White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt contradicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, stating that Trump had floated the idea of renaming Penn Station after himself during a conversation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. This revelation came amidst a flurry of other political developments, including a potential government shutdown and the cancellation of the annual Governors' meeting due to partisan tensions.
According to Time, Leavitt said that Trump had brought up the idea of renaming Penn Station and Washington, D.C.'s Dulles Airport. This directly contradicted Trump's previous account, where he insisted that Schumer had suggested renaming Penn Station to "Trump Station" as part of a deal.
The potential government shutdown, as reported by Time, loomed over the weekend as Democrats on Capitol Hill held firm on their push for restrictions on Trump's immigration crackdown. Talks between Senate Democrats and the White House remained stalled on the issue of imposing new rules governing federal immigration agents. Democrats stated they would not vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security without new binding guardrails on those agents.
Meanwhile, the annual Governors' meeting fractured due to Trump's decision to exclude Democratic governors from White House events, leading the National Governors Association to cancel its planned meeting with the President, according to NPR News. Eighteen Democratic governors announced they would boycott the traditional White House dinner, citing concerns over the lack of bipartisan inclusivity.
In other news, a piece from Vox explored the ongoing changes within America's Christian communities, describing a "quiet cold war" between different factions.
Finally, a summary from Hacker News highlighted the 20th anniversary of Steve Jobs' influential Stanford commencement address, which has been viewed over 120 million times. The speech, delivered by a college dropout, touched on universal human themes.
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