Senior AccuWeather Meteorologist Joe Lundberg discussed the current weather trends, noting a recent front that cooled temperatures from the 80s to the 60s and 70s, with some areas experiencing frost for the first time in October. He predicted a sunny, cool day with temperatures barely above 60 degrees, followed by warmer conditions reaching the 70s and possibly 80s by Sunday. Lundberg forecasted a warmer-than-average October, with brief cool fronts interspersed by warmer periods. He also highlighted the potential for elevated wildfire risk due to wind stirred by these fronts.
A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.
President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States — a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates.
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.
