Mr. Trump's allies have strenuously insisted that he was alert and attentive at the meeting last month. The president said he had only closed his eyes.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani borrowed a page out of texting buddy President Trump's DOGE playbook Thursday when he ordered a series of bureaucrats to axe overspending in each department.
Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.
