President Donald Trump traveled through Asia this week, sitting down for a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which he described as “truly great,” while Americans at home bore the brunt of the ongoing government shutdown, which is entering its second month.Democrats now find themselves in a bind as they have succeeded in framing health care as the issue at the heart of the stalemate but are grappling with the lapse of federal food assistance for millions of Americans set to begin Saturday.The shutdown is also likely to lead to more flight delays as the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with staffing shortages. At the same time, federal employees are working without pay, and food banks are bracing for a surge in demand.The president, though, seems to have his mind focused elsewhere as he instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing of nuclear weapons to ensure the U.S. keeps up with its rivals.“With others doing testing, I think it’s appropriate that we do also,” he told reporters after departing South Korea to return to the U.S.The Trump administration is continuing to add pressure on Venezuela, with the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, now accusing the U.S. of “fabricating a new eternal war.”See previous updates here, and read the latest below:Video Shows ICE Agent Shoot Protesting Minister In Head With Pepper BallA video circulating on social media appears to show ICE agents shoot a minister in the head with a pepper ball. The Rev. David Black, who was protesting near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois in September, told Religionnews.com that after the incident "we could hear them laughing.”Footage shared on Bluesky shows ICE agents standing above protesters on top of the facility holding their weapons. Seconds before Black is shot, he raises his hands and appears to speak directly to the agents. After the shot is fired, he falls to the ground as protesters surround him.The ACLU, in a lawsuit filed on Monday, accused the federal government of sending forces to U.S. cities "in order to prevent the press, elected officials, religious leaders, and civilians engaged in peaceful protest from exercising their First Amendment rights."A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that "agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility."See All UpdatesClose