Topline The Senate on Tuesday again rejected a Republican-backed stopgap funding bill to end the government shutdown, possibly extending the closure as further federal workforce cuts loom. The government shutdown stretched on into a thirteenth day Monday. AFP via Getty Images Timeline Tuesday, Oct. 14The Senate voted 49-45 in favor of the bill, which needed…
Topline The federal government began laying off thousands of employees Friday as part of a mass reduction in force tied to the government shutdown. President Donald Trump looks on during the announcement of a deal to lower drug prices with drug maker AstraZeneca at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on…
Topline The Senate on Monday again failed to pass two bills to fund the government, and Republicans and Democrats appear locked in a stalemate as the Trump administration threatens layoffs while the shutdown enters its seventh day. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn…
Topline Republicans are doubling down on their misleading claims that Democrats want to pay for free health care for undocumented people as a provision of their terms for ending the shutdown—with Elon Musk and other right-wing voices sharing a video of a CNN host grilling House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about the political risks…
Topline The first government shutdown since 2019 began after midnight on Wednesday, in a move that will disrupt federal services and cause government workers to be furloughed, after Congress failed to reach a last-minute funding agreement as the Democrats and Republicans appeared nowhere close to a deal President Donald Trump speaks to the press before…
Topline President Donald Trump warned the federal government could permanently cut public benefits if the government shuts down, hours before the deadline for Congress to pass a new funding deal with few signs either party is willing to budge in deadlocked negotiations. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he…
Topline President Donald Trump suggested Republicans won’t cave to Democrats’ demands in negotiations to avert a shutdown Friday, deepening the partisan stalemate just four days before the government could close without a new spending plan in place. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn…