Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Cabinet secretaries will decide government cuts when asked if Project 2025 is the "the blueprint for shrinking the government."

A counterproposal put forward by Senate Democrats also failed to advance, suggestinhg deep divisions in Congress. With both plans blocked, the shutdown is now expected to stretch into at least next week.

Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs in the coming days for federal workers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he was “confident” that California universities would reject federal attempts to condition educational funds, a day after the governor said he would block state funds to any California school that agreed to a White House compact in exchange for preferential funding treatment.

Senate Democrats and Republicans on Friday failed to pass competing bills to fund the government, extending the shutdown into next week. The measures were expected to fail. Shortly after the

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the selection of Bad Bunny after outcry from MAGA conservatives. The White House

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House next week, it was announced on Friday. The meeting comes ahead of a review of a free trade agreement and as Trump is engaging in 51st state talk again as Canada asks to be included in Trump’s future Golden Dome missile defense program.

USA Rare Earth shares jumped more than 18% to scale a record high on Friday, after a report that the mining company's CEO Barbara Humpton said it was in close discussions with the White House.