Shutdown polls show Democrats’ economic messaging still falling flat Politico CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it, low marks for Republicans, Democrats and Trump’s handling CBS News Who’s to blame for the shutdown? All of the above, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Reuters Below are five charts on how Americans feel about the government shutdown. Ipsos POLL: Americans Want Democrats to END Their …
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Vance accuses Democrats of “hostage-taking” with government shutdown posture
Washington — Vice President JD Vance on Sunday accused Democrats of “hostage-taking” with their posture in the government shutdown, as Democratic leaders in Congress have pushed for serious negotiations with Republican leaders and the White House to end the stalemate. “We don’t negotiate with a person who has taken the entire federal government hostage over a health care policy dispute,” …
Read More »Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own. – Politico
Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own. Politico Trump’s Redistricting Power Grab Is Losing Momentum New York Magazine The war over US congressional redistricting: How is it playing out, state by state? Reuters Trump-backed map victory in Missouri could trigger redistricting battles in these states Fox News The National News Desk Weekend Edition WSYX …
Read More »Trump layoffs, shattered trust harden Democrats’ shutdown stance
President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is already the fourth longest in US history with no end in sight. Senator Patty Murray, a senior Democrat, slammed the firings announced by Trump budget chief Russell Vought as illegal and “nothing new” …
Read More »Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs Deepen Impasse, Angering Democrats – The New York Times
Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs Deepen Impasse, Angering Democrats The New York Times White House says federal firings have begun as government shutdown drags on CNN Trump Layoffs, Shattered Trust Harden Democrats’ Shutdown Stance Bloomberg.com Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown AP News Trump administration issues layoff notices to more than 4,000 workers during government shutdown BBC Source …
Read More »Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds | US federal government shutdown 2025
When he sat down to talk about the US government shutdown with reporters from a closely read political newsletter this week, Chuck Schumer sounded as if he was relishing his standoff with the Republicans. “Every day gets better for us,” he told Punchbowl News. As the shutdown got under way, Schumer explained, the Republican part believed that Democrats would quickly …
Read More »26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments
Over the past two weeks, the shutdown fight has dominated Washington, leaving a stack of fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills waiting for their turn at the negotiating table. As LGBTQ+ people have watched nervously to see whether Democrats would hold the line against anti-trans and anti-queer riders, another “must-pass” measure has quietly advanced through Congress: the National Defense Authorization Act. …
Read More »New York Democrats rally behind Letitia James day after indictment for mortgage fraud | New York
Leading New York Democrats have rallied behind the embattled state attorney general, Letitia James, a day after she was indicted on mortgage fraud charges by a federal prosecutor appointed by Donald Trump last month. The US Senate’s Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, accused the US president of turning the Department of Justice into “personal attack dogs against […] political enemies”, calling …
Read More »Trump and Miller’s retribution against Democrats has an insidious strategy
The Trump Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has been received with widespread incredulity, both because of the shady circumstances around its filing and the extraordinary weakness of the case. Yet Lindsay Halligan, the US attorney who brought that indictment, seems unbothered. Indeed, she very quickly moved on to the next task at hand: getting New York …
Read More »Democrats fume as Mike Johnson cancels more House votes: "They should be ashamed" – Axios
Democrats fume as Mike Johnson cancels more House votes: “They should be ashamed” Axios Speaker Johnson keeps the House away as he fights to end the government shutdown AP News Some House GOP lawmakers want to get back to work The Washington Post Johnson says House will remain closed until shutdown ends The Hill Mike Johnson sticks to no-show shutdown strategy as resistance mounts Politico …
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