The result is a government shutdown with no immediate offramp in sight. Already, hundreds of thousands of workers have been ...

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As the first government shutdown in seven years got underway on Wednesday, tens of thousands of federal workers face the risk ...

It's unclear how long the shutdown will last, with the parties nowhere near an agreement. Democrats want health care money, ...

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Dueling proposals to extend government funding both failed for the third time in two weeks, as neither party could muster the ...

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President Donald Trump called on Republicans to use the government shutdown to “clear out dead wood” after suggestions it ...

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