cambios en la economía y el sistema político de Venezuela.
Dijo que Venezuela había realizado importantes esfuerzos para mejorar las condiciones económicas en las semanas transcurridas desde la captura de Maduro, quien presidió un desgarrador colapso económico. Además, Wright dijo que esperaba que Venezuela llegara a una transición hacia un sistema político más representativo.
Wright citó áreas en las que Venezuela podría progresar más para el desmantelamiento de su régimen autoritario y una alineación más estrecha con Estados Unidos, tras décadas de forjar alianzas con países que a menudo estaban enfrentados con Washington.
“Aquí todavía hay presos políticos en las cárceles”, dijo Wright, aludiendo a las cientos de personas que siguen detenidas tras la reciente liberación de otras. “Todavía tienen aquí relaciones con China, con Rusia, con Irán. Son cosas que hay que transicionar”.
La visita de Wright suscitó escepticismo en Caracas. Las fuerzas de seguridad abrieron el camino para que sus numerosos equipos de seguridad y comitiva recorrieran la ciudad, donde los murales siguen celebrando los vínculos de Venezuela con los dirigentes iraníes y cubanos.
Los cambios en Venezuela se están produciendo después de que Estados Unidos montara una campaña militar de meses de duración contra Maduro, que incluyó decenas de ataques mortales contra pequeñas embarcaciones que, según dijo el gobierno de Donald Trump, traficaban con drogas ilícitas. Trump ha advertido a Rodríguez que podría correr una suerte similar a la de Maduro si no coopera con Estados Unidos.
Después de reunirse con Rodríguez, ella y Wright respondieron brevemente a las preguntas de los periodistas fuera del palacio presidencial, una muestra de apertura inusual por parte de la nueva dirigente de Venezuela. Más tarde, Wright se reunió con periodistas extranjeros en el hotel JW Marriott.
“Una prensa libre”, dijo, “es una parte fundamental de una sociedad civil”.
*Simon Romero es corresponsal del Times en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe. Reside en Ciudad de México.
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