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Schumer to support GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Updated 6:41 PM CDT, March 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats under pressure to impose limits on the Trump administration.

Schumer told Democrats privately during a spirited closed-door lunch and then made public remarks ahead of voting Friday, which will be hours before the midnight deadline to keep government running. The New York senator said as bad as the GOP bill is, a shutdown would be worse, giving President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk “carte blanche” as they tear through the government.

“Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon,” Schumer said. “For Donald Trump, a shutdown would be a gift. It would be the best distraction he could ask for from his awful agenda.”

The move by Schumer brings a potential resolution to what has been a dayslong standoff. Senate Democrats have mounted a last-ditch protest over the package, which already passed the House but without slapping any limits they were demanding on Trump and billionaire Musk’s efforts to gut federal operations. ...

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White House allegedly asked for updates on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil: Attorney

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Mahmoud Khalil said that he overheard federal agents detaining him say that the White House was asking for an update on his arrest, his attorney alleges.
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Over 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

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More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclude white and Asian American students
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Trump, addressing DOJ attorneys, says that those who fight him in court are 'scum'

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President Trump made a rare visit to DOJ headquarters Friday, where he addressed many of the lawyers tasked with defending his policies across more than 120 lawsuits.
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Alan Simpson, former Wyoming senator, dies at 93

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Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming died Friday at the age of 93. Simpson was from a bygone era: A conservative who supported gay rights and said abortion was so personal men shouldn't even have a vote on it.
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Reporter's notebook: Are Trump's sweeping firings an abuse of power?

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The government must follow certain rules. Not lying is one of them. Two federal judges sent that message to the Trump administration this week when they ordered it to rehire employees fired for what the administration said was poor performance. John Dickerson has more.
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Trump makes rare visit to Justice Department headquarters

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President Trump visited the headquarters of the Justice Department Friday, where he addressed employees in a campaign-style speech. The address comes amid a purge that's accelerated inside the Justice Department, in which prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases and Trump investigations have been fired. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Successful launch in mission to get NASA astronauts on ISS back to Earth

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NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the return of a pair of astronauts.
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Rubio boots South African ambassador from US: 'persona non grata'

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said South Africa's ambassador to the U.S. was no longer welcome in the country, while calling him a "race-baiting" politician who hates America and President Donald Trump after he said the commander-in-chief is leading a global White supremacist movement.

On Thursday, South African Ambassador Embrahim Rasool addressed the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in Johannesburg while explaining Trump's opposition to his country's expropriation law and its anti-Israel stances.

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President Trump comforts mother whose son died of fentanyl poisoning: ‘Up there watching you’

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Speaking at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Friday, President Donald Trump comforted a mother whose son died from fentanyl poisoning, telling her, "He’s up there watching you" and "he’s so proud of mom."

Trump highlighted the profound impact of fentanyl poisoning on U.S. citizens, saying during his speech that "more Americans died from fentanyl last year than died in the Korean War, or the Iraq War or the Afghanistan War. All of them combined."

He blamed President Joe Biden’s open border policies, the cartels and countries such as...
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SpaceX rocket launches as Butch and Suni prepare return

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The pair are due to begin their long delayed journey back to Earth two days after the new crew arrive.
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Watch: SpaceX launches rocket with crew to relieve stranded astronauts

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The spacecraft will arrive at the International Space Station this weekend and is meant to return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home.
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Trump calls for jailing his perceived opponents in Justice Department speech

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President Donald Trump defended his allies Friday while calling for his perceived political opponents to be jailed during a speech at the headquarters of the Justice Department — an agency that was prosecuting him just months ago.

Trump called U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who helped dismiss his classified documents case, a “brilliant” judge, while condemning “horrible human beings” whom he accused of disparaging Cannon.

“It’s totally illegal what they do. I just hope you can all watch for it, but it’s totally illegal, and it was so unfair...
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Shutdown averted after Schumer caves and backs Trump spending bill

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A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., helped Republicans defeat the filibuster.

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for a signature. The Senate earlier took a key procedural vote on a stopgap spending bill, which needed to meet a 60-vote threshold to move forward, also known as the legislative filibuster.

House Republicans passed the short-term bill, called a continuing resolution, earlier in the week. The...
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FBI investigating rise in swatting incidents after several conservatives targeted, Kash Patel says

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FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday revealed that the agency is investigating a recent spike in swatting incidents after several conservative media figures said they were targeted.

"I want to address the alarming rise in ‘Swatting’ incidents targeting media figures," Patel wrote Friday morning on his social media. "The FBI is aware of this dangerous trend, and my team and I are already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable."

The director stressed, "This isn’t about politics—weaponizing law enforcement against ANY...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: 'FBI's "Gotcha" Scheme'

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