President Donald Trump signed legislation late at night, formally ending the longest government shutdown in American history as more than 650,000 furloughed federal workers received orders to return to their offices Thursday morning. The federal government is set to reopen after being shut down for a record-setting 43 days after the House on Wednesday evening […]
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Democrats sweep off-year elections as shutdown becomes longest in U.S. history, Trump blames Republican losses on budget crisis
The government shutdown officially became the longest in American history Tuesday night, November 4, 2025, as voters delivered devastating defeats to Republicans in off-year elections that both parties characterized as a referendum on President Trump’s agenda. Today marks day 36 of the ongoing government shutdown, making it the longest in U.S. history, taking the title […]
Trump and Xi prepare for historic summit as breakthrough trade framework promises tariff relief and rare earth cooperation
President Donald Trump expressed confidence Tuesday, October 29, 2025, that his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea would produce a comprehensive trade deal as both nations projected optimism following weekend negotiations in Malaysia that established a framework for ending months of escalating tensions. Trump expressed hope for a grand deal between […]
Trump declares breakthrough as Treasury Secretary Bessent confirms 100% China tariffs ‘off the table’ ahead of Thursday Xi summit
President Donald Trump expressed confidence, Monday, that his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping will produce a comprehensive trade deal as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that Trump’s threatened 100% tariff increase on Chinese goods is effectively off the table. Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Japan from Malaysia, Trump added […]
Trump embarks on high-stakes Asia trip as government shutdown enters day 25, threatens 10% tariff hike on Canada after terminating trade talks
President Donald Trump departed for Asia on Saturday for his first major diplomatic mission of his second term as the government shutdown entered its 25th day with no resolution in sight to the budget crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without paychecks. Trump is heading to the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center […]
Shutdown enters day 23 as Democrats signal openness to bipartisan worker pay deal while SNAP benefits face November collapse
The government shutdown entered its 23rd day Thursday, October 23, 2025, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressing cautious openness to a potential bipartisan Senate bill to pay federal workers even as Democrats maintained their core demands for Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions. Jeffries said House Democrats will consider in good faith anything bipartisan that […]
Trump nominee Ingrassia withdraws after racist text messages sink support among Republican senators
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel withdrew from consideration Tuesday night, October 21, after acknowledging he lacked sufficient Republican support following revelations about racist text messages in which he described himself as having “a Nazi streak” and called for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to be “tossed into the seventh […]
Trump rejects compromise on healthcare as Senate moderates pursue shadow negotiations to end three-week shutdown
President Donald Trump made clear Sunday, October 19, 2025, that he is unlikely to compromise with Senate Democrats’ shutdown demands for an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits, complicating bipartisan efforts by rank-and-file senators to negotiate an end to the budget crisis entering its 19th day. Trump’s hardline position came as a small group […]
Trump honors fallen conservative hero Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday
President Donald Trump posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in an emotional Rose Garden ceremony honoring the young leader who helped mobilize a generation of young voters before his assassination last month at a Utah college campus. Trump called Kirk a fearless warrior for liberty […]
Trump finds Pentagon funds to ensure military pay as shutdown enters second week, orders layoffs of more than four thousand federal workers
President Donald Trump announced Saturday, October 11, 2025, that he has identified funds to pay active duty military members next week despite the ongoing government shutdown, fulfilling a promise he made to service members gathered at Naval Station Norfolk days earlier. Trump posted on Truth Social that he would direct Secretary of War Pete Hegseth […]