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White House says it will use tariff revenue to fund federal food aid for mothers and young children

Editor’s Note: The Trump administration has clarified that it will use Section 32 tariff revenue, which typically supports child nutrition programs, to extend funding for WIC during the shutdown — ... Read More

‘The problem is everybody wants to win’: Congress bitterly deadlocked as shutdown pain skyrockets

The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go. Read More

Senate Republicans head to White House amid stalemate on shutdown

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as t ... Read More

Pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely

The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss ... Read More

Democrats want health care tax credits to end the shutdown. Why the GOP says not yet.

For months, as the expiration of health insurance subsidies loomed, state health insurance commissioners warned Congress that millions of middle-class Americans were likely to see their insurance ... Read More

Health Care Politics Bolster Democrats in Shutdown Fight

Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums, stiffening Democrats’ spines as they demand a subsidy extension. By Catie Edmondson and Carl ... Read More