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(Background) US Vice President and Democratic nominee for President Kamala Harris speaks on September 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) / (R) Photo screenshot taken from the Weekly Show with Jon Stewart -- "VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats & the Fight Ahead."

Harris condemns Trump WH renovations, says Biden was ‘fully competent to serve’ second term despite previously calling his campaign ‘recklessness’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, the defeated Democrat candidate in the 2024 presidential election, went scorched earth on President Donald Trump’s ballroom renovations amid the government shutdown—while also walking back her earlier remarks about her former Commander-in-Chief boss.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 30: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, joined by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy (R) and members of the airline industry, speaks to reporters outside the White House on October 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Vance spoke following a roundtable discussion with members of the aviation industry and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on the impacts of the government shutdown. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

VP Vance: Holiday air travel ‘could be a disaster’ due to shutdown

Vice President JD Vance has warned that should the government shutdown continue, holiday air travel this year will be a “disaster.”

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters as he walks to his office in the U.S. Capitol on October 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The federal government shutdown has entered its 27th day. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea on October 29, 2025 in Japan. Trump is traveling to South Korea for the APEC meetings, following an appearance at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, and a trip to Japan, where he called on Japanese Emperor Naruhito and new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump to Senate Republicans: Go for ‘the nuclear option — get rid of the filibuster’

President Donald Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to initiate the “nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown reaches a full month.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 23: Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The shutdown enters its fourth week, becoming the second longest government shutdown in history. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

GOP anticipating ‘moderate’ Democrats to break ranks by backing plan to reopen govt.

Moderate Democrats have reportedly grown increasingly frustrated by their party’s leadership and may vote to end the government shutdown as tens of millions of Americans begin to lose out on social benefits.

N.Y. declares state of emergency as the Govt. shutdown threatens November SNAP benefits

New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency to financially support food banks as the government shutdown threatens the food aid program.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. For the second straight month, Powell announced a quarter-point cut to the federal funds rate, bringing rates down to a new range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fed cuts interest rates to lowest level in 3 years

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate to its lowest level in three years, lowering the federal funds rate target range by 0.25 percentage point to 3.75%–4.00%.