Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Minority leader Jeffries says that Republican short-term funding bill is an ‘immoral assault on health care’<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters today, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, said that Democrats \u201chave drawn a line in the sand\u201d when it comes to the Republican-written short term spending bill, that extends government funding until 21 November.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an immoral assault on the health care of the American people,\u201d Jeffries said. \u201cThe legislation that they put before the House, and now the Senate, in a take-it-or-leave-it fashion, is just a continuation of a dirty spending bill that we did not support in March.\u201d<\/p>\n Democrats in both chambers remain resolute that any funding extension needs to include several healthcare provisions to mitigate, they say, the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act \u2013 which Trump signed into law earlier this year.<\/p>\n \u201cHe [Trump] doesn\u2019t want to discuss the Republican health care crisis,\u201d Jeffries said of the president\u2019s decision to cancel a scheduled meeting with himself and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer. \u201cThey\u2019re running scared. They have no defensible position, and that\u2019s why, unfortunately, they\u2019re marching us to a government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters at the US Capitol. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n One note about JD Vance\u2019s speech: he did acknowledge that detainees at the Ice facility comprised the fatalities and casualties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cJust because we don\u2019t support illegal aliens, we don\u2019t want them to be executed by violent assassins engaged in political violence, either. So we\u2019re praying both for our Ice agents, but also for everybody who\u2019s affected by this terrible attack,\u201d the vice-president said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.23 EDT<\/p>\n House Democratic leadership says political violence has reached ‘breaking point’ following Dallas Ice facility shooting<\/p>\n Top Democrats in the House have issued a statement following the killing of two detainees at the Ice field office in Dallas, Texas. Another detainee is in critical condition.<\/p>\n \u201cOur prayers and deepest condolences are with the families of those killed,\u201d said minority leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/strong>, whip Katherine Clark<\/strong> and caucus chair Pete Aguilar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n No one in America should be violently targeted, including our men and women in law enforcement who protect and serve our neighborhoods, and the immigrants who are too often the victims of dehumanizing rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n They added that political violence in the US has reached \u201cbreaking point\u201d<\/strong> this year. But said that the country needs \u201cleaders who bring the country together in moments of crisis\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.23 EDT<\/p>\n Vance blames Democrats for surge in political violence<\/p>\n Vice-president JD Vance has used his speech to take aim at Democratic lawmakers for political violence throughout the US.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at the political violence in our country over the last couple of months, the last couple of years, it is not a both sides problem. It is primarily on one side of the political aisle,\u201d Vance said, baselessly. \u201cIf we are going to truly go after the political violence in this country, we need the Democratic leadership of Washington DC to look in the mirror.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Vance added, following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, that lawmakers on the left need to start with \u201ccondemning the violence, instead of condemning something that Charlie Kirk said, that they disagreed with\u201d. He went on to claim, without evidence, that there is \u201can entire network of left wing organizations that encourage, that promote, and that apologize for violence\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Vance claims that ‘violent left-wing extremist’ was behind Ice facility shooting, despite no confirmation from law enforcement<\/p>\n While speaking in Concord, North Carolina today, vice-president JD Vance<\/strong> said that today\u2019s shooting at a Dallas Ice facility was carried out by \u201ca violent left-wing extremist\u201d who was \u201cpolitically motivated to go after law enforcement\u201d.<\/p>\n While the FBI has said that authorities recovered shell casings with \u201canti-Ice messaging\u201d near the shooter, officials say the investigation is ongoing. They have neither confirmed the motive behind today\u2019s shooting, nor corroborated Vance\u2019s claims about the shooter\u2019s ideological background. The FBI is investigating the incident as an \u201cact of targeted violence\u201d.<\/p>\n Vance said there was some evidence \u201cthat we have that\u2019s not yet public\u201d before repeating his claim that the shooter was targeting \u201cpeople who were enforcing our border\u201d.