Overview

• President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have asserted that Democrats want taxpayer-funded health care for undocumented immigrants in the spending talks.
• ABC News reports the Democratic push is to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, reverse recent Medicaid cuts, and restore access for certain lawfully present migrants who lost eligibility under Trump’s earlier bill.
• CNN’s Kaitlan Collins challenged Johnson on air, saying the Congressional Budget Office analysis does not support the GOP portrayal, while Johnson maintained his claim and told her to recheck the document.
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly rebuked Vance’s allegation on X, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the charge an outright lie, citing federal law.
• With the Oct. 1 deadline at hand, negotiations remain unresolved as Republicans tout a “clean” short-term funding bill and Democrats reject what they describe as a partisan approach.