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Government Shutdown

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Trump to sailors on pay held back by shutdown: 'Do not worry about it'
Oct 0610 months ago

Trump to sailors on pay held back by shutdown: 'Do not worry about it'

President Trump on Sunday told Navy sailors not to “worry about” their paychecks that are being held back by the current government shutdown. “As your commander in chief, I will always stand for you. ...

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Most Americans believe the shutdown will last two weeks or less: Survey
Oct 0510 months ago

Most Americans believe the shutdown will last two weeks or less: Survey

A new poll shows most Americans say they believe the government shutdown will last for two weeks or less, as Congress grapples with the public fallout from the first shutdown in about six years. The Y...

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Jeffries: House Democrats to meet virtually Monday as shutdown drags on
Oct 0510 months ago

Jeffries: House Democrats to meet virtually Monday as shutdown drags on

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will caucus virtually on Monday after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent his colleagues home for the next week amid the government sh...

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Federal worker union sues over Education Department shutdown emails
Oct 0410 months ago

Federal worker union sues over Education Department shutdown emails

A federal worker union sued the Trump administration on Friday due to automatic email responses from employees at the Education Department that blame Democrats for the government shutdown. The America...

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Haberman: Some Republicans 'quietly frustrated' with Trump's Project 2025 talk
Oct 0310 months ago

Haberman: Some Republicans 'quietly frustrated' with Trump's Project 2025 talk

White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Thursday said GOP lawmakers are “quietly frustrated” by President Trump’s references to the conservative policy initiative known as Project 2025 during the...

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez explain their votes on the shutdown
Oct 0210 months ago

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez explain their votes on the shutdown

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) teamed up to release a Thursday video explaining why they voted against the House Republican-authored stopgap legislation. Its fa...

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Jeffries says he hasn't heard from White House since Monday meeting
Oct 0210 months ago

Jeffries says he hasn't heard from White House since Monday meeting

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he hasn’t heard from the White House since a Monday meeting with President Trump and other congressional leaders. “We haven't heard fro...

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Jeffries says he's 'hopeful' Congress can avert a government shutdown
Sep 2810 months ago

Jeffries says he's 'hopeful' Congress can avert a government shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he’s "hopeful" Congress can avert a government shutdown, a day before he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are set to meet wi...

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Van Hollen says Democrats 'not going to write a blank check' to avert shutdown
Sep 2810 months ago

Van Hollen says Democrats 'not going to write a blank check' to avert shutdown

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Democrats will not “write a blank check” to the Trump administration to avert a government shutdown. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Marylan...

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