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Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

What to know as the annual sign-up window for health insurance arrives

Higher prices, less help and a government shutdown all hang over health insurance markets as shoppers start looking for coverage this week.

FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA - JUNE 10: U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist to the crowd as he leaves the stage after speaking at a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Trump is traveling to Fort Bragg Army base to observe a military demonstration and give remarks in honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Trump shifts funds to pay military service members despite government shutdown

President Donald Trump revealed that his team has identified funds that will be utilized to pay military service members despite the ongoing government shutdown.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: A view of the U.S. Capitol as the sun sets on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. House and Senate leadership met with President Donald Trump earlier in the day at the White House to try and avoid a government shutdown at midnight September 30. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate remains gridlocked as shutdown enters new 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.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 7: Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he appears before the House Financial Services Committee on May 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Bessent is testifying on the state of international financial systems (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Rep. Maxine Waters: Dems caused shutdown over ‘health care for everybody’ — including illegal immigrants

United States Representative Maxine Waters admitted that her party shut down the government to attain “health care for everybody,” which includes illegal immigrants.

Leavitt warns government shutdown is ‘likely’ to trigger thousands of federal layoffs

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.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. If lawmakers fail to reach a bipartisan compromise the federal government shutdown will begin at midnight. Schumer was accompanied by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) / U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (C) speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate is bracing for a government shutdown after they failed to pass the Republican Appropriations and Extensions Act which would provide a temporary extension on government funding. Three Democrats joined Republicans in their vote for the legislation. Thune was joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) (R). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate fails to pass funding bills to end shutdown — again

For the second time in 24 hours, Senate Democrats blocked a House-passed stopgap spending bill that would have funded the government and ended the ongoing shutdown.