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Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) walks past her father's casket after speaking at the funeral for former VP Dick Cheney. | AP | TWO CATHEDRALS: As a bipartisan gathering of D.C. dignitaries convened to honor the late VP Dick Cheney at a memorial service at the National Cathedral this morning, President Donald Trump — who didn’t attend the event — spent the morning lobbing threats at Democratic lawmakers. Between 9:08 a.m. and 10:21 a.m., the president posted or reshared 19 times on Truth Social lambasting Democrats for “sedition” and calling for the arrest of lawmakers who recently urged service members to disobey unlawful orders from the administration. “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL,” Trump wrote in one post. “Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won’t have a Country anymore!!!” “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Trump said in another post. A post that Trump shared simply said: “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!” Speaker Mike Johnson defended Trump’s attacks, telling reporters that Trump was simply “defining the crime of sedition” and that Democrats’ behavior was “beyond the pale,” POLITICO’s Meredith Lee Hill reports. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer denounced the posts, telling reporters: “When Donald Trump uses the language of execution and treason, some of his supporters may very well listen. He is lighting a match in a country soaked with political gasoline.” Over at the National Cathedral, Liz Cheney remembered her father for his “devotion” to the country. “Dick Cheney became a Republican, but he knew that bonds of party must always yield to the single bond we share as Americans,” she said. ON THE JOBS: The September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed stronger-than-expected job growth — though the long-delayed data and job revisions have still made it difficult to get a clear picture of the nation’s economy. The toplines: The report — which was held up for nearly two months due to the government shutdown — shows that payrolls rose by 119,000 in September, the biggest jump since April. The number was well above the gain of 50,000 jobs that economists estimated, per WSJ, and only covers the month before shutdown began on Oct. 1. Revisionist history: The BLS also reported some significantly revised reports from this summer. The August payrolls number was revised to a loss of 4,000 jobs, while July's payrolls were revised down by 7,000. In total, the revisions show a loss of 33,000 more jobs across both months than previously reported. What it means: The delayed results paint a murky picture of how the market is actually faring while “data from private and alternative sources have painted a worrisome portrait amid signs of softening consumption among many households and still-stubborn price increases,” NBC’s Rob Wile reports. Meanwhile, BLS has said that just a part of October’s jobs numbers will be released with November’s data on Dec. 16. But that timing could get complicated for the Federal Reserve. Members of the central bank will gather for their next two-day meeting on Dec. 9 and 10 to decide whether to lower interest rates. And so far “policymakers are increasingly split,” POLITICO’s Victoria Guida writes. Even if officials decide to cut rates, “anxiety over lingering inflation is raising the chances that policymakers will take a longer pause than once anticipated in their campaign to lower rates.” The new jobs numbers and uncertainty among the Fed come after days of Trump berating Fed Chair Jerome Powell, a longtime target of his ire whom he has openly mused about firing on two occasions this week, Victoria notes. And while Trump has recently lauded the economy is sitting in a “golden age” of low prices, a slew of recent polling shows that high prices are still plaguing a majority of Americans — and Trump’s approval on the economy is slipping. How it’s playing:
- The view from Wall Street: The stock market rallied globally in response to the better-than-expected numbers with all three of the U.S. stock indexes advancing, per Reuters.
- From the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer offered lukewarm praise for the numbers, telling Fox Business today’s data is a “solid report for the American people.” Chavez-Deremer added that while manufacturing jobs were not “exactly where we want them to be,” she insisted it will “take time” to see progress.
- And the White House: Speaking at a fireside chat with Breitbart, VP JD Vance pointed the blame for the sluggish economy and a host of other ills at Democrats, POLITICO’s Irie Sentner reports. “The thing I’d ask for the American people is a little bit of patience. This economy was not harmed in 10 months,” Vance said. “And as much progress as we’ve made, it’s going to take a little bit of time for every American to feel that economic boom, which we really do believe is coming.”
