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Federal Workers Might Not Know They’ve Been Fired Thanks to Shutdown
Trump has complained for years that his name has not yet been added to the ranks of prize recipients, who span some of the greatest…
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White House Begins Mass Firing of Federal Employees Amid Shutdown War
Russell Vought, the White House budget director, announced that the administration has begun firing federal workers en masse. Vought…
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Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant
“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,” the committee…
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Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown
Judge Sara Ellis, the Obama appointee overseeing this case, has suspended federal agents from “using riot control weapons,” “firing…
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IRS Suddenly Says It’s Following Trump’s Plan for Shutdown Backpay
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday for alleged mortgage fraud, following President Donald Trump’s months-long…
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Trump Proudly Announces His Shutdown Revenge on Democrats
“If we see a lapse in pay come the 15th, my children do not get to get the medication that’s needed for them to live their life,” she…
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MTG Gives Her Party the Middle Finger Over Ongoing Shutdown
“If we see a lapse in pay come the 15th, my children do not get to get the medication that’s needed for them to live their life,” she…
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Jim Jordan Loses It as Shutdown Interview Goes off the Rails
“There’s two people on the floor, or, you know, whatever, there’s—but normally, it’s done in front of the full House, so that new member…
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Mike Johnson and John Thune Can’t Keep Up With Trump on Shutdown
Martinez and 21-year old Anthony Ruiz were both charged with felony assault of a federal officer. But Christopher Parente, Martinez’s…
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Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance
Ornstein: I would be stunned if they did, Greg, because remember, we have had a mantra now for years, “repeal and replace.” And there’s…
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The Case for the Forever Shutdown
But what I need you to know is that the inherent contradiction of everyday life in Chicago for any one person of privilege like me—of…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Wrecked Trump’s Entire Shutdown Strategy
With the government shutdown fight dragging into its second week, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene rolled a grenade into the GOP…
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Trump Says Which Furloughed Workers Get Shutdown Backpay “Depends”
President Donald Trump gave the least reassuring answer Tuesday about ensuring federal workers receive backpay after the government…
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Mike Johnson Seems Uncomfy With Trump’s New Shutdown Plan for Backpay
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that he hopes federal workers receive their back pay, making it seem possible that they won’t—even…
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Trump Plans to Stiff Federal Workers Furloughed During Shutdown
“The government is shutdown, but the House refuses to go back in session. Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I…
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No air traffic control at LA area airport amid US government shutdown: governor
A BUSY California airport had no air traffic controllers on Monday evening, the state’s governor said, as the effects of a US government…
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Karoline Leavitt Has Wild Excuse for Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s favorite far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer…
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Mike Johnson Makes Patently False Claim About Government Shutdown
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s favorite far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Snaps at Journos as Shutdown Polls Worsen
Sargent: Yeah, I think you’re getting at what I think is a real problem in the Trump coalition, kind of in a very broad sense, right? So…
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Trump Press Sec Seethes as Fresh Polls Show Him Losing Shutdown Badly
Things are not okay in the White House. Numerous new national polls show President Trump and the GOP taking far more blame for the…
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The Shutdown Is Sparing Trump Some Bad Economic News
But what if you could keep the government shut down long enough to prevent BLS from collecting the data it will need to report the…
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GOP Senator Utterly Humiliates Himself Over Shutdown Polls
“Now, are they taking great pleasure in that? No. Is trolling the Democrats? Yes. I mean, yes! Because that’s what President Trump does,…
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Mike Johnson Snaps When Shutdown Comments Thrown Back in His Face
“Now, are they taking great pleasure in that? No. Is trolling the Democrats? Yes. I mean, yes! Because that’s what President Trump does,…
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Trump Sure Picked Some Interesting People Not to Furlough for Shutdown
A third of the White House complex has been furloughed so far due to the government shutdown—but exactly whom the Trump administration has…