Zitat:Trump’s Net Approval Rating on Handling Government Shutdown Hits New Low

President Donald Trump's net approval rating on handling the federal government shutdown has hit a new low, a poll from The Economist and YouGov shows this week. [...] This negative perception of Trump’s leadership during the shutdown could potentially have broader implications for the Republican Party, public trust in Washington and the upcoming 2026 midterm elections. [...]

Trump's approval rating on handling the ongoing shutdown is 31 percent versus a 58 percent disapproval rating. This is the lowest approval rating the president has received since the pollster began tracking last month, and the highest disapproval rating. Trump's net approval mark on the government stoppage is now -27.

Zitat:Ende des Shutdowns in Sicht? [...]

Im Haushaltsstreit in den USA ist auch am Samstag nach 39 Tagen eines teilweisen Stillstands der Regierungsgeschäfte keine Lösung erzielt worden. Der Senat will nun bei einer seltenen Sitzung am Sonntag (Ortszeit) einen neuen Versuch starten.

Zuvor hatte der Mehrheitsführer der Republikaner im Senat, John Thune, noch von einer positiven Wendung bei den parteiübergreifenden Gesprächen gesprochen. Man arbeite an Vereinbarungen, um die Regierung vorübergehend wieder zu öffnen.

Zitat:US-Militär in Bayern empfahl Truppe Gang zur Tafel

Im US-Haushaltsstreit ist der Sold für die Army in Deutschland eingefroren. Die Garnison in Bayern veröffentlichte daher eine Liste deutscher Essenseinrichtungen wie die Tafel. Und löschte den Hinweis fix wieder. [...]

Die Führung der Garnison in Bayern hat gegen die Finanznot von Truppe und Personal eine besondere Idee erdacht: Auf der Website der U.S. Army veröffentlichte die Garrison Bavaria eine Anleitung mit Tipps zum Umgang mit der Sperre – mitsamt einer Liste von deutschen Hilfsorganisationen, die Lebensmittel an Bedürftige verteilen: darunter die Tafel, Foodsharing, Essen für alle. Offenbar ist der Militärführung der Vorschlag nun doch nicht mehr geheuer. Nachdem die Newsplattform »Euronews« am Mittwoch über den beispiellosen Ratgeber berichtet hatte, wurde die Sammlung gelöscht.

(09.11.2025, 09:24)Schneemann schrieb: Unabhängig davon, ob das so stimmt oder nicht, ist der Flurschaden schon angerichtet. In den (a)sozialen Medien genießen es anti-amerikanische Kreise schon genüsslich, das Thema auszutreten, da es ja ein Zeichen für den "weiteren Abstieg der USA" sei, wenn deren Soldaten nun schon vom "guten" deutschen Michel durchgefüttert werden müssten. Und zugleich postulieren dann diese Schreiberlinge, vermutlich linke wie rechte Trolle, dass man sich wirkliche bzw. "echte" Partner suchen solle - wobei dann schnell Russen oder gar Chinesen ins Spiel gebracht werden...

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Zitat:Inside the negotiations that produced a deal to end the shutdown

After Republicans rejected a Democratic proposal to reopen the government, a small group of moderate Democrats met with Majority Leader John Thune on Friday, forging a path toward resolving the record-long shutdown, multiple sources familiar with the negotiations told CNN.

By Sunday evening, the cross-aisle talks opened between Thune and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Angus King and Tim Kaine had yielded a deal that eight Democrats broke ranks to advance. By Monday evening, the Senate had voted 60-40 to pass the measure, which now heads to the House before President Donald Trump – who’s signaled support — can sign anything. The government could now be reopened by the end of the week. What comes next is far less certain, with questions looming about the fallout for both parties as Democrats face internal recriminations and Republicans are forced to grapple with the political liabilities of rising health care premiums. [...]

It also came at a cost, with Trump and Republicans taking the brunt of the public blame for the shutdown, culminating in a brutal set of state-level electoral losses last week. Spooked by those results, Trump in recent days had begun urging Republicans to abandon their strategy and unilaterally open the government by eliminating the filibuster — an idea that proved deeply unpopular with GOP leaders and succeeded only in dividing his party.

Zitat: Pete Hegseth ließ die alten Schilder an zwei Eingängen des Pentagons entfernen und durch neue Bronzetafeln mit der Aufschrift „Department of War“ ersetzen. „Wir wollten die alten Schilder austauschen, weil wir jedem, der durch diese Tür kommt, zeigen wollen, dass wir es mit der Namensänderung dieser Organisation absolut ernst meinen“, sagte Hegseth.

Zitat:FBI concludes Trump shooter Thomas Crooks acted alone after unprecedented global investigation [...]

The FBI came to the conclusion that Butler, Pennsylvania, would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks acted alone — after a massive team doggedly pursued interviews with thousands of foreign and domestic individuals as part of an unprecedented global investigation into the 2024 shooting of President Donald Trump, the bureau told Fox News Digital as part of a lengthy, behind-the-curtain rundown of the probe.

FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and a senior official with direct involvement in the Butler, Pennsylvania, investigation sat down for an unprecedented interview with Fox News Digital for more than an hour Thursday afternoon at FBI Headquarters.

Zitat:Trump, Zohran Mamdani Praise ‘Productive’ White House Meeting [...]

President Donald Trump is meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office at 3 p.m. ET on Friday.

It is the first talk between the two leaders who have previously been deeply critical of each other, with Trump repeatedly, and incorrectly, labeling the socialist Democrat a "communist" and threatening to withhold federal funding from New York if he won. Meanwhile, Mamdani said in his victory speech that the U.S. was "a nation betrayed by Donald Trump." However, Trump on Friday said that he predicted a civil meeting with Mamdani today, telling Fox News Radio that they would “get along fine." Similarly, Mamdani has brushed off concerns he may be walking into a political ambush, similar to the one Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced in the White House in February. “I’ll be ready for whatever happens,” he told reporters Thursday.

Zitat:Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal

The judge postponed the impact of her decision until Dec. 11 to give the Trump administration time to appeal her decision. [...] U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb said that while Trump may be the commander in chief of the Guard, his power is constrained by federal laws that limit how those troops can be federalized and deployed, particularly in Washington, D.C., which is controlled by Congress. [...]

“The Court rejects Defendants’ fly-by assertion of constitutional power, finding that such a broad reading of the President’s Article II authority would erase Congress’s role in governing the District and its National Guard,” Cobb wrote in a 61-page ruling. The Biden-appointed judge also concluded that the Pentagon lacked authority to send 1,000 out-of-state National Guard troops into the district to assist with the law enforcement mission.

Zitat:My America, or leave it!

I’m madder than a bobcat with a burr in its butt about this whole renaming hooey with the Department of Defense! You heard right, folks—they’re finally calling it what it is: the Department of War! About darn time! For years, I’ve been screaming from the rooftops that we need to stop pussyfooting around with these namby-pamby names dreamed up by tofu-munching liberals in their Birkenstocks. “Department of Defense”? Sounds like a bunch of sissies hiding behind a picket fence, waiting for the bad guys to politely ask if they can invade. Hogwash!

Back in my day, we called a spade a spade and a war a war! Remember World War II? We didn’t “defend” against Hitler—we kicked his Nazi keister all the way back to Berlin! But oh no, after that, some pointy-headed bureaucrats decided we needed a kinder, gentler name so we wouldn’t scare the commies or the French. “Defense” my foot! That’s like calling your shotgun a “peace pipe” or your steak a “vegetable hug.” It’s all part of that globalist plot to turn America into a giant pillow fight. Well, I say bring on the Department of War! Let’s make it official: We’re here to win, not whine!