UPDATE: The press briefing started at 1:19 pm, and Vice President JD Vance is joining Karoline Leavitt to speak on the government shutdown and take questions. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing this afternoon following the Senate’s failure last night to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government. The government shut down at midnight after Senate Democrats used for ransom their demands for $1.5 trillion to provide free healthcare to illegal aliens and gender transition care for minors. This is despite an overwhelming majority of voters, including nearly half of Democrats, saying in a recent New York Times poll that they did not think the Democrats should force a government shutdown to push their radical agenda. As The Gateway…
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