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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senators failed to pass legislation to reopen the government after a 10th vote on short term funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats block GOP-sponsored bill to pay Military and federal workers amid shutdown: ‘INDEFENSIBLE’

Senate Democrats moved to kill a GOP-sponsored bill that would have paid active-duty military members and essential federal employees who have continued to work through the government shutdown.

ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 8: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, flanked by Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration Ha McNeil and Adam Stahl, TSA Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, speaks during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 8, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. For the first time in nearly two decades, the TSA is easing its shoe removal rule introduced five years after a 2001 shoe-bombing attempt by allowing some travelers to keep their shoes on at security checkpoints. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

U.S. airports decline airing DHS Secy. Noem’s PSA slamming Dems for govt shutdown amid TSA pay concerns

Several major U.S. airports have refused to air a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that criticizes congressional Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown — amid its impact on TSA operations.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: Herschel Walker, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas speaks during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill on September 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Walker is a former professional football player and Georgia politician. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate GOP confirms more than 100 Trump nominees

Amid the ongoing government shutdown, Senate Republicans have since confirmed 107 of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) looks on during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Vance joined Leavitt to discuss the federal government shutdown, after Congress and the White House failed to reach a funding deal by the October 1 deadline and halted U.S. government services for the first time in nearly seven years. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

VP Vance calls out Schumer, Senate Dems for holding Americans ‘hostage’ amid Govt. shutdown

Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Senate Democrats, singling out Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and denouncing what he described as the “preposterous” assertion that the Democrat Party is not seeking to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants amid the government shutdown.

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (C), Republican from Louisiana, leads a news conference with Republican Congressional leadership outside the US Capitol on the first day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025. The US government began shutting down after midnight on October 1 as lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP leaders hold press conference on Democrat government shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune held a news conference along with other Republican leaders responding to the government shutdown.

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media after walking off the House floor at the US Capitol. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Republican leaders urge members to hold the line before possible shutdown

House Republican leaders urged their members to stay united ahead of a looming government shutdown, telling colleagues on a Monday conference call that their strategy is to push Senate Democrats into accepting a clean short-term continuing resolution to keep federal agencies funded.