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Rashida Tlaib, Michigan\u2019s Democratic representative, has criticized comments from Steve Bannon after the former White House aide said that Donald Trump<\/a> plans to run for a third term.<\/strong>
On Monday, Tlaib took to X and wrote<\/a>:
<\/path><\/svg>\u201cDespite what the Constitution says, Bannon vows Trump will be president for a third term. But they all start crying when we call them fascists. No way in hell we\u2019re going to let that happen.\u201d
While on his Asia tour, Trump told reporters on Monday that he \u201cwould love to do\u201d an unconstitutional third term but ruled out the option of running as a vice-president, saying \u201cBecause it\u2019s too cute.\u201d
Today brought news of another state kicking off partisan redistricting, the latest in the map wars brewing in legislatures across the country.
Donald Trump received a royal welcome in Japan as part of a five-day Asia trip, meeting with Japanese emperor Naruhito.
Here\u2019s what else happened today:
Trump left the door open to a third term<\/strong>, a constitutional impossibility, saying he \u201cwould love\u201d to do it but wouldn\u2019t use a vice presidential loophole, which he called \u201ctoo cute.\u201d \u201cAm I not ruling it out? I mean you\u2019ll have to tell me,\u201d he said in a gaggle on Monday.
Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib responded to Trump\u2019s refusal to rule out a third term: \u201cNo way in hell we\u2019re going to let that happen.\u201d<\/strong>
In other 2028 news, Gavin Newsom, California\u2019s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision<\/strong> on whether to run for president in 2028 once the 2026 midterm elections are over.
The head of America\u2019s largest federal workers union says it is time to end the government shutdown<\/strong>, now the second-longest in US history, as hundreds of thousands of employees miss another round of paychecks.
Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson blasted the chamber\u2019s Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries for his endorsement of Zohran Mamdani<\/strong> in the New York City mayor\u2019s race.
And speaking of that shutdown, Johnson was asked whether he would call lawmakers back to Washington.<\/strong> He said he was \u201cevaluating this day by day\u201d.
Indiana governor Mike Braun announced that he is calling a special session to consider redrawing congressional districts<\/strong> in the state, the latest state to work on its maps ahead of 2026.
As Republican states launch more redistricting efforts, Democrats in blue states are still deciding how or if they will respond. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is said to be headed to Illinois today<\/strong>, while in Virginia, the Democratic House speaker called a special session focused on redistricting<\/strong>.
As Tesla prepares for a board meeting next week where shareholders will vote on a proposed $1tn pay package for Elon Musk, the board chair told shareholders Musk could leave the company if he doesn\u2019t get the pay increase<\/strong>.
This blog has been paused for now, but may resume later today pending new developments.<\/em>
The Democratic National Committee said Indiana\u2019s decision to start mid-decade redistricting is part of Trump\u2019s plan to distract from the unpopularity of his Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the committee calls the \u201cbig ugly bill\u201d.
The committee also pointed to polling<\/a> that shows majorities of Americans, across the political spectrum, don\u2019t support gerrymandering and believe it is unfair.
DNC communications director Rosemary Boeglin said in a statement: \u201cDonald Trump is desperate to rig Indiana\u2019s map because he knows Republicans are at risk of losing their majority in the 2026 midterms, given how unpopular their agenda is. In Indiana, Trump\u2019s Big Ugly Bill kicks 290,000 families off their health insurance and pushes 12 rural hospitals to the brink of closure. Hoosiers should choose their congressional representatives, not have them hand-picked by DC Republican elites.\u201d
Rashida Tlaib, Michigan\u2019s Democratic representative, has criticized comments from Steve Bannon after the former White House aide said that Donald Trump<\/a> plans to run for a third term.<\/strong>
On Monday, Tlaib took to X and wrote<\/a>:
<\/path><\/svg>\u201cDespite what the Constitution says, Bannon vows Trump will be president for a third term. But they all start crying when we call them fascists. No way in hell we\u2019re going to let that happen.\u201d
While on his Asia tour, Trump told reporters on Monday that he \u201cwould love to do\u201d an unconstitutional third term but ruled out the option of running as a vice-president, saying \u201cBecause it\u2019s too cute.\u201d
The head of America\u2019s largest federal workers union says it is time to end the government shutdown<\/a>, now the second-longest in US history, as hundreds of thousands of employees miss another round of paychecks<\/a>.<\/strong>
Everett Kelley, who leads the American Federation of Government Employees representing more than 800,000 workers, avoided assigning blame to either party in the Monday morning letter but said lawmakers must stop playing politics and pass a stopgap funding measure to reopen the government, its closure now eclipsing the four-week mark.
