Republicans are trying to win back political momentum in the government shutdown fight from Democrats, putting their rivals on the defensive and taking solace from polls showing Americans are starting to shift more blame to Democrats for the funding stalemate.

After struggling through a bad last week that highlighted their divisions on health care, Republicans have showed signs of regrouping.

They’ve forced Democrats to vote twice on a House-passed government fund...

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Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Wednesday launched a U.S. Senate bid in Massachusetts, setting up a generational challenge as he looks to unseat incumbent progressive Sen. Ed Markey (D).

Moulton, a moderate 46-year-old veteran, focused on age in his announcement video, saying his party has “clung to the status quo, insisted on using the same old playbook, and isn't fighting hard enough.”

“We're in a crisis, and with everything we learned last election, I just don't...

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▪ Media outlets rebuff Hegseth policy

▪ Obama steps up political fight

▪ Rubio’s star rises

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Republicans and the Trump administration are bracing for a lengthy government shutdown, taking steps to alleviate any political pain that might boomerang on them while seeking to make life difficult for Democrats.

The White House is taking steps to redistribute funds to ensure the military gets paychecks during the shutdown.

Doing so in this way takes care of a constituency important to the GOP and Trump, but it deprives Democrats of a vote to fund the military.

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Senate Republicans are ramping up pressure on Democrats over the shutdown, taking away a vote on a Democratic alternative to open the government and blaming the party for worsening hardships for military families.

In a now familiar scene Tuesday night, the Senate rejected a House GOP measure to open the government by a 49-45 vote. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) were the only members of the Democratic caucus who voted to advance it. Sen. J...

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The Senate rejected a bill to reopen the government for the eighth time Tuesday, ensuring the shutdown will enter its third week with lawmakers nowhere close to finding a resolution.

Senators voted 49-45 on the GOP's House-passed continuing resolution, which would fund the government through late November. It needed 60 votes to advance. 

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) voted with Republicans, as they have for nearly two wee...

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has set up one vote Tuesday afternoon to reopen the government, giving Democrats only the opportunity to vote for or against a House-passed continuing resolution that has failed repeatedly on the Senate floor.

The Senate is scheduled to convene at 3 p.m. and the vote is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.

It will be the eighth time senators consider the House measure, which failed to advance on seven previous votes.

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Vice President Vance blamed the rescinded layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and “far-left” Senate Democrats, as the government shutdown approaches two weeks. 

The Trump administration initially laid off more than 1,000 CDC employees on Friday, before reportedly reversing course. 

“The government shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos,” Vance told CBS News on Sunday. “We are figuring out h...

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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday argued the government shutdown is being caused by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) “being petrified of their left flank.”

“This shutdown is a direct result of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries being petrified of their left flank and wanting to show AOC and [New York City mayoral candidate] Zohran Mamdani and every other radical leftist that they are fighting back against Pres...

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