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on the 43rd day of a government shutdown, Nov. 12, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | 1. DOUBT COMES IN: With the Senate heading out for its Thanksgiving break starting today, Republicans are doubtful they will reach any meaningful solution to address the expiring Obamacare subsidies by the end of the year, POLITICO’s Benjamin Guggenheim writes. “It’s a welcome discussion,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told POLITICO. “But we’re not gonna get that done by Dec. 31.” And Senate Democrats are staring down an uphill battle to make progress. With no formal negotiations on the table and the GOP reluctant to back a straight extension, lawmakers are skeptical that they can get the requisite 60 votes on anything for now: “There’s some [Republicans] that genuinely want to try to figure it out. Whether it’s 13? That’s questionable,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) told Semafor’s Burgess Everett. 2. EXPULSION ESCALATION: Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) has moved past a push to censure Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and instead dangling an effort to expel her from Congress following the overnight indictment against her: “Cherfilus-McCormick needs to be swiftly removed from the House before she can inflict any more harm on Congress, her district, and the State of Florida,” Steube wrote in an X post. “If she refuses to resign and save Congress the embarrassment of having to expel her, I will bring this resolution to the floor for a vote.” The context: Cherfilus-McCormick has been charged with stealing federal disaster relief funds and using the money to support her campaign for Congress, using straw donors to funnel FEMA funds to friends and having them contribute to her campaign, and conspiring to file a false tax return, per POLITICO’s Nicholas Wu. Cherfilus-McCormick in a statement called her indictment “an unjust, baseless, sham” and insisted she is “innocent.” FWIW: A spokesperson for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a statement to reporters that Cherfilus-McCormick is “entitled to her day in court and the presumption of innocence.” The spox added that Cherfilus-McCormick will step down as ranking member of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee "while this matter is ongoing.” 3. THE CENSURE FIGHT: The slew of censures in the House this week has spurred some lawmakers to complain the tool once used for formal rebuke has become far too easy to invoke, Axios’ Andrew Solender and Kate Santaliz report. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is floating a bill that would raise the simple majority threshold needed for a censure, while House Speaker Mike Johnson tells Axios he’s “open” to the idea of altering the procedure: “We don't want this to become commonplace,” Johnson said. “It should be an extreme measure for extreme cases.”
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Explore Phil's story. | | | | 4. RUSSIA-UKRAINE LATEST: Ukrainian and European officials have continued to blast Trump’s 28-point draft peace plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine as a mere concession to the Kremlin. Though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn’t spoken out on the plan, Zelenskyy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak panned the proposal and said it amounted to no more than Ukraine’s “unconditional capitulation,” per WaPo’s Catherine Belton and colleagues. And from the allies: “We want a just peace that respects everyone’s sovereignty, a durable peace that cannot be challenged by future aggression,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters. “But peace cannot be capitulation. We do not want the capitulation of Ukraine.” …. “We welcome any initiative taken to enter into a negotiation phase, but the first prerequisite is that [Russian President] Vladimir Putin ends his aggressive war against Ukraine,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said, per WSJ. 5. SNAP BACK: “Trump admin backs off idea to force SNAP users to reapply,” by POLITICO’s Rachel Shin and Grace Yarrow: “The Trump administration’s promised overhaul of the nation’s largest food aid program will rely on existing policies rather than forcing people to reapply for benefits, according to two people granted anonymity to discuss the plans. … State and local SNAP administrators will continue to recertify participants’ work history, income and other personal information as often as every six months to ensure they’re eligible for benefits.”
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| | | | 6. SURVEY SAYS: A new survey from the Kettering Foundation/Gallup Democracy for All Project finds that while around two-thirds of Americans agree that democracy is the best form of government, only 24 percent are satisfied with the way democracy is working in the U.S. while 51 percent rate U.S. democracy as performing “poorly” or “very poorly.” The survey of over 20,000 adults found that Americans are even more doubtful of their political leaders: “More than 4 in 10 Americans do not believe their leaders are committed to having a strong democracy, while about 3 in 10 say they’re not sure” and “only about one-quarter believe government decisions reflect what a majority of people want done or attempt to serve citizens’ best interests,” AP’s Nicholas Riccardi reports. 7. BILL OF HEALTH: “CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism and vaccines” by CNN’s Brenda Goodman: “Bullet points on the top of the page now state that ‘vaccines do not cause autism is not an evidence-based claim’ because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. However, the preponderance of scientific evidence shows this is not true. … Other CDC bullets say studies supporting a link between vaccines and autism have been ignored by health authorities. This, too, is not true. … HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said Thursday, ‘We are updating the CDC’s website to reflect gold standard, evidence-based science.’”
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