Tuesday morning news: October 7, 2025

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Government shutdown latest / Senate vote » President Trump said Monday that he would be open to striking a deal with Democrats on healthcare, the issue at the heart of the now weeklong government shutdown.

Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without new policy changes, particularly on healthcare subsidies.

TRUMP:  Up till now, there hasn't been a great deal of pain. Uh, there could be a great deal of pain, but up till now there hasn't been. I will say this, just hang in there because I think a lot of good things are gonna happen. That's all I can say.

And Trump seemingly suggested talks had already started. But House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said:

JEFFRIES:  I do not know of any Democrats who have spoken to President Trump or members of his administration on this issue of reopening the government

President Trump later followed up his earlier remarks by saying Democrats must first agree to reopen the government, and then those talks would take place.

Meantime in the Senate on Monday:

AUDIO:  On this vote, the yays are 52 and the nays are 42. Three fifths of the Senate not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to.

Democrats successfully blocked another attempt to pass a clean funding extension to reopen the government without meeting their demands.

White House blasts National Guard ruling » The White House is criticizing a ruling by a federal judge blocking—at least for now—the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

President Trump ordered deployment of Oregon National Guardsmen to the city to safeguard Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and facilities amid sometimes-violent protests.

And Press Secretary Karline Leavitt said District Court Judge Karin Immergut was wrong.

LEAVITT:  With all due respect to that judge, I think her opinion is untethered in reality and in the law. Uh, the president is using his authority as commander-in-Chief US Code 12 4 0 6, which clearly states that the president has the right to call up the National Guard in, in cases where he deems it’s appropriate.

After Judge Immergut, a Trump appointee, blocked the Oregon deployment, the president ordered troops from California to deploy to Portland. But the judge then expanded her order to block that as well.

Illinois sues over National Guard deployment » Meantime, Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters:

PRITZKER:  There is no invasion here. There is no insurrection here, and local and state law enforcement are on the job and managing what they need to.

Trump authorized the deployment of 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago.

Over the weekend, a group of protesters aggressively boxed in immigration officials, and one woman allegedly tried to run over federal agents with her car, forcing agents to open fire.

Ukraine strikes Russian targets » Ukraine has carried out new long-range strikes deep inside Russian-held territory. WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher reports.

BENJAMIN EICHER: Officials say the attacks hit an ammunition plant, an oil terminal in Crimea, and a weapons depot.

It’s part of Kyiv’s effort to disrupt Moscow’s supply lines.

Ukraine says it used only weapons made in Ukraine. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. support has not been blocked despite the American government shutdown.

ZELENSKYY: [Speaking Ukrainian]

EICHER: He added that Washington has now “unlocked the possibility” for Kyiv to buy additional Patriot missile systems, though money remains an issue.

Ukraine’s defense industry continues to expand, aiming to supply at least half its front-line weapons needs by year’s end.

The Ukrainian strikes come as Russia continues to target civilian infrastructure in Ukraine ahead of winter.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

Jordan Peterson illness » Psychologist and author Jordan Peterson is on a slow road to recovery after a nearly month-long stay in the ICU.

His daughter, Mikhaila Peterson, says he battled pneumonia and sepsis and was diagnosed with critical illness polyneuropathy — serious nerve damage.

PETERSON:  We weren't able to communicate with dad really all of September, but after almost a month in the ICU, he's been moved out to a less urgent floor. Praise God for that. We're still in the midst of this, but now we're seeing improvements daily.

But she says her father remains gravely ill and faces months of recovery and asked for prayers.

She suggested the nerve damage may stem from an underlying condition the family believes he developed over years from mold exposure.

Nobel Medicine honorees » The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year goes to three scientists whose work reveals how the immune system attacks threats, but not our own tissues.

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi are being honored for uncovering the rules that tell immune cells when to attack.

Brunkow said when her phone rang and her caller ID said Sweden, she assumed it was a spam call and went back to bed:

BRUNKOW:  And then my husband was upstairs and then I heard a voice and he's talking to somebody in the living room and — on the front porch, there was someone on the front porch. And it's the local news, the local AP photographer.

Their discoveries could pave the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and even help improve organ transplants and cancer therapies.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: the battle to define so-called “conversion therapy.” Plus, blurring the line between causes and fabricated advocacy.

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