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New York City GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa criticizes opponents' ties to billionaires

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Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in New York City’s mayoral race, criticized his opponents’ ties to billionaire donors as candidates made a final push on Election Day. Cuomo, who is running as an independent, has received substantial support from wealthy donors in a bid to slow Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s political momentum in the race.



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Nov. 4, 2025, 1:05 PM ESTBy Scott Wong, Lillie Boudreaux, Frank Thorp V and Ryan NoblesWASHINGTON — As the 35-day government shutdown ties for the longest in American history on Tuesday, senators predicted that the impasse could end this week.“I’m pretty confident,” said Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla.After weeks without any movement, bipartisan talks among rank-and-file members have been picking up, leading to the first public signs of optimism that the shutdown could soon end.Mullin said that some Democrats had privately indicated last week that they were willing to vote for the short-term Republican spending bill that would reopen the government through Nov. 21. But, Mullin said, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had instructed them to wait until after Tuesday’s elections so they wouldn’t depress turnout from the liberal base that has been urging the party to hold the line. Schumer’s office had no immediate comment.”I think there’s a possibility we could do it tomorrow night … but more than likely Thursday,” said Mullin, who regularly speaks with President Donald Trump, Democrats and his former House colleagues.Centrist Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, who has taken part in some of the bipartisan talks on how to get the government reopened, agreed, repeatedly saying he’s “optimistic” the shutdown could end this week. And Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., also pointed to Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California as a key factor that could shake loose a solution to the impasse.“After the elections come and go, I think the Democrats will reveal what this was about all the time, which was a political play. They want to keep their base upset, try to blame Republicans, even though they voted over 13 times now to continue to shut down the government,” Schmitt told reporters. “So my guess is that later this week, we’ll end up funding the government as Republicans had proposed 35 days ago.”Democrats, however, have dismissed the GOP argument that reopening the government will all hinge on the election, with Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut mocking it as “cynical galaxy brain thinking.”Republicans need just five more Democrats in the Senate to break with their leadership and vote for a continuing resolution or CR to reopen the government. On Sept. 26, the GOP-controlled House had passed a clean CR to fund the government through Nov. 21. But Senate Democrats opposed it, insisting that any bill to fund the government must also address health insurance subsidies that will expire at the end of this year, raising premiums for millions. Tuesday marked the 14th time that Democrats voted to block the House bill in the Senate.But with Nov. 21 and the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching, there is now a need for Congress to pass a longer CR — possibly into the new year — to give bipartisan negotiators a longer runway to craft spending bills for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1.#embed-20251002-shutdown-milestones iframe {width: 1px;min-width: 100%} Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Susan Collins, whose panel is responsible for writing spending bills, said Monday night she is “very cautiously hopeful that it will be resolved by the end of this week.”“There have been a lot of conversations on both sides of the aisle and across the aisle, and across the chambers,” the Maine Republican said, “and I do believe that we are finally making progress.”Collins cited a level of “specificity” in the talks that had not been there in previous negotiations but admitted “it’s too soon to declare that this nightmare of a shutdown is over.”The Appropriations chair supports a new CR to keep the government funded through Dec. 19, which she said would pressure Congress to reach a spending deal right before the holidays.We’d like to hear from you about how you’re experiencing the government shutdown, whether you’re a federal employee who can’t work right now, a person who relies on federal benefits like SNAP, or someone who is feeling the effects of other shuttered services in your everyday life. Please contact us at tips@nbcuni.com or reach out to us here.It’s a well-worn tactic for forcing a funding deal, but it’s drawn opposition from many in the GOP in recent years. On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he opposed setting a deadline in December, warning that it could entice lawmakers to pass a massive omnibus spending package, rather than individual funding bills that are more carefully crafted to address spending.He said he would back a CR that funds the government into January — a timeline endorsed by Florida Sen. Rick Scott and other Republicans.