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The Illinois Freedom Caucus said the short-term funding measure prevents Democrats from pushing through a larger spending package before the holidays and maintains current discretionary spending levels first set in 2023. #governmentshutdown

Those two concessions were as far as Republican leaders were willing to go to end the ongoing shutdown, which has lasted a record-long 40 days as Democrats held out over health care policy demands. #shutdown #funding #deal

Cheney, who served as the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush, was also a prominent figure in business and policy circles. #honors #buisness

Her campaign for county commissioner centers on three key priorities: improving infrastructure, expanding access to healthcare, and creating good-paying jobs for working families. #petitions

Organizers said the message behind the NO KINGS theme was a rejection of political corruption and unchecked power. #protest

During his tenure, Jones was known for championing education funding reform, expanding economic opportunities for working families, and advocating for historically underserved Black communities. #birthday

“Louisiana vs. Callais represents a generational threat to the kind of Black political power for which generations before us have fought and died,” Preston said in a statement. #voting

Bailey sharply criticized Gov. JB Pritzker, accusing the Democratic governor of failing to push for meaningful reform while Madigan was still in power. #reform

The messages, which have circulated online and in political circles, allegedly show Jones making threats of violence against a Republican lawmaker, including a reference to putting “two bullets to the head” and a claim that he would attend the lawmaker’s funeral to “piss on their graves.” #violence

According to dispatch records obtained by Fox News, Chicago’s chief of patrol allegedly directed officers not to respond when Border Patrol and ICE agents were surrounded and rammed by demonstrators during an anti-ICE operation. #police