Overview

• A partial shutdown continues after a Senate stopgap failed to reach 60 votes, leaving roughly 750,000 federal workers unpaid and public services curtailed.
• Democrats say they will not back a stopgap without extending COVID-era ACA premium subsidies set to lapse on December 31, warning premiums for more than 20 million people could rise from about $888 to $1,904 a month.
• Trump posted a Truth Social meme calling Democrats “the party of hate, evil, and Satan” and shared AI-edited videos mocking Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, while the White House X account amplified the taunts with a sombrero image.
• Reporting notes Republican claims that Democrats seek government healthcare for unauthorized immigrants are false because such coverage is illegal.
• Trump said he will meet with OMB Director Russell Vought, linked to Project 2025, to recommend which agencies to cut and whether reductions should be temporary or permanent.