“I am not a fan of extending it to December because, let’s be frank, a lot of people around here have PTSD about Christmas omnibus spending bills,” Johnson told reporters. “We don’t want to do that. It gets too close, and we don’t want to have that risk. We’re not doing that. We’re not doing that, but too many people have concern. I think putting it into January makes sense.”But there are no bipartisan negotiations happening at the leadership level with Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about a longer-term CR.Across the aisle, some rank-and-file Democrats are hopeful for a breakthrough as the shutdown approaches the five-week mark on Wednesday. But they’re not sharing the GOP’s confidence that it will all be over by week’s end.Democrats have been demanding that Trump and other GOP leaders come to the table to negotiate extending the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. So far, Republicans have refused and say Democrats need to vote to reopen the government first before any substantive health care talks can take place.“There seems to be some indication of a thaw, but I see no immediate solution on the horizon,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. “Talks are a good thing, but so far, I sense no willingness on the part of Republicans to really assure the American people that health care insurance will be guaranteed.”Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Schumer said Democrats are fighting to lower health care costs at a time when 24 million Americans on Obamacare are facing sticker shock due to uncertainty about the expiring subsidies.“Never have American families faced a situation where their healthcare costs are set to double— double in the blink of an eye,” Schumer said.“The biggest beneficiaries of these enhanced premium tax credits are red states. Millions of people in Texas, Florida. Republicans seem ready to tell their own constituents back home: screw you, I would rather cut taxes for billionaires — that’s what’s going on,” Schumer said. “Democrats are going to keep pushing to get these tax credits extended.”Scott WongScott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News. Lillie BoudreauxLillie Boudreaux is a desk assistant at NBC News.Frank Thorp VFrank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate.Ryan NoblesRyan Nobles is chief Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.Gabrielle Khoriaty contributed.
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Oct. 17, 2025, 2:50 PM EDTBy Erika EdwardsSouth Carolina’s measles outbreak has grown to 15 cases, state health officials reported Friday, a small increase from a few days ago. The new cases are among those who’d been exposed to the virus at school, but developed symptoms in quarantine. It’s not known if they’re adults or children, but 139 students are still currently in quarantine in the state.”We are fortunate that those we have identified as being exposed to measles are complying with our guidance to quarantine for the period that they could not expose others,” Dr. Linda Bell, epidemiologist for South Carolina, said in a statement to NBC News. Those who aren’t vaccinated against measles are recommended to stay home, away from others for a 21-day quarantine. That’s how long it can take to develop measles symptoms — high fever, red eyes and a rash — after being exposed.”We recognize that quarantining is challenging for families and communities, and we continue to strongly encourage getting vaccinated, which would make quarantining unnecessary due to the MMR vaccine’s proven effectiveness for decades,” Bell said, referring to the measles-mumps-rubella shot.As measles keeps popping up in some pockets of the United States, the possibility of being exposed to the highly contagious virus continues. At least 1,596 measles cases have been confirmed in 2025, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but it’s unclear how many people have been asked to quarantine. In Ohio, where five cases in the central part of the state have been reported within the last 2½ weeks, quarantine for 122 people was expected to end Friday. A 1-year-old had to be hospitalized for several days after developing pneumonia. The quarantine disruptions are prompting some pushback in the affected communities. “For many in our community, they’re frustrated, like, ‘Why don’t you just get your kid vaccinated?’” Dr. Mysheika Roberts, health commissioner for Columbus, Ohio, said in an interview. Measles exposures, including one at an early childhood learning center late last month, triggered the 21-day quarantine, she said.“When you make a decision not to vaccinate your child or to delay the vaccination, you’re not just impacting your child and your household. You can be impacting that entire community,” Roberts said. “It’s a ripple effect that I don’t think the average individual who makes this decision understands.”In the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, 118 kids are now back in school after they were exposed to an outbreak of 20 measles cases. Their quarantine ended Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the Minnesota Health Department. Still, public health officials are bracing for future outbreaks. “We actually anticipate that more cases may occur,” Bell said during a media briefing Thursday. “The measles virus won’t be contained within schools, within school districts or by county lines.”“My concern is that this is going to keep happening, that this is going to be our new normal,” Roberts said.Children who have been given the MMR vaccine don’t have to quarantine if exposed. Two doses, given around age 1 and again around age 5, are 97% effective in preventing measles infections, according to the CDC. Erika EdwardsErika Edwards is a health and medical news writer and reporter for NBC News and “TODAY.”
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