House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially accepted GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation to hold a public debate — as the government shutdown enters its third week.
Read More House Minority Leader Jeffries agrees to public debate with Speaker Johnson on govt shutdown
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that the government shutdown may become the longest in U.S. history — unless Senate Democrats finally agree to pass a “clean, no-strings-attached” Republican spending bill to reopen the government.
Read More Speaker Johnson: Congress is ‘barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’
President Donald Trump revealed that his team has identified funds that will be utilized to pay military service members despite the ongoing government shutdown.
Read More Trump shifts funds to pay military service members despite government shutdown
The U.S. Senate failed for the sixth time to pass a stopgap bill to end the government shutdown on Wednesday, which has now entered its second week.
Read More Senate Vote to end govt shutdown fails for 6th time as shutdown enters second week
The government shutdown continues on its fifth day, with little progress made as Democrats continue to hold out in an attempt to repeal the Trump administration’s prior spending cuts and restore Obamacare subsidies.
Read More Senate remains gridlocked as shutdown enters new week
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has warned that the recent U.S. government shutdown will likely lead to thousands of federal layoffs — pointing to Democrats’ refusal to work with the GOP — which the administration maintains prompted the shutdown.
Read More Leavitt warns government shutdown is ‘likely’ to trigger thousands of federal layoffs