\u201cBoth political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,\u201d Kelley wrote in the statement<\/a>. \u201cToday I\u2019m making mine: it\u2019s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship.\u201d NBC News first reported<\/a> the letter.
A \u201cclean\u201d continuing resolution is a temporary spending bill that keeps the government running at current funding levels without attaching other political demands. Republicans say they have offered that in their measure, but Democrats argue the bill shortchanges key services and are using their power in the Senate to push for a deal on health insurance subsidies<\/a> that expire at year\u2019s end.
For the full story, click here:<\/em>
At a press conference this morning, Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson blasted the chamber\u2019s Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries for his endorsement<\/a> of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor\u2019s race.<\/strong>
\u201cAfter a months-long pressure campaign from the far left, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries finally relented. He gave in, and he gave his endorsement to the socialist running to be mayor of New York City,\u201d Johnson said.
\u201cThe House Democrats have chosen a side they were forced to by that far left that they\u2019re so terrified of, and they\u2019ve shown the world what they really believe. There is no longer a place for centrist and moderates in their party.\u201d
Though Mamdani won the city\u2019s Democratic primary in June, Jeffries, who represents part of Brooklyn, waited until Friday to give his endorsement.
Johnson has repeatedly bashed the Democratic socialist Mamdani as a \u201cMarxist\u201d, and pressed the attack now that Jeffries had given the candidate his backing.
\u201cZohran Mamdani is expected to take the helm of one of the most important cities in the world and largest city in America, and he now has the full blessing of the Democrat leader in the House of Representatives. It is shocking, and that leader and all the other Democrats are going to co-own the consequences of what they do to America\u2019s largest city,\u201d the speaker said.
Johnson\u2019s comments came on the 27th day of a government shutdown that shows no signs of ending.<\/strong> He has kept the House of Representatives out of session for more than a month in a bid to pressure Senate Democrats into accepting a short-term funding bill that his chamber passed before going on recess.
Asked at his press conference when he would call lawmakers back to Washington, Johnson said he was \u201cevaluating this day by day\u201d<\/strong>, and added that Republicans are \u201care doing some of the most meaningful work of their careers\u201d while the House is out of session.
Amid the redistricting battles, one important point: Republicans control more state legislatures than Democrats.<\/strong>
As the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee puts it on their website<\/a> urging Democrats to redraw maps, Democrats wouldn\u2019t be able to win an \u201call-out, state-by-state battle on redistricting\u201d. Republicans legislative majorities oversee 55 Democratic congressional seats; Democratic majorities oversee 35 GOP districts.
The DLCC has called on Democrats to go through mid-cycle redistricting to fight against Republicans\u2019 efforts.
\u201cThe GOP\u2019s ploy to gerrymander itself into power ahead of the 2026 midterms continues to intensify across the country, with Indiana becoming the latest to join the ranks,\u201d campaign committee president Heather Williams said in a statement today. \u201cAs state Republicans\u2019 attacks on voters expand, Democrats must meet Republicans\u2019 might and fight back to preserve democracy. The DLCC has called on Democratic state leaders to use all immediate options to push back on Republicans \u2013 including mid-cycle redistricting \u2013 as we build more durable Democratic majorities. We must fund winning crucial battleground chambers to position Democrats for redistricting parity by the end of the decade.\u201d
As Republican states launch more redistricting efforts, Democrats in blue states are still deciding how or if they will respond.
