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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference on the 30th day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders reject President Donald Trump’s demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown

October 31, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans on day 28 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate

October 29, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out funding to continue food aid for more than 40 million...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference on day 23 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 23, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown

October 23, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown.

House Democrats prepare to speak on the steps of the Capitol to insist that Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits as part of a government funding compromise, in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Health care compromise appears far off as the government shutdown stalemate persists

October 23, 2025 at 8:47 a.m.

The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses in his office doorway to speak to reporters on day 20 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week

October 21, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it but for...

The Capitol is seen under gray skies on the thirteenth day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say they won’t be intimidated by Trump’s threats as the shutdown enters a third week

October 15, 2025 at 7:02 p.m.

Entering the third week of a government shutdown, Democrats say they are not intimidated or cowed by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, as they speak with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as the government shutdown heads toward a second week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal government shutdown grinds into week two as tempers flare at the Capitol

October 8, 2025 at 6:50 p.m.

Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government....

The Capitol is illuminated at dawn in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown drags on as health care compromise remains elusive

October 7, 2025 at 6:28 p.m.

Democrats are seeking negotiations on expiring health care subsidies while Republicans say they won’t discuss it, or any other policy, until the government reopens.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, as the U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

October 3, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

On the third day of the shutdown, another Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would reopen the government failed on a 54-44 tally.

Looming health insurance spikes for millions are at the heart of the government shutdown

October 2, 2025 at 5:49 p.m.

The federal government's shut down centers around Democrats insisting that any deal address their health care demands.

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