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People take photos with a sign announcing that the Library of Congress is closed, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Government shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sight

October 1, 2025 at 3:21 p.m.

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and...

The U.S. Capitol is photographed after a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Government headed to a shutdown after last-ditch vote fails in Senate

September 30, 2025 at 11:16 p.m.

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almost...

President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters after greeting supporters before departing the White House, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown

September 29, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are at the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both...

FILE—Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, arrive to speak to members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Shutdown standoff deepens ahead of crucial meeting at the White House

September 28, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Majority Leader John Thune are digging in ahead of this week’s deadline to keep the government open, showing little evidence of budging even...

FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

As Democrats prepare for a possible federal shutdown, their endgame is uncertain

September 27, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

The plan is heartily endorsed by many of the party's frustrated voters in the base and by activists. Less clear is what’s in the party playbook come that deadline.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says a shutdown can still be avoided if Democrats ‘dial back’ their demands

September 26, 2025 at 7:14 a.m.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rejecting Democratic demands on health care as unserious but says a government shutdown is still “avoidable” despite sharp divisions ahead of Wednesday’s funding deadline.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is met by reporters as he walks to his office while Congress works on a government funding solution, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms 48 of President Trump’s nominees at once after changing the chamber rules

September 18, 2025 at 4:32 p.m.

The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

September 17, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

The U.S. public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for...

As lawmakers debate a government funding extension, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., awaits the arrival of the leader of the Orthodox Christian Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

September 17, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday that they will reject Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about issues regarding the Affordable Care Act at the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

September 13, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable, but lawmakers are clashing over how to do it.

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