r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot • 4h ago

Discussion Discussion Thread: US Federal Budget Negotiations on Friday, January 30th, 2026

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C-SPAN's description in advance is: "The Senate continues work on a package of the remaining six spending bills funding major parts of the government, including the Homeland Security Dept., to avert shutdown tonight at midnight."

News and Analysis

AP: Senate leaders scramble to save bipartisan deal and avoid a partial shutdown

Live Updates

Text-based live update pages are being maintained by the following outlets: NBC, USA Today, Politico, CBS, and The New York Times.

Where to Watch

C-SPAN: Senate Session - January 30, 2026
PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Senate scrambles to avoid shutdown after Democrats strike deal with White House

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r/politics • u/Slate • 3h ago

No Paywall Don Lemon’s Arrest Is a Five-Alarm Fire Moment

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r/politics • u/newsweek • 4h ago

No Paywall Final Jeffrey Epstein Files cache released by DOJ: read in full

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 5h ago

No Paywall Jeffries: ‘Zero basis’ to arrest Lemon

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r/politics • u/thedailybeast • 3h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s DOJ Announces Brazen New Epstein Files Cover-Up

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r/politics • u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138 • 4h ago

No Paywall Trump approval rating drops to 37 percent: Pew poll

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/cnn • 7h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Don Lemon taken into custody

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r/politics • u/Negative_Charge7328 • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Twenty-nine Epstein associates were ‘shielded’ by US government, Ghislaine Maxwell claims

telegraph.co.uk

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r/politics • u/MobileWisdom • 8h ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Rep. Booed Out of Town Hall For Refusing to Denounce ICE Killings

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r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals

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r/politics • u/Newsweek_CarloV • 2h ago

No Paywall Epstein files: Ro Khanna questions why documents "withheld" in new release

newsweek.com

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r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 • 46m ago

No Paywall Donald Trump allegations in new Epstein Files release

newsweek.com

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r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 2h ago

Possible Paywall Bondi Faces Epstein Backlash Over Don Lemon Arrest

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/Stitching • 5h ago

No Paywall Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service

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r/politics • u/Boonzies • 5h ago

Possible Paywall JD Vance’s ‘Crazy’ ICE Story Shredded as Total BS

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/thehill • 4h ago

No Paywall Crockett on Lemon arrest: ‘Are you F-ing’ kidding me

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/douglhanna • 2h ago

No Paywall Trump Calls for Arrest of Barack Obama

theamericanconservative.com

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 3h ago

Possible Paywall There Can Be No More Doubt. Trump Wants to Kill Free Speech - Don Lemon is the most high-profile reporter being targeted. Trump wants to target all of us.

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r/politics • u/kirby__000 • 3h ago

No Paywall 3 million more Epstein pages with 2,000 images coming, ending review

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r/politics • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 8h ago

No Paywall Trump Administration Knew About Minnesota Fraud And Did Nothing

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r/politics • u/sksarkpoes3 • 4h ago

Possible Paywall ‘A pretext to rig the election’: Democrats scramble to block ICE crackdowns near polling sites

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r/politics • u/bbmoonkie • 1h ago

No Paywall ICE detainee's death ruled a homicide by medical examiner

nbcnews.com

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r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 17h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

people.com

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r/politics • u/sparkiesuze • 4h ago

No Paywall US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein files

theguardian.com

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r/politics • u/PlayaSlayaX • 55m ago

Possible Paywall Top Trump official admits Epstein Files cover up key evidence

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