In Broadview, Illinois, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed tear gas, pepper spray, mace, and rubber bullets near a processing center on September 30th, 2025, creating an immediate public safety crisis, according to Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills. The agents exposed Broadview residents, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics to the substances, with local police routinely experiencing exposure to ICE tear gas. U.S. District Judge William Young, appointed by Ronald Reagan, condemned ICE's use of masks, stating they are used to "terrorize Americans into quiescence" and are associated with "cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan." Meanwhile, President Donald Trump signed a "historic Executive Order to massively accelerate pediatric cancer research and harness the extraordinary potential of Artificial Intelligence to fight this terrible disease" at an event in Washington D.C. on September 30th, 2025, according to [@POTUS](https://twitter.com/POTUS). The President also mused about expanding battleships, referencing the USS Iowa and historical naval engagements, stating, "I think we should maybe start thinking about battleships, by the way." As the government shutdown deadline loomed on October 1st, 2025, the Congressional Budget Office reiterated that approximately 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed daily if a shutdown occurs, costing around $400 million per day. The Teamsters union stated via its social media account that "American workers are not bargaining chips" and urged Senators to pass the House-passed clean, short-term funding bill to avoid the shutdown's impact on working people. In international affairs, a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad Movement reacted to President Trump's Gaza peace plan, stating that "No wise man can agree with a plan that has no guarantee of stopping the war and retreating the occupiers from Gaza." Separately, Joe Rogan commented on the targeting of migrant workers in raids, describing it as "insane" and noting that construction workers were being targeted rather than cartel members, gang members, or drug dealers. In political commentary, a campaign account for Collins tweeted about their opponent, stating, "This is the guy who runs all of the negative ads against me and is working to shutdown the government tonight." Additionally, a McLaughlin poll released on September 30th, 2025, showed Gavin Newsom leading the 2028 Democratic presidential primary with 22%, followed by Kamala Harris at 21%.
