ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air Tuesday, per Walt Disney Company.

These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs. By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.

Zohran Mamdani pulls out of local ABC town hall over Jimmy Kimmel suspension www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Scoop: Colin Allred releases 2026 platform as Texas Senate race heats up Cost focused; backs repeal of Trump’s tariffs, lists bills he’ll champion if elected. Implied contrast for Dem primary (he’s facing James Talarico), explicitly hits Cornyn/Paxton. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer write a new letter to Trump: “it is now your obligation to meet with us directly to reach an agreement to keep the government open and address the Republican healthcare crisis.”

Significant comments from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on FCC chair Brendan Carr’s threat to ABC over Jimmy Kimmel. “That’s right out of Goodfellas. That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’” Cruz does the accent:

NEW: Senate rejects both parties' bills to avoid a shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain Dem bill goes down 47-45. GOP bill goes down 44-48. Both needed 60 votes to advance. Shutdown triggers at midnight on Sept. 30 if no deal. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Happening now: Senate is voting on the Democrats' short-term funding bill, which adds health care and other policies. This requires 60. It will fail. Then the Senate will vote on the House-passed GOP CR, which again takes 60. It is also expected to fail. Next steps: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NEW: Senate Republicans poke holes in the filibuster despite vowing to protect it New majority has pierced 60-vote rule to —Undo CA EV rule —Use budget trick to pass big bill —Confirm Trump nominees en bloc Legislative filibuster is still alive. But weaker today. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

NEW: Republican-led Senate votes to confirm 48 Trump nominees at once After triggering the "nuclear option" to change the rules and allow en bloc votes by a simple majority. A party-line vote of 51-47. And a very important new precedent for the Senate. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Karl Rove: ‘They’ Didn’t Kill Charlie Kirk “Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it. It is also an insult to his memory.” www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

House Democratic leaders issue a joint statement calling on FCC’s Brendan Carr to resign, labeling his actions a “corrupt abuse of power.”

Karl Rove: ‘They’ Didn’t Kill Charlie Kirk “Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it. It is also an insult to his memory.” www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

New: Democrats release competing funding bill as tensions grow over looming shutdown Standoff escalates two weeks before the deadline. Schumer: "Americans deserve better than more of the same failed Republican agenda." He wants to avoid a March redux. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

NEW: Democrats release their competing government funding legislation through Oct. 31 TEXT: democrats-appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su... 1-PAGE SUMMARY, via Dem appropriators:

Democrat wins special election for seat held by slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

I asked CMS chief Mehmet Oz if ACA subsidies need to be extended by Nov. 1 when premiums are locked in and open enrollment begins. “There's a lot of discussion right now around how to make the ACA work best for the American people... It's the topic that I personally think about the most.”

7-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton weighs in on the situation in Gaza to his ~40 million Instagram followers.

NEW: House Republicans release bill to keep government funded through Nov. 21 Democrats say it ignores their priorities and invites a shutdown. GOP leaders hope to pass it in the House this week and dare Senate Dems to filibuster it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

DURBIN: "Let's be clear. Republicans are not Nazis and Democrats are not evil, as Mr. Patel has claimed. Democrats are not responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk and Republicans are not responsible for the murder of Melissa Hortman. Our political opponents are not our enemies."

AG Pam Bondi tells ABC News that “left-wing radicals” killed Charlie Kirk and “they will be held accountable.” She did not provide a motive for why killer Tyler Robinson did it. Pressed on whether he acted alone, she said it is an ongoing investigation. abcnews.go.com/US/attorney-...

NEW: Trump tells GOP to cut out Democrats on funding bill as Schumer warns of shutdown Rs eying a 7-week CR. Democrats say Rs must negotiate or won't get D votes. Dems haven't laid out their demands. Rs will dare them to filibuster the bill. Shutdown: Sept. 30. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Senate confirms Trump nominee Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve The vote is 48-47. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Tonight’s Capitol Hill sunset

Schumer on government funding: "Our position remains this: We want to keep the government open by engaging in bipartisan negotiation where we can address some of the grave harms Donald Trump has caused to our health care system and help Americans with the cost of living."

