Fox News Politics Newsletter: Military funding on the line

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here's what's happening…

-Republicans fume as Democrats block 9th GOP bid to reopen government

-War Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane makes unscheduled landing after windshield crack

-White House unveils criminal illegal migrants on Medicaid as shutdown over healthcare continues

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is warning that a key move by the Trump administration in the government shutdown impasse is only a temporary Band-Aid — and that lawmakers could soon be forced to reckon with the political quagmire.

Johnson held a press conference on the ongoing shutdown on Wednesday, when military service members were poised to miss paychecks if no deal was reached.

And while the funding fight shows no signs of ending, the White House granted active duty U.S. troops temporary relief by rerouting some existing Pentagon funds — aimed originally at research and development — to ensure they don't miss Wednesday's payday…Read more

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

CLOCK RUNNING OUT: Republicans eye fresh funding fight as shutdown standoff drags on

MONEY FOR NOTHING: Shutdown faces taxpayer reckoning as lawmaker works to expose 'true cost of Democrats’ political stunt'

'NO MORE LOOPHOLES': Hawley pushes ban on Obamacare coverage for gender transition care, abortion amid shutdown

BALLOT BATTLE: Supreme Court hears pivotal Louisiana redistricting case ahead of 2026 midterms

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on Oct. 13, 2025.  ((Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images))

'SCARED OF US': ‘The View’ co-hosts say they want more Republicans on the show, claim they're too ‘scared’ to come on

SLAP ON THE WRIST: Teens who assaulted former DOGE staffer get no jail time with probation-only sentences

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