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‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say
↵↵"The economy is going to be the No. 1 issue next year in the midterms," said the Republican strategist, granted anonymity in order to speak candidly.
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↵↵"The economy is going to be the No. 1 issue next year in the midterms," said the Republican strategist, granted anonymity in order to speak candidly.
The count: 42 days, 22 hours and 24 minutes↵↵That's how long the longest partial government shutdown lasted, from Oct. 1 through Wednesday night, when Trump signed the short-term spending measure, according
come out of Illinois, where, in one of the latest incidents, a man accused ICE agents of allegedly spraying a chemical substance into his car, affecting members of his U.S. citizen family, including his 1-
↵↵Leaders of both parties have yet to agree on topline discretionary spending limits for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, a critical step for passing most of the annual appropriations bills that remain
"The problem is, if we remove it … it has to go back to the Senate, and then you're right back to where you were 40 days ago," he said, referring to the start of the partial shutdown that began Oct. 1.
↵↵As many as 1 million Marines, family members and other military or civilian employees who spent at least 30 days at Camp Lejeune when the water was contaminated between 1953 and 1987 were eligible to
The agreement would also reverse the layoffs of thousands of federal workers since Oct. 1, when the shutdown began, and would ensure that federal workers who were furloughed or who have been working without
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 2-1 decision denied a Trump request to keep Perlmutter fired while the case played out.
↵↵Another key provision for Democrats who'd been on the fence would reverse mass layoffs announced by the Trump administration since the shutdown began Oct. 1, at least while the government remains open
↵↵The president has been purposely detached from negotiations among rank-and-file Republican and Democratic senators since before the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
Ferrell/CQ Roll Call) Pelosi conducts a news conference in the Capitol on March 1, 2013.
↵↵The partial government shutdown that started Oct. 1 has become the longest in history.
↵↵Based on exit polls as of Wednesday afternoon, here are five factors that were in play that Republicans need to understand going into the 2026 midterms. 1) Independents↵↵Republicans' loss of independents
Mamdani is set to be sworn in on Jan. 1.
Mackenzie’s 1-point win last year in this Lehigh Valley swing district came with Trump boosting Republicans across Pennsylvania as he completed a nationwide sweep of battleground states.
The National WIC Association led an Oct. 24 letter to the White House urging an additional cash infusion to avoid disruptions starting Nov. 1.
growing recognition that the funding extension to Nov. 21, as the House proposed in September, would no longer provide enough time to complete appropriations bills for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Virginia's statewide Democratic ticket of, from left, Jay Jones, Abigail Spanberger and Ghazala Hashmi march at a Labor Day parade in Buena Vista, Va., on Sept. 1, weeks before Jones' texting scandal rocked the election. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
At least they didn’t before Oct. 1.
The country is just days away from disaster as Nov. 1 is likely to see the crisis worsen with more people losing paychecks and crucial support while health and safety programs go unfunded.