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is said to be headed to Illinois today<\/strong> to meet with local leaders about redrawing the congressional maps. Punchbowl reports<\/a> that Jeffries will meet with the Illinois Legislative Black caucus and Black members of Congress, a nod to the fact that Black lawmakers will be needed to pass a new map.
Last week, the Illinois Senate Black caucus warned that it wouldn\u2019t support a new map if it dilutes the Black voting population, Punchbowl noted. There are three historically Black districts among Illinois\u2019s 17 congressional seats. Only three of the state\u2019s seats are held by Republicans.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, the Democratic House speaker called<\/a> a special session focused on redistricting<\/strong>, which could add two or three additional Democratic seats. The state\u2019s governor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, called the potential redrawing a \u201csham\u201d from Democrats who are \u201cdesperate for power any way they can get\u201d.
Indiana governor Mike Braun announced today that he is calling a special session to consider redrawing congressional districts in the state, the latest state to work on its maps ahead of 2026.<\/strong>
Indiana is one of several Republican-led states that the Trump administration<\/a> has pressured to undertake mid-decade redistricting to favor Republicans, which began with a push in Texas to redraw lines to add Republican seats.
California is considering a ballot measure to redraw its lines to favor Democrats, taken in response to Texas. Now, several other states, including Indiana, have cast their efforts at redistricting as a response to California.
\u201cI am calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair,\u201d Braun said in a statement this morning.
Republican state lawmakers in some states, including Indiana and Kansas, have pushed back on the idea of redistricting. But Braun has said, if the state doesn\u2019t redraw its maps, \u201cprobably, we\u2019ll have consequences of not working with the Trump administration as tightly as we should.\u201d
As Tesla prepares for a board meeting next week where shareholders will vote on a proposed $1<\/strong>tn pay package for Elon Musk, the board chair told shareholders Musk could leave the company if he doesn\u2019t get the pay increase.<\/strong>
Reuters reports<\/a> this morning that board chair Robyn Denholm wrote a letter to shareholders saying they should approve Musk\u2019s pay package because he is \u201ccritical\u201d to the electric vehicle company\u2019s success.
The contours of the pay package are intended to keep Musk at the company for another seven and a half years, she wrote. Tesla\u2019s board is close with Musk \u2013 a prior pay deal, in 2018, was recently struck down by a court because the board wasn\u2019t fully independent and the deal was improperly rewarded, according to Reuters.
\u201cWithout Elon, Tesla could lose significant value, as our company may no longer be valued for what we aim to become,\u201d Denholm wrote.
Musk said on the company earnings call last week that he wants to ensure he has control over a \u201crobot army\u201d, a reference to Optimus robots Tesla is building. The pay plan includes increasing Musk\u2019s shares in the company.
\u201cIf we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over that robot army?\u201d Musk said last week. \u201cI don\u2019t feel comfortable building that robot army if I don\u2019t have at least a strong influence.\u201d
Gavin Newsom<\/a>, California<\/a>\u2019s Democratic governor, told <\/a>CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once the 2026 midterm elections are over.<\/strong>
\u201cYeah, I\u2019d be lying otherwise,\u201d Newsom said in response to a question on whether he would give serious thought to a White House bid after the 2026 elections. \u201cI\u2019d just be lying. And I\u2019m not \u2013 I can\u2019t do that.\u201d
Newsom\u2019s term as governor ends in January 2027 and he is not able to run again due to term limits, but cautioned that a decision is years away.
\u201cFate will determine that,\u201d he said.
The California governor has emerged<\/a> as a<\/a> high-profile<\/a> critic<\/a> of the Trump administration<\/a> through his social media accounts and push of a ballot measure<\/a> that would increase Democrats\u2019 congressional seats in response to Republican redistricting efforts \u2013 a move that has made him a target for critics.
