The progressive grassroots group MoveOn is calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from his powerful role after moderate Democrats joined with Republicans to work to end the government shutdown.
Why it matters: The falling-out, first shared with Axios, is the latest sign that Schumer's (D-N.Y.) popularity with the Democratic base is eroding.
Soaring beef prices took a bite out of Tyson Foods in its most recent quarter, but penny-pinching consumers flocked to chicken, offsetting red ink from red meat.
Why it matters: The meatpacking industry is taking heat from President Trump over the surging price of beef, which experts attribute to a record global shortage of cattle.
As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly battled Republicans over the government shutdown, he was privately cajoling a group of moderates not to fold before November.
Why it matters:Democrats are blaming Schumer (D-N.Y.) for not prolonging the shutdown. In reality, it could have been much shorter.
A federal judge overstepped by ordering the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court Monday in a new filing.
The big picture: The brief is the administration's latest effort to block the order to pay out full food assistance for roughly 42 million Americans, as the high-stakes legal battle continues.
Investors are rejoicing over what they see as an end to the government shutdown nearing — yet the positive vibes probably won't last for long.
Why it matters: A reopening would ease one pocket of worry for Wall Street, but swing attention to the others, like sky-high valuations and signs of an AI bubble.
Investors will also have to make sense soon of newly resumed government data, coming late at first and in some cases maybe not at all. (Just don't hold your breath for October CPI.)
President Trump on Sunday once again pitched the idea of sending $2,000 dividends to most Americans from tariff revenue.
The big picture: It's not clear who'd actually receive the money, but economists expect a tariff dividend could cost hundreds of billions of dollars, potentially more than the government actually collects in a year.
The Supreme Court on Monday took up a dispute over a Mississippi law allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day.
Why it matters: President Trump has spent the past five years railing against mail-in voting laws because he claims without evidence that they are part of the reason he lost the 2020 election. At least 28 states and the District of Columbia have similar ballot counting laws on their books.
Many congressional Democrats aren't on board with the Senate deal that could reopen the government after a historically long shutdown.
Why it matters: Many lawmakers, pundits and party leaders have suggested that Democrats folded in their standoff against Republicans and President Trump, giving in to fatigue and frustration.
It's been seven years since John McCain's death, but Arizona Republicans are still fighting over his legacy — and his daughter, Meghan McCain, has had enough.
What they're saying: "Keep sh**ting on my dead dad and continue to see how this turns out for you guys in Arizona," McCain posted Sunday on X in response to criticism of her father from Turning Point Action COO Tyler Bowyer.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday he is standing behind his Senate counterpart, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), despite a surge of grassroots anger towards the Senate leader.
Why it matters: Even many House Democrats are raging against Schumer for not stopping a group of centrist senators from voting to advance a deal to reopen the government.
Seven Senate Democrats and one independent broke ranks Sunday night, handing Republicans a 60–40 vote to advance a deal to end the record 40-day shutdown.
Why it matters: The vote allowed Republicans to break the impasse but infuriated other Democrats who had demanded a renewal of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits as part of any deal.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) expressed confidence Monday that the votes are there in the House to pass the Senate's funding package to reopen the government.
Why it matters: House lawmakers, who haven't been in session for over 50 days, will need to approve the measure to end the shutdown once it passes the Senate.
President Trump is meeting on Monday at the White House with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the White House said.
Why it matters: This is the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House and another key step in rebuilding U.S.-Syrian relations. It's particularly unusual given al-Sharaa is a former al-Qaeda commander who was until recently on the U.S. terrorism blacklist.
President Trump on Monday threatened to dock pay for air traffic controllers missing work during the government shutdown.
Why it matters: The air traffic control system, already strained before the government shutdown, faces more pressure as the record-breaking funding lapse continues.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a long-shot request that could have given the justices a chance to overturn the landmark decision recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
The big picture: The high court's rejection signals, for now, that same-sex marriage remains settled law.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave the Trump administration a 4pm ET Monday deadline to respond to an appeals court decision requiring that SNAP payments be issued in full.
The big picture: The 1st U.S Circuit Court of Appeals allowed an order requiring full SNAP benefits just a day after the Trump administration ordered states to "immediately undo" payments that had been processed.
Mark Wolf, who resigned Friday as a senior Reagan-appointed judge, accused President Trump of "using the law for partisan purposes" in a scathing op-ed that The Atlantic published Sunday.
The big picture: The Massachusetts federal judge, who served in the Department of Justice during the Ford administration, resigned on Friday — the same day that U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called on young lawyers to join the Trump administration's "war" against "rogue activist judges."
President Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 other allies accused of attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential election results, U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin said late Sunday.
The big picture: An undated document that Martin posted to his X account shows "full, complete and unconditional" pardons for Giuliani, John Eastman, ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Sidney Powell. But Politico notes that none of those named were facing federal charges and presidents have no power to pardon state crimes.
Enough Senate Democrats are poised to accept a deal to reopen the government without a concrete agreement to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies — but with the promise of a showdown vote on the assistance next month.
Why it matters: If a bill to temporarily fund the government passes this week, it would be a relief for much of the country buta major letdown for many Democrats who made ACA financial assistance a centerpiece of the shutdown fight.
The Trump administration wants to make Zohran Mamdani, the Uganda-born Muslim who'll be New York City's next mayor, the public face for its case against legal immigration.
Why it matters: Republicans aren't just making immigration tougher. They're also sowing fear that Mamdani's popularity will ripple through other American cities with big immigrant populations.
Democratic lawmakers and liberal grassroots groups erupted Sunday night as moderate Senate Democrats moved to cut a deal with Republicans that would put an end to the government shutdown.
Why it matters: The deal threatens to reopen the deep divisions that have been roiling the Democratic Party all year, and the widespread opposition to it among House Democrats could complicate its path to passage.
Why it matters: Democratic negotiators acknowledged that negotiations were going nowhere. In the end, fatigue and frustration triumphed over anger and anxiety at President Trump.
Eight Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Sunday night to move forward with a package that would reopen the federal government.
Why it matters: It's a critical procedural vote that serves as a clear sign that a bipartisan deal has been reached to fund agencies, eventually vote on health care subsidies, undo federal layoffs — and end the record-breaking shutdown.
Two top BBC leaders resigned Sunday following criticism over the way a documentary edited a speech by President Trump on Jan. 6 and other matters raised in a leaked internal memo.
Why it matters: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and others accused the public service broadcaster of dishonesty following the leak to the Telegraph of the memo that raised concerns about impartiality and called the edited Trump clip in the BBC "Panorama" documentary "misleading."
The deal reached in the Senate Sunday would reverse the mass firings initiated during the government shutdown — and guarantee backpay for furloughed government workers.
Why it matters: The provisions stymie the Trump White House effort to slash the federal workforce in the shutdown.
A handful of Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios.
Why it matters: It is the most significant movement toward a bipartisan breakthrough in the talks to reopen the government in over a month.
