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Trump blasts ‘weakened’ Schumer as Democrats again block GOP effort to reopen government
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A long weekend away from Washington, D.C., did little to soften Senate Democrats’ resolve as they again blocked an effort to reopen the government for an eighth time Tuesday.
The beginning of mass firings promised by the Trump administration and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought over the weekend also failed to sway Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
One pressure point was alleviated for both sides, however, with President Donald Trump’s directive to move money around at the Pentagon to pay military service members. Their paychecks are due Oct. 15.
Still, another payday, this time for Senate staffers, is fast approaching on Oct. 20.
SENATE SET FOR NEW VOTE TO END SHUTDOWN, BUT GRIDLOCK OVER OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES REMAINS
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at the U.S. Capitol after the Democratic Senate Policy Luncheon on Oct. 7, alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, as the government shutdown continues. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Both sides are still dug into the same positions that launched the shutdown earlier this month, too. Talks between the opposing factions are still ongoing but have not yet yielded a result that either side is ready to move on.
Senate Democrats want an extension to expiring Obamacare subsidies before the Nov. 1 open enrollment date, and they argue that unless Congress takes action, Americans that rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits will see their premiums skyrocket.
However, Trump appears unwilling to cave into Senate Democrats’ demands, and reupped Republicans’ argument that Democrats wanted to undo a total of $1.5 trillion in spending cuts from the «big, beautiful bill» and clawback of funding for NPR and PBS to give, in part, to illegal immigrants.
«I don’t want to bore you with the fact that Schumer said 100 times, ‘You should never close our government,’» Trump told reporters at the White House. «But Schumer is a weakened politician. I mean, he’s going to finish his career as a failed politician, as a failed politician. He’s allowed the radical left to take over the Democrat Party.»
SCHUMER’S SHUTDOWN SCHEME EXPLAINED: DEMS DOUBLE DOWN ON OBAMACARE CREDITS AS STANDOFF DRAGS ON
The Senate is leaving Washington for the weekend as Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Republicans work to gain more Democrat support for their plan to reopen the government. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Senate Republicans have said that they’re open to negotiating a deal on the subsidies, with reforms to the program only after the government reopens. And Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., for now, has no intention of straying from his plan to continue to bring the House Republicans’ short-term continuing resolution (CR) to the floor again and again.
«Democrats like to whine that Republicans aren’t negotiating, but negotiation, Mr. President, is what you do when each side has a list of demands and you need to meet in the middle,» Thune said on the Senate floor. «Republicans, as I and a lot of other people pointed out, haven’t put forward any demands. Only Democrats have made demands. And by the way, very expensive demands.»
Schumer noted on the Senate floor that every time Thune has put the GOP’s bill on the floor, it has failed.
«That means, like it or not, the Republican leader needs to work with Democrats in a bipartisan way to reopen the government, just as we did when we passed 13 CRs when I was majority leader,» he said.
The administration’s movement on reductions in force (RIFs) over the weekend, and the lingering threat that thousands of nonessential furloughed federal employees may not get back pay once the shutdown ends have not swayed Senate Democrats.
There were no surprises during the vote, either with most of the same Democratic caucus members, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Angus King, I-Maine, breaking ranks with Schumer to vote for the bill. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who has voted with Republicans on the same legilsation each time, did not vote Tuesday night.
GOVERNMENT LIMPS DEEPER INTO SHUTDOWN CRISIS WITH NO DEAL IN SIGHT
President Donald Trump said the government shutdown that took effect Oct. 1, 2025, would likely include mass layoffs and program cuts. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
«Donald Trump, come to the negotiating table,» Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said at a rally outside the OMB on Tuesday. «Bring down costs and prices and stop inflicting harm and terrorizing federal employees and the American people.»
While most action on Capitol Hill has ground to a halt as the shutdown continues — the House, for example, has been out of session for over three weeks — the Senate has moved on other legislation, including the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act and a massive package of Trump’s nominees.
Thune also teed up the defense spending bill for a vote on Thursday in a bid to jump start the appropriations process in the upper chamber. The House already passed its version of the bill, too.
The latest failed attempt comes on the 14th day of the shutdown and all but ensures that the closure will last into at least a third week.
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It also puts this shutdown, in particular, into historic territory. While the longest shutdown on record, from late 2018 to early 2019, was under Trump’s first term, it was only partial. A handful of appropriations bills had already passed at the time, including funding for the legislative branch and defense.
