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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 8: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate Chamber on November 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Today marks Day 39th day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Majority Leader Thune: Senate will remain in session until the government is reopened

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that the United States Senate will remain in session until a deal is struck to reopen the government as it reaches day 39.

Vivek Ramaswamy attends Charity Day 2025 Hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund at BGC Group on September 11, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald) / U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on stage to deliver remarks during the America Business Forum at the Kaseya Center on November 05, 2025 in Miami, Florida. The forum brings together global leaders, cultural figures and innovators from various sectors for discussions on business, technology and social development. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump backs Ramaswamy for Ohio Governor — ‘something SPECIAL’

President Donald Trump has officially endorsed former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio governor race.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by members of the pharmaceutical industry and administration officials, takes questions from reporters as he delivers remarks on lowering drug prices in the Oval Office at the White House on November 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that his administration has reached agreements with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that would lower the price of some GLP-1 weight loss medications. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump: Obamacare money should ‘BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE’

As the government shutdown drags on, President Donald Trump has suggested that Republicans redirect Affordable Care Act funds directly to individuals.

(L) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters during a news conference on November 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The record for longest shutdown in the U.S. Government was broken Wednesday as it entered its 36th day. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images) / (Background) US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, speaks to reporters on day 37 of the government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 6, 2025. US officials said the scheduled capacity for flights would be cut by 10 percent in 40 busy air traffic areas nationwide starting on November 7 as the longest government shutdown drags on. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress failed to approve funding past September 30, with some 1.4 million federal workers, from air traffic controllers to park wardens, still on enforced leave or working without pay. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Thune rejects Democrats’ ‘tone-deaf’ Obamacare proposal for ending govt. shutdown as ‘Non-Starter’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected a Democrat proposal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, dismissing a one-year extension of Obamacare premium tax credits in exchange for reopening the government as a “non-starter” that “doesn’t even get close.”

(Background) US President Donald Trump listens to US Vice President JD Vance speak during a dinner with Central Asian leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban in the Cabinet Room of the White House on November 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Report: Rubio reiterates intention not to pursue GOP nomination in 2028, pointing to Vance while expressing strong support

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confided privately that he believes Vice President JD Vance is the clear frontrunner for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination if Vance chooses to run—adding that he would fully support him.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JULY 22: Marlo Ramirez carries slabs of beef to be prepared for a customer in a grocery store on July 22, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Beef prices are hitting records, rising almost 9% since January, according to the Department of Agriculture. Industry experts say the increase in prices are due in part to drought conditions across the country that have caused herds to shrink, while the demand for beef continues to increase. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump announces DOJ investigation into meat-packing companies, accusing them of artificially inflating beef prices

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch an investigation into the United States’ top meat-packing companies, accusing them of engaging in “collusion, price fixing, and price manipulation” to artificially inflate the price of beef.