The mysterious military meeting at Quantico |
President Donald Trump had a simple message for top military leaders: Agree with him or you're fired. The comments came Tuesday during a 72-minute address to a packed meeting of commanders in Quantico, Virginia for a meeting that was hastily put together last week. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also told the country's military elite they had gone soft and that new reforms would weed political correctness from the world's most powerful armed forces. See what Trump and Hegseth said. |
A big price tag for the meeting: Defense experts said a meeting of this size often takes months to plan, rather than one week. The meeting itself could have been an email or conference call, several experts said. The pots of money commanders will draw from to book their Quantico trips are likely running low as the fiscal year ends. How the meeting came together. | President Donald Trump departs after addressing senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30, 2025. ANDREW HARNIK, POOL/AFP via Getty Images |
Government shutdown impasse |
A wide-scale government shutdown is on the horizon. President Donald Trump and top Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday were unable to reach an agreement to keep the federal government open following a private White House meeting. If funding expires at midnight on Oct. 1 – which appeared likely absent any unexpected breakthrough – a shutdown will start at 12:01 a.m. What happened at the private White House meeting. |
Readying layoffs: Trump told reporters Tuesday that he may lay off "a lot" of federal workers in a looming federal shutdown. The White House Office of Management and Budget had asked agencies for plans to lay off workers rather than simply furlough them, as in past shutdowns. Trump is putting the blame on Democrats. |
Will there be peace in Gaza? |
President Donald Trump said Hamas has "about three or four days" to respond to his peace plan to end the war in Gaza. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the peace plan during a White House event on Monday, which includes calls for the war to "immediately end," hostages in Gaza to be released within 72 hours, and that Gaza would be redeveloped, with the option for Palestinians who want to remain in the country to stay. Trump warned "it's going to be a very sad end" if Hamas rejects the deal. | | A 79-year-old California car wash owner and a US citizen are among those seeking millions from the government after agents tackled him to the ground. | | Jimmy Kimmel isn't holding back after Vice President JD Vance said the comedian's late-night show was briefly off the air because he's "not funny." | | | | The Supreme Court is considering whether to take up convicted Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal. What happens next? | | | | Thomas Jacob Sanford is the suspect in the Michigan LDS church shooting. His political beliefs are not clear but he had a Trump sign in his year. | | | | As Republicans and Democrats clash over a funding bill, a partial government shutdown looms Oct. 1. Here's what happens during a shutdown. | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | |
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