But the longest full shutdown happened over two decades earlier under former President Bill Clinton between late 1995 and early 1996. That shutdown lasted 21 days and was over a budget dispute between Clinton and then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
That particular dispute also led to two shutdowns in that fiscal year, the first in November and the second setting the 21-day record.
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Ráfagas de 167 km/h, vuelos cancelados y 86 heridos: las fotos y los videos más impactantes del temporal de viento en Cataluña
Un temporal de viento con ráfagas de hasta 160 km/h sacudió a Catauña y Barcelona, con destrozos, vuelos cancelados y 86 heridos, al menos dos de ellos en estado grave. El Gobierno catalán tuvo que aplicar medidas de emergencia: restringió la movilidad en las calles, cerró las escuelas y los parques y pidió que las empresas hagan teletrabajo.
«Viento extraordinario». Así fue cómo lo catalogaron las autoridades, que debieron atender más de 3.900 incidentes por el viento. Las ráfagas arrasaron con árboles, muros y hasta motos, que terminaron volcadas en la calle como fichas de dominó.
«En total, 86 personas requirieron asistencia sanitaria y 34 fueron trasladadas a diferentes centros hospitalarios. De estas, dos se encuentran en estado grave y una en estado crítico», indicó Protección Civil en un comunicado.
Al menos siete se encuentran en estado grave. El lesionado de mayor consideración es un voluntario de Protección Civil en Sant Boi de Llobregat, una localidad del área metropolitana de Barcelona. Además, hay un hombre internado luego de que le cayera parte del techo de una fábrica.
En el puerto de Barcelona el viento alcanzó los 105 km/h. Fue el récord histórico en el lugar. Allí las postales fueron de turistas y lugareños batallando contra las ráfagas y contra la arena. Gran parte de los heridos se vieron afectados por caídas de árboles o muros, según informó la Protección Civil catalana.
Peor la pasaron en Puig Sesolles (en la cima del Montseny), donde las ráfagas treparon a 167 km/h.
* Vent 105 km/h a Gràcia, Barcelona pic.twitter.com/ZZPiMBbYUb
— lutXana (@lutxana) February 12, 2026
Los fuertes vientos también provocaron la cancelación de al menos 101 vuelos y el desvío de otros 10 en el aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat, indicó el gestor de aeropuertos Aena, así como afectaciones en algunas carreteras y líneas ferroviarias.
Ante las previsiones metereológicas, las autoridades de esta región de ocho millones de habitantes enviaron un mensaje de alerta a los ciudadanos en la tarde del miércoles, avisando del peligro al día siguiente.
Igualmente, decidieron la suspensión de la actividad educativa y de la atención sanitaria no urgente, e instaron a restringir en lo posible la movilidad en la región hasta las 20 del jueves.
«Son ráfagas de viento muy importantes, con una virulencia extraordinaria. Es un episodio extraordinario», subrayó la responsable regional de Interior, Núria Parlon, este jueves en la radio catalana Rac 1.
Potser si tinguessim més cura de l’arbrat, amb podes regulars, reduiriem perill en episodis de vent, i no m’estarien tocant les branques al balcó. Barcelona. Poblenou. #VENTCAT pic.twitter.com/a4xreba6mq
— Assumpció Martinez (@martinezroges) February 12, 2026
También hubo consecuencias en la Ciudad Deportiva Joan Gamper, del FC Barcelona. Las fuertes rachas de viento derrumbaron un sector de la valla metálica que separa el centro de entrenamiento y la calle Francesc Macià de Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona), sin que nadie resultara herido.
De hecho, por las alertas de Protección Civil, el club Barcelona tuvo que adelantar su vuelo a la capital de España, donde este jueves enfrenta a Atlético de Madrid en la ida de las semifinales de la Copa del Rey.
Borrasca Nils, el fenómeno detrás de los destrozos en España, Francia y Portugal
Esta borrasca, bautizada Nils, la octava que barre la península ibérica desde que se inició el año, está afectando también a otros puntos de Portugal, Francia y España.
Así, el litoral vasco, en el norte español, se encontraba bajo aviso rojo -«peligro extraordinario»- de la agencia meteorológica nacional por vientos y oleaje, y amplias zonas costeras estaban bajo aviso naranja por los mismos motivos.
Las inundaciones provocaron el derrumbe parcial de un viaducto en la autopista Lisboa-Oporto en Portugal, así como la muerte de un camionero en Francia, donde varias zonas del suroeste se encontraban también bajo alerta roja.
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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.»
HOUSE DEM EXPLODES ON TOP TRUMP IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL, SAYS HE ‘BETTER HOPE’ FOR PARDON FROM PRESIDENT
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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