“Absolutely there are risks,” said Third Way's Jim Kessler. "The fight is the victory. They want a fight. And they're going to get one."
Trump presides over third government shutdown, with fresh opportunity to fire thousands of workers and close down federal offices
BY LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK AND OTHERS
October 1, 2025
Trump plans to use shutdown to fire federal workers this week
BY ERIK WASSON, GREGORY KORTE AND OTHERS
White House budget chief plans swift federal worker cuts as GOP pressures Democrats to end shutdown.
The same Republicans accusing Democrats of holding the government "hostage" triggered a shutdown in 2013 over Obama’s health care…
As Congress braces for another government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans are still at odds.
Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after Trump and Congress failed to…
Senate Democrats voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown.…
Of the $28 billion in funds frozen during the first 15 days of the federal government shutdown, $27 billion were tied to projects…
