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Another shutdown. I'm Deborah Valentine, Fox News. A partial government shutdown's underway despite the Senate passing a spending deal Democrats and President Trump had agreed to earlier this week. Fox's Chad Pergram explains from Capitol Hill.
It is a partial shutdown. That's because the Senate changed what the House passed last week. The Senate approved five spending bills, but Democrats insisted on holding up the DHS bill. They wanted changes at ICE. The Senate broke off the DHS bill and sent the rest of the package back to the House. That triggers a shutdown until at least Monday night. Now, House Speaker Mike Johnson implored Republicans to vote yes on Monday. That would end the shutdown after 70 hours. But DHS is only funded for two weeks.
It's unclear how many House members will support the revised package. The spending package also includes funding for the Department of State, Health and Human Services, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, among others. President Trump picks a new nominee to head the Federal Reserve.
President Trump nominating his new Fed chair, former Fed Governor Kevin Walsh, without a commitment to cut interest rates, despite the pressure campaign to do just that on his soon-to-be predecessor, Jerome Powell. I don't want to ask him that question. I think it's inappropriate, probably. Probably would be allowed, but I want to keep it nice and pure. But he certainly wants to cut rates. I've been watching him for a long time. Warsh got the job despite his own hawkish history of rate hikes in the wake of the 2008 housing crisis. The president says it shouldn't be a problem. Getting Warsh into position got one vote harder with Republican Senator Tom Tillis withholding his support, saying, quote, the Department of Justice continues to pursue a criminal investigation that no reasonable person could construe as possessing criminal intent.
Fox's Jackie Heinrich reporting from the White House. Current chair Jerome Powell's term expires May 15th. America's listening to Fox News.
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Thousands taking to the streets of Minneapolis to protest immigration operations in the city following the killing of Alex Pretty by federal agents. Fox's Brooke Taylor has the details.
Thousands of anti-ice protesters hit the streets today so that weather didn't stop them. The national shutdown called for no shopping, no work. And no going to school. Over 2,000 people just filled up the streets here in the downtown area. So they followed that message loud and clear. I wanted to see who's backing these protests. So we checked out the national shutdown website. Hundreds of groups supported. I'll give you a few here. Somali Student Association at University of Minnesota. Community Movement Builders and the Palestinian Youth Movement.
Democratic lawmakers have called for reforms to ICE in the wake of the shooting, including a mask ban for agents and an end to roving patrol operations in cities. The migrant that crossed into the U.S. illegally being convicted of killing nursing student Lakin Riley in February of 2024 is seeking a new trial in Athens, Georgia. Fox's Jonathan Ceres in Atlanta with the latest.
Jose Ibarra is requesting a new trial from the very judge who sentenced him to life without parole. In his original trial, Ibarra had waived his right to a jury and Judge Patrick Haggard found him guilty of murdering Lakin Riley. The Georgia nursing student was attacked while jogging in February of that year. Ibarra's new lawyers argue his constitutional rights were violated when the judge allowed cell phone evidence the defense had tried to exclude. They also say the trial schedule failed to allow a defense expert enough time to properly review key DNA evidence in the case.
The Venezuelan national crossed into the U.S.
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