<\/p>\n Law enforcement officials today said that no federal agents were wounded in today\u2019s shooting, but two detainees were killed, and another is in critical condition. The shooter died from a self-inflicted gun wound, per DHS secretary Kristi Noem<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.23 EDT<\/p>\n Officials identify Dallas Ice facility shooter – report<\/p>\n The shooter who killed two detainees, and severely injured another, before taking his own life, has been identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, <\/strong>according to NBC News \u2013\u00a0who cited several senior law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) noted, in their statement on today\u2019s shooting, that this isn\u2019t the first time the Dallas field office was targeted this year.<\/p>\n In August, Bratton Dean Wilkinson, 36, arrived at facility\u2019s entrance and claimed to have a bomb in his backpack. Officials said that Wilkinson showed the security officer what he claimed to be a \u201cdetonator\u201d on his wrist. <\/strong><\/p>\n A shelter-in-place was issued for the field office, and Dallas police responded with a bomb squad. Wilkinson was later charged with making terroristic threats, per DHS.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing The state superintendent in Oklahoma<\/a> announced plans to put Turning Point USA chapters in every high school in the state,<\/strong> saying it would counter \u201cradical leftist teachers\u2019 unions\u201d and their \u201cwoke indoctrination\u201d.<\/p>\n After far-right activist Charlie Kirk<\/a> was killed on a college campus earlier this month, requests to start chapters of his conservative youth group, Turning Point, at colleges and high schools have surged, the organization has said.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is the first state where the government is getting involved to promote starting these chapters<\/strong>. In a press release Tuesday, Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma<\/a> superintendent, detailed how students could start a chapter of \u201cClub America\u201d, the organization\u2019s high school program, by gathering at least three students from the same school and completing a charter agreement. Then, Turning Point will help the club get a teacher sponsor and official recognition, and send materials like an \u201cactivism kit\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will be putting TPUSA on every high school campus in Oklahoma,\u201d Walter said in the press release. \u201cCharlie Kirk inspired a generation to love America, to speak boldly, and to never shy away from debate. Our kids must get involved and active. We will fight back against the liberal propaganda, pushed by the radical left, and the teachers unions. Our fight starts now.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Following the press conference, here’s what we know about the Dallas immigration facility shooting<\/p>\n Two detainees have been killed, with another in critical condition, after a shooting at an Ice field office near downtown Dallas.<\/strong> Dallas police chief Daniel Comeaux says that the FBI is investigating the incident as an act of targeted violence. The shooter died from a \u201cself-inflicted gun wound\u201d, according to DHS secretary Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n DHS say that no members of law enforcement were hurt in the attack.<\/strong> But Comeaux also said that officials would not releasing the identities of any victims at this time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n DHS officials say this<\/strong> was \u201can attack on ICE law enforcement\u201d. <\/strong>At both today\u2019s press conference and in a statement, law enforcement said that shell casings found near the shooter had \u201canti-Ice\u201d messaging on them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Earlier, Dallas police said that shots were fired \u201cfrom an adjacent building\u201d<\/strong>. DHS, later added that the shooter \u201cfired indiscriminately\u201d at the Ice facility, \u201cincluding at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Despite the fact that no federal agents were wounded in the shooting, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas called the attack an \u201cassassination\u201d.<\/strong> For her part, Noem said that \u201cthese horrendous killings must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.18 EDT<\/p>\n The 12-ft bronze statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands and prancing together that was erected<\/a> on the National Mall early on Tuesday has been taken down.<\/strong><\/p>\n The statue appeared courtesy of a group of anonymous artists that goes by The Secret Handshake, who said they received a permit from the National Park Service that allowed the statue to stay up until 8pm on 28 September.<\/p>\n A member of the group told the Guardian that despite this, it was removed in the early hours of Wednesday. They do not know the statue\u2019s whereabouts. \u201cThis is a literal example of the Trump administration<\/a> toppling free speech when it has been legally permitted and approved,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for United States Park Police told the Washingtonian<\/a> that the force assisted the National Park Service in removing the statue Wednesday at 5:30am, \u201cdue to it not being in compliance with the permit\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
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