Important moment: Trump told Republicans to pass a CR and cut out Democrats, F&F on 9/12: “Don’t even bother dealing with them.” “We have to get Republican votes, that’s all,” Trump said. Told he’ll need 60 senators, Trump said “no.” (In fact, a CR does need 60 in the Senate.)

Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

“Experts urged caution in interpreting the engravings, citing a long history of shooters using misleading or ironic messages, often mixing politics and internet culture in ways that defy easy categorization.” www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Striking shift in tone here from Rep. Nancy Mace between Wednesday (when nothing was known about the shooter) and today (as more info is coming out).

Utah Governor Spencer Cox calls for "moral clarity." "I hear all the time that words are violence. Words are not violence. Violence is violence. There is one person responsible for what happened here. And that person is now in custody and will be charged soon, and will be held accountable."

Community note on X

SUSPECT ID’d: Tyler Robinson, early 20s, from Utah www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Remarkable statement from Gov. Spencer Cox on social media aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder: “There is a tremendous amount of disinformation.” He says there are “bots from Russia, China—all over the world—that are trying to instill disinformation.” “I would encourage you to ignore those.”

FBI Director Kash Patel stands alongside as Utah’s governor gives an update on the hunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer, who is still on the loose. They still don’t know the identity. Patel didn’t speak at the presser. None of them took questions.

🚨 John Thune just hit the nuclear button. The Senate is voting NOW on whether to change the rules and vote on nominees in blocs, rather than individually. The goal is to speed up Trump's nominees. It needs a simple majority to succeed.

🚨 DNC spokesperson: “This afternoon, there was a bomb threat to DNC HQ that was determined to not be credible by the U.S. Capitol Police. Out of an abundance of caution, Capitol Police is conducting an interior sweep of the building.“ 1/2

“At least two students have been wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Schumer to force a vote in the Senate compelling DOJ to release Epstein files www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

! Chuck Schumer just filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Justice Department to release the Epstein files within 30 days — same as the Massie/Khanna bill, per his office: “The Senate will now have to vote on releasing the Epstein files.”

Kamala Harris in her new book: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

'Very unhappy': Trump lashes out at Israel after military strike in Qatar www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

“Democrat James Walkinshaw has won Virginia’s deep-blue 11th Congressional District, NBC News projects” This was Gerry Connolly’s seat. The House margin will be 219 R, 213 D once he is sworn in. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

NEW: Democrats want a government funding fight. But they haven’t decided on a plan. Some Dems want a traditional appropriations path. Others want to make aggressive policy demands. Yet others say there can be no deal as long as Trump withholds money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Schumer says he met with Mamdani yesterday. “We had a good meeting. We know each other well, and we're going to keep talking.”

Steve Scalise punts when I ask if there's any possibility that expiring Obamacare subsidies get added to a government funding bill this month: "We're not at a point to discuss that," he says.

Speaker Johnson isn’t commenting on whether he’ll accept Jeffries’ picks for minority members on the J6 subcommittee: “I’m still trying to get my own nominees together. We haven’t looked at it yet.” (They are Swalwell, Crockett, Moskowitz.)

Speaker Johnson says he hasn’t seen the Trump/Epstein note and drawing released by the Oversight Committee. “I’ve heard about it. But no. And the White House says it’s not true,” he tells reporters.

Just rediscovered another Donald Trump signature — from a handwritten note he sent me in 2015.

Two different statements here on Susan Collins from two Maine Democrats in the conversation for her Senate seat:

A Senate appropriations markup slated for Thursday on the homeland security funding bill has been indefinitely postponed. Ranking Democrat on this subcommittee is Chris Murphy. While most Dems still want a deal, Murphy is adamant there won’t be one if Trump can disrupt it with rescissions.