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Shutdown Enters Third Week as Trump Set to Close Democrat Programs, Keep Cutting Jobs

The government shutdown hit the two-week mark Wednesday after the Senate failed to pass a short-term funding bill for the eighth time. Senators voted 49-45 in favor of the Republicans’ funding stopgap ... Read More

Shutdown to enter third week after Senate rejects bill to reopen government

The Senate rejected a bill to reopen the government for the eighth time Tuesday, ensuring the shutdown will enter its third week with lawmakers nowhere close to finding a resolution. Senators voted 49 ... Read More

Trump Renews Threat to Cut ‘Democrat Programs’ During Shutdown

The president said his administration was “closing up Democrat programs that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.” He promised to release a list of programs by Friday. By Tony Romm ... Read More

Federal shutdown stalls legal battles between California, Trump administration

Days before the Trump administration was supposed to file its response to a California lawsuit challenging its targeting of gender-affirming care providers, attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department ... Read More