Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif credited President Trump with facilitating a ceasefire, stating his intervention prevented war, during his UN General Assembly speech on September 26th, 2025. Separately, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated that Democrats are "dealing with the social media" as their strategy to counter Republican efforts, according to reports from 1:47 PM UTC. Senator John Thune, meanwhile, is reportedly seeking to bypass Senate leadership by offering talks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to Senate Democrats in October, as detailed in a Bloomberg report shared around 1:41 PM UTC. Sharif's remarks at the UNGA, shared via X at approximately 2:00 PM UTC, highlighted President Trump's role in peace, stating, "We nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, the least we could do." This comes as the U.S. faces its own government funding deadline, with ongoing divisions between Democrats and Republicans. Schumer's comments, as reported by ken klippenstein on X around 1:47 PM UTC, offered a glimpse into the Democratic strategy amidst these negotiations. Senator Thune's reported outreach to Senate Democrats, as noted by elwasson on X around 1:41 PM UTC, suggests an attempt to find common ground or an off-ramp for the looming government shutdown. This development follows previous reports of Republican efforts to negotiate healthcare demands, with Senator John Thune previously stating that Democratic proposals were unacceptable. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had also declared that Democrats would not yield in the funding debate. In other news, reports emerged around 1:58 PM UTC that the indictment of James Comey may attribute words to him that he did not utter. Specifically, Comey reportedly stood by his 2017 testimony during a 2020 hearing and did not state that he had not authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports. President Trump was also seen gaggling with the press before departing for the Ryder Cup, as shared on X around 1:52 PM UTC. Governor Pritzker is scheduled to speak at a Democratic Party dinner in Georgia, according to a post on X around 12:58 PM UTC, while Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was scheduled to make an announcement regarding Non-Domiciled Truck Licensing.
