Hi readers! Welcome back to another edition of OnPolitics. Sorry we missed yesterday's edition. I was out sick. |
Things at home still aren't looking good for keeping the wheels turning, as we are on day 14 of the federal government shutdown. Democrats and Republicans continue to point fingers at one another, and any talks about a possible funding deal remain stalled. |
On the foreign policy front, however, the first phase of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was successful as the remaining hostages taken by Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks were released. |
Here's what you need to know today: |
Biden and Harris 'commend' Trump for Gaza ceasefire |
Biden said he is "grateful and relieved that this day has come" for the hostages as well as the civilians in Gaza who "have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives." |
Biden worked unsuccessfully during the final year of his term in office to secure a lasting ceasefire deal in Gaza. Biden's support of Israel drew a backlash from some liberal voters, who frequently interrupted the former president's public events with protests. |
Mitt Romney's sister-in-law found dead in California |
Carrie Elizabeth Romney, the 64-year-old sister-in-law of former U.S. Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, was found dead in the area of Town Center Drive in Santa Clarita, California at around 9 p.m. local time on Oct. 10. Carrie Romney's cause of death has been listed as deferred, meaning it is pending additional investigation, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office records. |
"Our family is heartbroken by the loss of Carrie, who brought warmth and love to all our lives," the Romney family said in a statement to People . "We ask for privacy during this difficult time." |
Carrie Romney was married to Mitt Romney's older brother, G. Scott Romney. | House Speaker Mike Johnson holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol during the government shutdown on Oct. 6, 2025. Jack Gruber/USA TODAY, Jack Gruber/USA TODAY / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images |
The latest on the government shutdown |
The White House said on Monday that it planned to continue mass layoffs of federal workers while the government shutdown drags onward. The Office of Management and Budget, in a statement posted on X, said it is "making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats' intransigence." |
"Pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs, and wait," the OMB, led by director Russell Vought, added in the statement. RIFS, to decode that bit of inside-the-beltway speak, stands for reduction in force. |
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. |
An Education Department staffer told USA TODAY the agency laid off nearly every employee who works to administer funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, the primary federal law supporting students with disabilities. He was unsure how those programs would exist moving forward. |
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