The staff supporting the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) were let go earlier this month in a sweeping round of layoffs that gutted entire departments of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/strong>
Most of the committee\u2019s working groups, which pore over data and help set the agendas, haven\u2019t met for months, and there was little communication from the staff even before they received reduction in force (RIF) notices during the US government shutdown.
The ACIP meeting planned for 22-23 October has been indefinitely postponed.
The changes mean the US government may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and they will likely affect the development and recommendation of new vaccines in the pipeline.
The ACIP made headlines in June when Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a>, the US health secretary, replaced all of the independent vaccine advisers with his own handpicked advisers, an unprecedented move.
Some of these advisers, as well as others added<\/a> in September, are vocal anti-vaccine activists. But the work of the committee isn\u2019t done only by the independent advisers; it is supported by CDC staff and outside experts on working groups.
The CDC staff provide logistical support and subject-matter expertise, and they make sure the committee follows rules and regulations.
British journalist Sami Hamdi<\/a> was reportedly detained on Sunday morning by federal immigration authorities at San Francisco<\/a> international airport, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) says that action is apparent retaliation for the Muslim political commentator<\/a>\u2019s criticism of Israel while touring the US.<\/strong>
A statement<\/a> from Cair said it was \u201ca blatant affront to free speech\u201d to detain Hamdi for criticizing Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza while he engaged on a speaking tour in the US. A Trump administration<\/a> official added in a separate statement that Hamdi is facing deportation.
\u201cOur attorneys and partners are working to address this injustice,\u201d Cair\u2019s statement said. The statement also called on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) \u201cto immediately account for and release Mr Hamdi\u201d, saying his only \u201c\u2018crime\u2019 is criticizing a foreign government\u201d that Cair accused of having \u201ccommitted genocide\u201d.
The press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, wrote of Hamdi in a social media post<\/a>: \u201cThis individual\u2019s visa was revoked, and he is in ICE custody pending removal\u201d.
McLaughlin\u2019s post also said: \u201cThose who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country.\u201d
During his tour, Hamdi spoke on Saturday at the annual gala for Cair\u2019s chapter in Sacramento. He was expected to speak on Sunday at the gala for the Florida chapter of Cair.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent celebrated Japan\u2019s Nikkei share average closing above the 50,000 level for the first time on Monday, in a meeting with Japanese finance minister Satsuki Katayama in Tokyo.<\/strong>
\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be here on the day it went over 50,000\u201d, Bessent told Katayama. \u201cCongratulations,\u201d he added.
\u201cI\u2019ve been coming since 1991,\u201d said Bessent, a former hedge fund manager known for having made hefty profits for betting against the yen in the 2010s.
Bessent arrived in Japan on Monday evening as part of the Asia tour of top US officials led by president Donald Trump<\/a> and met Katayama for the first time in person since she took office last week.
President Donald Trump<\/a> said on Monday he would rule out running for the vice-presidency in the 2028 US election, an approach some of his supporters have floated to allow the Republican president to serve an additional term in office.<\/strong>
\u201cI\u2019d be allowed to do that,\u201d Trump said, in an exchange with reporters aboard Air Force One.
But he added:
<\/path><\/svg>I wouldn\u2019t do that. I think it\u2019s too cute. Yeah, I would rule that out because it\u2019s too cute. I think the people wouldn\u2019t like that. It\u2019s too cute. It\u2019s not – it wouldn\u2019t be right.
No one may be elected to the US presidency a third time, according to the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution.
Some have suggested that one way around this prohibition would be for Trump to stand as vice-president, while another candidate stood for president and resigned, letting Trump again assume the presidency.
Opponents have disputed whether this would be legal.
The Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s military airtrikes<\/a> against boats off Venezuela\u2019s coast that the White House claims were being used for drug trafficking are \u201cextrajudicial killings\u201d, said Rand Paul<\/a>, the president\u2019s fellow Republican and US senator from Kentucky.<\/strong>
Paul\u2019s strong comments on the topic came on Sunday during an interview on Republican-friendly Fox News, three days after Donald Trump<\/a> publicly claimed he \u201ccan\u2019t imagine\u201d federal lawmakers would have \u201cany problem\u201d with the strikes when asked about seeking congressional approval for them.
