President Donald Trump

The biggest news stories regarding President Donald Trump today, Sunday, September 28, 2025, revolve around two main issues:

 * Government Shutdown Deadline:

   * President Trump is scheduled to meet with the top four congressional leaders—House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer—at the White House on Monday (September 29).

   * This critical meeting is happening just one day before the September 30 deadline to pass a spending bill and avoid a federal government shutdown. Tensions are high, with Democrats pushing for key healthcare provisions to be attached to any short-term funding measure.

 * Deployment of Troops to Portland, Oregon:

   * President Trump announced that he plans to send troops to Portland, Oregon, claiming the deployment is necessary to protect federal facilities from "antifascists and other domestic terrorists" and falsely calling the city "war ravaged."

   * The Governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, publicly rejected the president's characterization and stated that the state does not need federal intervention and can handle its own public safety needs.

Other notable developments include:

 * Microsoft Executive: President Trump publicly called for Microsoft to immediately fire its global affairs president, Lisa Monaco, citing her past roles in the Obama and Biden administrations and her security clearances being stripped.

 * Former FBI Director Indictment: There is continued fallout and political reaction to the indictment of former FBI Director and Trump critic, James Comey, which happened earlier this week.

 * Supreme Court Ruling: The Supreme Court extended an order that allows the Trump administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing the administration a victory in a dispute over presidential power.