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Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer October 02, 2025 12:57 PM ET Despite all the warning signs that the government shutdown would significantly hurt Democrats’ approval ratings with voters, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his merry band voted against the House-passed funding bill. Political fallout will increase the longer the shutdown drags on. However

October 01, 2025 7:04 PM ET Federal departments under the Trump administration posted shutdown notices on their websites Wednesday blaming Democrats after the U.S. government shut down early that morning. These notices were posted after Congress was unable to pass a funding bill by the midnight deadline, triggering a shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m.

October 01, 2025 7:04 PM ET Federal departments under the Trump administration posted shutdown notices on their websites Wednesday blaming Democrats after the U.S. government shut down early that morning. These notices were posted after Congress was unable to pass a funding bill by the midnight deadline, triggering a shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m.

October 01, 2025 5:37 PM ET The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) cut decades-long ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Wednesday following the group’s inclusion of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in its “Center on Extremism.” “James Comey disgraced the FBI by writing ‘love letters’ to the ADL and embedding agents with an extreme group functioning

October 01, 2025 5:16 PM ET Democrats are justifying shutting down the government to fight for lower healthcare costs, but do not appear to be changing course despite some Americans losing access to healthcare services during the funding lapse. Telehealth and home care coverage for millions of Medicare beneficiaries expired on Wednesday at midnight due

October 01, 2025 5:08 PM ET Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is now more popular with Republicans than he is with Democrats, a new poll shows.  A Quinnipiac report released Wednesday highlighted a hearty swing among registered Pennsylvania voters, with Fetterman jumping 54% in his GOP voter approval since 2024. Other polling this year shows

October 01, 2025 5:08 PM ET Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is now more popular with Republicans than he is with Democrats, a new poll shows.  A Quinnipiac report released Wednesday highlighted a hearty swing among registered Pennsylvania voters, with Fetterman jumping 54% in his GOP voter approval since 2024. Other polling this year shows

October 01, 2025 4:31 PM ET Democratic Virginia attorney general nominee Jay Jones turned a reckless driving charge into political capital by logging community service hours with his own campaign committee. A state trooper clocked Jones driving 116 mph in a 70 mph zone just after midnight in January 2022, only weeks after he left

October 01, 2025 4:11 PM ET House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sidestepped a question Thursday about withholding his paychecks during the federal government shutdown, claiming that the shutdown would not last long enough for him to have to make a decision. Jeffries said the members of Congress themselves would be able to make the choice

October 01, 2025 3:41 PM ET Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden said Wednesday that the government shutdown has been “driven” by the “demands” of “far-left groups.” Golden was the sole Democrat to vote in favor of House Republicans’ stopgap funding plan on Sept. 19 . The congressman’s comments come after Senate Democrats blocked a GOP spending