NEW: Trump headlines Arizona memorial service for Charlie Kirk at packed stadium -- by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

MSNBC and 2 amazing reporters broke this one today: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Amid SNAP cutbacks, USDA announces tonight termination of the Household Food Security Reports which for 30 years have shown how many people w/ "access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members." Last one I can find is Sept 2024 and showed 13.5% food insecure.

Dem leaders earlier today demanded a meeting about the looming shutdown; Trump tonight: "I will, but they don't care about crime. They want to keep men in women sports. They want all this stuff.... I'd love to meet with them, but I don't think it's going to have an Impact."

I know y'all like a Cory Booker sighting.

Trump administration again asks US Supreme Court to end protections for Venezuelans www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

BREAKING: Chance of government shutdown rises as US Senate fails to advance spending bill -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/chan...

The US Senate has failed to advance the Democratic alternative to avert a shutdown, 47-25--60 votes were needed to move forward. Now they are voting on the GOP bill which will not pass either. And then what, we don't know, except the House just announced it won't come back until Oct. 1.

The kind of news you really actually would rather not share but here we are.

BREAKING: GOP bill averting shutdown passed by US House, but expected to falter in Senate -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-...

HOUSE VOTES ON AVERTING SHUTDOWN: The US House will vote shortly on a GOP bill that would extend government funding until Nov. 21. Dems are opposed because it does not include an extension of ACA premium subsidies and there were no negotiations per Trump order. Watch: www.youtube.com/USHouseClerk...

‘Vile’, ‘corrosive’, ‘toxic’ … and unquittable. Colorado’s members of Congress on how social media impacts their work and American society www.cpr.org/2025/09/19/c... #copolitics

SHUTDOWN DEVELOPMENTS COMING TODAY: House will vote on GOP bill. If it passes, the Senate votes on a Dem bill and the GOP bill, neither likely to get 60 votes. Then it appears Senate goes home until the 29th. Deadline to avert a shutdown=midnight Sept. 30. Watch for our @statesnewsroom.com story.

Iowa state Sen. Claire Celsi enters hospice care iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-...

Schumer says the Senate will vote tomorrow on Republicans' seven-week stopgap government funding bill as well as Democrats proposal, which includes health care provisions. Neither is likely to have the 60 votes needed to advance.

NEW: Decline in K-12 national reading, math, science scores probed by US Senate panel -- by Shauneen Mirand for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/decl...

JUST NOW: Big batch of Trump nominees moves through US Senate after Republicans change rules -- by @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/big-...

‘Crumbled like a house of cards’: Judge slams DOJ claims about deporting migrant children -- by @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/crum...

DACA recipients swept up in Trump mass deportation campaign, advocates report -- by @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/daca...

TRUMP AT THE SUPREME COURT YET AGAIN: Trump asks US Supreme Court to permit firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook -- by @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

THREAD: What happened in the states when the NIH grants related to DEI were canceled under a Trump administration decision affirmed by the Supreme Court? Take a look, from @statesnewsroom.com

NEW THIS MORNING: US rolls toward a 'terrible' government shutdown, no exit ramp in sight @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-r...

NEW: Protesters rally against $12B cut to education in Trump plan, US House bill -- by Shauneen Miranda for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/prot...

TOLD TO APPROVE VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS MINUS DATA OR RESEARCH: Former CDC chief says she was fired for resisting RFK Jr. orders on vaccines @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...

Sen. Cassidy tells us not forming any conclusions until after a hearing with HHS Sec. Kennedy. “I am steadfastly not judging until we have a chance to hear the Secretary's perspective.”

A THREAD: Employee terminations across the nation following the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Back in August, the @statesnewsroom.com DC Bureau's @jennifershutt.bsky.social covered a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on cuts at NIH that hit medical research funding connected to DEI. Read this page to see how that decision played out in the states: www.newsfromthestates.com/tags/nih-ser...

Our @jennifershutt.bsky.social is at the Senate HELP hearing today w/ousted CDC Director Monarez; story coming later

Sen Tammy Baldwin called for legislation she and Shaheen introduced earlier this year that would make the enhanced premium tax credits permanent to be included in the stopgap government funding bill. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

THE BIG STICKING POINT IN THE SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN: US Senate Dems push GOP for extension of expiring health care subsidies --from @statesnewsroom.com DC Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

The CR just released includes an "additional $30 million for the U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for the safety of federal judges and courthouses, as well as $28 million “for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices," our @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports

BREAKING--US HOUSE GOP RELEASES SEVEN-WEEK SPENDING BILL: Government shutdown looms Oct. 1 as Congress struggles with stopgap spending plan -- by @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gove...

The continuing resolution arrives.

TRUMP LOSS LIKELY TO GO TO SCOTUS: Appeals court says Trump can’t remove Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook -- by @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/appe...

TRUMP FOUND TO WITHHOLD FEMA $: The finding is the sixth time this year the GAO has determined the Trump administration violated the Impoundment Control Act, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/watc...

NEW: U.S. Education Department boosts funds for HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools -- from Shauneen Miranda for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-e...

"SPINELESS": Maryland Sen Chris Van Hollen in Iowa criticized NY Dems for not supporting NYC mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani.“That kind of spineless politics is what people are sick of,” Van Hollen said. “They need to get behind him and get behind him now.” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/van-...

The incident was like many on the streets of Washington since Aug. 11, when President Trump declared a crime emergency in the District of Columbia: A detainee is taken away by federal agents, often with local law enforcement standing by, and with little information provided to the public.

Trump administration sued for using Ghana as ‘end-run’ around deportation protections www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Appeals ruling threatens routine care access for Medicaid enrollees at Planned Parenthood www.newsfromthestates.com/article/appe...

Authorities have identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. https://to.pbs.org/3K3ekHE

BREAKING from @jennifershutt.bsky.social: Appeals court allows provision freezing Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

Trump commemorates Charlie Kirk alongside 9/11 victims www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump Education Department to divert grants from colleges serving students of color, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com:

Southern University in Louisiana orders campus lockdown after ‘potential threat’ lailluminator.com/2025/09/11/s...

Potential threats force historically Black Va. universities to lockdown virginiamercury.com/briefs/poten...

Manhunt for Charlie Kirk shooter continues; rifle found, FBI says utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/11/m...

Schumer on Oct. 1 govt funding deadline: "Democrats position is clear and we are united. Republicans have to come meet us with a true bipartisan negotiation to satisfy the American people’s needs on health care and lower people’s costs. Without that, they won’t get our votes."

US Senate votes down measure to force release of Epstein files. @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Speaking at 9/11 memorial, Trump suggests he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk Presidential Medal of Freedom.