The US government has shut down because Congress couldn’t reach a funding agreement. Here’s what to know about what happens next
US government shutdown – live updates
Much of the federal government officially began to shut down on Wednesday, after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement before the midnight deadline. The shutdown will have a wide range of effects on government services and potentially the US economy.
Republicans put forward a stopgap...
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Why healthcare spending was at the center of the US government shutdown battle
Democrats said they won’t vote for legislation unless Republicans reversed Medicaid cuts and extended subsidies
US government shutdown – live updates
The federal government shut down on Wednesday in part, due to a battle between Democrats and Republicans over healthcare spending.
Democrats had said that they would not vote for legislation to keep the government open unless Donald Trump and Republicans, who hold the majority in Congress, agreed to reverse...
Swalwell on shutdown possibility: ‘I don’t want to be a co-signee to this tyranny’
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) in a Monday interview explained why he didn't think Democrats should back the GOP funding measure that would prevent a government shutdown Wednesday, saying he did not “want to be a co-signee to this tyranny” from the government.
“Why would we want to continue to be, you know, co-signees on this madness that is hurting our friends and neighbors and making us look less and less like America?” Swalwell told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “CNN News Central...
Rove: Biggest shutdown loser would be ‘public trust in Washington’
GOP strategist Karl Rove weighed in on the looming government shutdown, saying the American public will lose trust in Washington if lawmakers continue to clash over policy issues, including health care.
"But no matter what, the biggest shutdown loser will likely be public trust in Washington writ large,” Rove wrote Wednesday in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal. “Voters see shutdowns as the result of gross incompetence by our leaders."
He pointed to Pe...
Jeffries: Democrats won’t ‘bend the knee to Donald Trump’s will when he’s gutting health care’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday his party will not “bend the knee to Donald Trump's will when he's gutting health care.”
“Our position as Democrats is clear: Cancel the cuts, lower the cost, save health care,” Jeffries told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on “Deadline: White House." ”That's our fight that we're waging on behalf of the American people. And we're willing to sit down with anyone at any time, any place, to try to actually get to a spending a...
Walsh criticizes Democratic leadership months after joining party
Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) slammed Democratic leadership Tuesday, months after joining the party.
“I know I’ve only been a Democrat for three plus months, so if I’m overstepping my bounds here I apologize, but damn…the leadership of my new party just doesn’t f‑‑‑ing understand the threat and isn’t f‑‑‑ing meeting this moment,” Walsh wrote on the social platform X.
Walsh’s comments were in response to a clip of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-...
Johnson questions if Schumer, Jeffries, Trump meeting ‘necessary’ to avoid shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday questioned whether a meeting between President Trump and the top two Democratic leaders in Congress is “necessary” ahead of an end-of-month government shutdown deadline, adding that he and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) will be in attendance at the meeting if it happens.
Shortly after, Trump made a post on Truth Social saying that after reviewing Democrats’ demands, he had “decided that no meeting with their Congressional ...
Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump to avoid government shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) sent a letter to President Trump Saturday to demand a meeting to discuss the expiration of government funding on Sept. 30, which could result in a shutdown.
Alarms are flashing on Capitol Hill after the Senate rejected a seven-week continuing resolution (CR) that passed the House on a largely party-line vote, leaving leaders on both sides of the aisle at a stalemate over how to ...
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If Trump wants to cut health spending, he’s defunding the wrong agency
The second Trump administration has made it a core mission to cut spending on public health programs. But ironically, one agency in its crosshairs is pivotal to cost-effectiveness research in health care delivery.
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, housed within the Department of Health and Human Services, is aimed at helping health care organizations and providers to deliver safe, high quality and equitable health care.
Despite this vital mission ...