Today’s facts 09-30-2025
Today’s facts …
In a shutdown:
Museums, national parks, monuments close
Mail continues
Social Security and Medicare benefits continue
Active-duty troops, air traffic controllers, and federal law enforcement officers stay on the job; they are not paid until the shutdown ends
Some federal workers will be fired
Trump posted a racist deep fake video of Democratic leaders.
The sticking point of the government shutdown is the cost and availability of healthcare to Americans.
Trump has announced a future direct-to-consumer website for prescription drug purchases called TrumpRX.
Beloved — and once-bullied — librarian Mychel Threets is stepping in to lead Reading Rainbow.
Bad Bunny is a US citizen.
People born in Puerto Rico are US citizens.
There is not a war zone in Portland.
Artists do not pay to play at the Super Bowl halftime show.
From Hegseth’s military meeting today:
No more beards, shaving standards restored
New weight standards including the generals
An end to politically correct leadership in the US military
Loosening disciplinary rules
Weakening hazing protections
Immigrants make up between 32 to 40% of workers in US home care settings, 24% in residential care, and 21% in nursing facilities.
Democratic senators want to stop taxpayer reimbursements for Jan 6 rioters’ fines.
The 274 FBI agents who responded to the Capitol Jan. 6 were not agitators or insurrectionists.
Erika Kirk did not start a Christian dating app.
FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed replica pistols that are illegal under local gun laws and had to be destroyed.
YouTube will pay Trump $24.5 million for suspending his account after Jan. 6.
An ICE officer relieved of duties after pushing a woman to the ground is back at work.
No artists have refused to perform a planned tribute to Charlie Kirk at the 2026 Super Bowl.
Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels banned comedians for joking about the Nazi Party and Hitler.
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