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Government shutdown updates: Leavitt says Trump exploring cutting aid to Portland
"We will not fund states that allow anarchy," she told reporters.
The federal government remains closed amid a bitter impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.
President Donald Trump and Republicans have cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats' health care demands, while Democrats insist Republicans need to negotiate.
The Trump administration has threatened mass layoffs of some federal workers during the shutdown.
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Miami Dade College selected as location for Trump's presidential library
Miami Dade College will be the location for President Donald Trump's presidential library, according to an announcement on Tuesday.
The president selected the location after his son Eric Trump -- who is the president of the Library Foundation -- and his team "evaluated multiple sites across President Trump's home state of Florida."
"No monument can fully capture the scale of my father's legacy, but this library will stand as a tribute to the leader who reshaped history and restored America's strength," Eric Trump said in the announcement.
The library, which will sit on a 2.63-acre site, will be "visible for miles into the Atlantic" and will be a "bold landmark on Miami's skyline," Eric Trump said.
Trump says shutdown is 'probably likely'
While holding a press conference announcing a deal with Pfizer to lower drug costs, President Donald Trump was asked if a government shutdown is inevitable, to which he replied: "Nothing is inevitable, but it is probably likely."
Trump added that "we can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible," as the government funding deadline approaches.
Trump, Pfizer CEO says 'most popular current medications' will be 'heavily discounted'
In a press conference at the Oval Office, President Donald Trump announced that Pfizer has "agreed to provide some of the most popular current medications to all consumers at heavily discounted prices of anywhere between 50 and even 100%."
He said this deal with Pfizer will have a "huge impact on bringing Medicaid costs down like nothing else."
Trump also announced that Pfizer will invest $70 billion for manufacturing and research in the United States.
The CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, was in attendance for the announcement, and said they are "turning the tide and reversing an unfair situation."
The medications will be available for direct purchase online on a website, which will be called Trump Rx, that will be operated by the federal government, according to the Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator of CMS Chris Klomp.
Trump to announce deal with Pfizer to lower drug costs, White House official says
President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday a new deal with Pfizer to lower drug costs, according to a White House official.
"While Democrats are threatening to shut down the government to subsidize health care for illegal aliens, President Trump is leveraging the power of the federal government to drastically cut drug prices for everyday Americans. Democrats talked the talk for decades about drug prices, but only President Trump is actually walking the walk," White House Spokesman Kush Desai said in a new statement about the move.
Pfizer's CEO, Albert Bourla, will be in attendance for the announcement on Tuesday, according to the White House officials.
The event was slated as an 11 a.m. announcement in the Oval Office on the president's official schedule.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart