Jamaica is preparing for record amounts of rain and intense winds as Hurricane Melissa intensified over the weekend. Melissa is expected to be the strongest hurricane to ever strike the island. | CNN

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pushed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during Monday’s briefing over who is to blame if federal workers are laid off during the government shutdown. “The president said yesterday that Democrats will be to blame if federal workers lose their jobs,” Collins began. “Historically, though in past shutdowns, workers have been furloughed, not laid off en masse. So, wouldn’t that be the president’s call to lay people off? “As I’ve said repeatedly, Kaitlan, this convers

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not hold back on Kaitlan Collins after the CNN journalist asked about an Oregon judge’s temporary restraining order regarding the deployment of National Guard to Portland. | New York Post

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not hold back on Kaitlan Collins after the CNN journalist asked about an Oregon judge’s temporary restraining order regarding the deployment of National Guard to Portland. | New York Post Video