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November 5, 2025 – Government shutdown and Trump adminstration news

President Donald Trump gave an interview to Fox News that aired today in which he commented on the GOP’s election losses yesterday as well as the government shutdown. Read More

Senators to work through the weekend on shutdown as Republicans and Democrats are still far apart

Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, hoping to find bipartisan resolution that has so far eluded them as government ... Read More

Republicans quickly buck Trump on the filibuster: From the Politics Desk

Senate Republican leaders have been outspoken in their support for the 60-vote rule to pass most bills. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., promised shortly after the 2024 election that the ... Read More

Government shutdown updates: Schumer says elections prove GOP needs to negotiate

Trump has now called for eliminating the filibuster in four of the last five days in order to bring the government shutdown to an end. But so far, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has rejected ... Read More

The GOP starts to confront what Trump’s power grabs will mean when Democrats are in charge

For nine months, congressional Republicans have largely stood idly by as President Donald Trump has gone to great lengths to try to expand the power of the presidency, demolish norms and disregard ... Read More

Republicans scramble for ideas to reopen government after pressure tactics fail

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and his Republican leadership team are scrambling for new ideas to end the 38-day government shutdown after it became clear Friday that tactics to ... Read More

Republicans fume as Democrats block 9th GOP bid to reopen government

Senate Republicans tried and failed for the ninth time to reopen the government and are starting to believe that Senate Democrats won’t budge until next week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N ... Read More

Republicans are beefing with Trump over beef

WASHINGTON – There's beef about beef between Congress and the White House. A group of rural-state Republicans, typically loath to criticize President Donald Trump, is frustrated with plans he revealed ... Read More

Trump move spares troops' pay, but Republicans warn shutdown risks remain

Members of the U.S. military were poised to miss their first paychecks of the government shutdown on Wednesday, but active duty troops are at least getting some reprieve thanks to the Trump ... Read More