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US shutdown nears end as Senate passes deal, House readies vote
A RECORD-SETTING 41-day US government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday (Nov 12) after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats.
Trump hammered on cost of living in Democratic wave
He blamed Tuesday’s Democratic sweep on the federal government shutdown - now the longest ever, at 36 days - over a budget standoff in Congress
White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks ‘going nowhere’
[WASHINGTON] The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown are “a...
Republicans warn of pain ahead as US shutdown faces second week
The White House says plans are being finalised for the firing of thousands of federal workers
Trump eyes firing thousands of federal workers over shutdown
The House will not return to Washington until Tuesday
White House says firings ‘imminent’ as plan to reopen government collapses
This is the first since a record 35-day pause in 2019, during Trump’s first term
US begins government shutdown with Trump, Democrats at impasse
If the shutdown lasts three weeks, the unemployment rate could spike to 4.6 to 4.7%
US on brink of government shutdown as last-ditch vote fails
Despite frenetic negotiations in Congress, there has been no breakthrough
Are Maga voters rational?
Voter behaviour is often driven by culture and ideology, to the extent of choosing candidates who will not be good for them economically
Trump meets Democrats without breakthrough on imminent shutdown
Vice-President JD Vance accused the Democrats of putting “a gun to the American people’s head”