US forces in recent weeks have carried out at least eight strikes against boats in the Caribbean off Venezuela<\/a>\u2019s coast, killing about 40 people that the Trump administration has<\/a> insisted<\/a> were involved in smuggling drugs.
Speaking with Fox News Sunday anchor Shannon Bream, Paul asserted that Congress has \u201cgotten no information\u201d on the campaign of strikes from Trump\u2019s administration \u2013 despite the president claiming the White House would be open to briefing the federal lawmakers about the offensive.
\u201cNo one said their name, no one said what evidence, no one said whether they\u2019re armed, and we\u2019ve had no evidence presented,\u201d Paul said of the targeted boats or those on board. He argued that the Trump administration\u2019s actions bring to mind the way China and Iran\u2019s repressive governments have previously executed drug smugglers.
\u201cThey summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public,\u201d Paul contended in his conversation with Bream. \u201cSo it\u2019s wrong.\u201d
Hello and welcome to the US politics<\/a> live blog. I\u2019m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.
We start with the news that president Donald Trump<\/a> received a royal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Chinese president Xi Jinping<\/strong>.
Trump, making his longest journey abroad since taking office in January, announced deals with four Southeast Asian countries during the first stop in Malaysia and is expected to meet Xi in South Korea on Thursday, Reuters reported.
Trump shook hands with officials on the tarmac and gave a few fist pumps, before his helicopter whisked him off for a scenic night tour of Tokyo. His motorcade was later seen entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he met Japanese emperor Naruhito.
Trump has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in exchange for respite from punishing import tariffs.
Japan\u2019s newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is hoping to further impress Trump with promises to purchase US pickup trucks, soybeans and gas, and announce an agreement on shipbuilding, sources with knowledge of the plans told Reuters.
Takaichi, who became Japan\u2019s first female premier last week, told Trump that strengthening their countries\u2019 alliance was her \u201ctop priority\u201d in a telephone call on Saturday.
Trump said he was looking forward to meeting Takaichi, a close ally of his late friend and golfing partner, former prime minister Shinzo Abe, adding: \u201cI think she\u2019s going to be great.\u201d
In other developments:
The US and China have agreed a framework for a trade deal just days before Donald Trump<\/a> and Chinese president Xi Jinping are due to meet.<\/strong> Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the agreement, forged on the sidelines of the Association of south-east Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Malaysia on Sunday, would remove the threat of the imposition of 100% tariffs on Chinese imports starting on 1 November and include \u201ca final deal\u201d on the sale of TikTok in the US.<\/a>
Trump has overseen the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the first day of an Asia tour.<\/strong> The US president arrived in Malaysia on Sunday before the Asean summit in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. At a ceasefire ceremony in front of a sign that read \u201cDelivering Peace\u201d, the Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, and his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, signed an expanded ceasefire deal related to a deadly five-day conflict in July<\/a>.
The council of American-Islamic relations (Cair) has accused the Trump administration<\/a> of a \u201cblatant affront to free speech\u201d after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist, Sami Hamdi, on Sunday.<\/strong> The Muslim civil rights organization claimed that Hamdi had been detained at San Fransisco airport for criticising Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza. Hamdi is one of several people who have been arrested and deported by ICE for expressing pro-Palestinian views.
On the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the time, Mike Pence, and told him he would go down in history as a \u201cwimp\u201d if he certified the election result, a new book says.<\/strong>
Gavin Newsom, California\u2019s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once the 2026 midterm elections are over.<\/strong> \u201cYeah, I\u2019d be lying otherwise,\u201d Newsom said in response to a question on whether he would give serious thought to a White House bid after the 2026 elections. \u201cI\u2019d just be lying. And I\u2019m not \u2013 I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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