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On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that by threatening to fire government employees, President Donald Trump is strengthening the resolve of Democrats and stated that “He started punishing the federal workforce and punishing

During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discussed the government shutdown and said that “what all of this is about is, do the American people come together and demand that we have a government that

During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to a question on her prior characterization of government shutdowns as hostage-taking and what she would say to Republicans who say Democrats are doing that right now

During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that a one-year extension of healthcare subsidies to end the government shutdown is “laughable, because it’s cynical.” And “as a member of the party, we put negotiations

President Donald Trump directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to ensure that U.S. service members receive their next paychecks, despite the government shutdown stretching into its fifteenth day.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for the Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown, saying it “may start costing the U.S. economy up to $15 billion a day.”

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent said U.S. job growth has slowed down in part due to two million illegals being deported or self-deporting.

Democrats pulled another stunt two weeks into their shutdown, marching down to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) office to demand the swearing in of Democrat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), even though Johnson was not even in his office.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Troy Downing (R-MT) said that farmers in his state will “hit crisis mode if we can’t get the government open soon” and give them a bridge until trade deals are reached and

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” host Kaitlan Collins stated that it’s “off the topic” to mention how people abuse the asylum system when talking about asylum seekers getting healthcare benefits at issue in the government shutdown. Sen. Tim

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that ending the government shutdown requires a vote to move forward on reversing “cuts to the Affordable Care Act that make it unaffordable, that are, right now,

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) responded to a question on why Senate Democrats won’t vote for a clean continuing resolution, by saying it’s “because we’ve seen what’s happened since day one of the

President Donald Trump claimed that a “wealthy” donor offered to pay the salaries of U.S. service members if the United States government ran out of money available to pay the troops during the ongoing government shutdown.

Democrat demands to reopen the government include $3.9 million for LGBTQI+ democracy grants in the Western Balkans, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed on Tuesday on the 14th day of the Democrat government shutdown.

Several major American airports have refused to play a clip of U.S. Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem blasting Democrats for the government shutdown which has resulted in some federal employees working without pay for the time being.

Americans are “sick and tired of Democrat dysfunction,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said on Monday on day 13 of the Democrat government shutdown, blasting them for attending a Napa Valley fundraiser.

The Trump administration will continue to pay troops and law enforcement and issue more reductions in force of federal bureaucrats, the OMB said Tuesday.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) stated that health insurance companies are lobbying heavily for the Affordable Care Act subsidies “Because they want that free money,” and that the money from

Monday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Republican lawmakers were destroying the “lives of Americans everywhere.”

Monday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said there was “no reason” to trust Republicans.

The Democrat Party is “utterly rudderless,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday, Day 13 of the Democrat shutdown.

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ripped Democrats for their Napa Valley fundraiser — complete with hot tubs and an organic vineyard — while they refuse to reopen the government.

President Donald Trump is taking steps to ensure U.S. service members receive their paychecks next week despite the ongoing government shutdown.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) responded to a question on whether Democrats have held that you shouldn’t shut down the government over policy before by saying, “No, but this is about the budget. The

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) responded to a question on if she would support extending healthcare subsidies for more than a year, but with an income cap of around $200,000 by saying, “I’m just

On Friday’s “CNN NewsNight,” Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) blamed Republicans for the government shutdown and responded to a question on who is voting against a continuing resolution in the Senate to end the shutdown by saying that “there may be

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) discussed the government shutdown and stated that he thinks that the U.S. Senate “Absolutely” should eliminate the filibuster and let Republicans pass a bill to re-open the government on a

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson discussed the government shutdown and said, “I’m going to break from the party line here on this. I’m a Democrat. I’m with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Sen.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) stated that the GOP bill to fund the government isn’t clean and saying so ignores that “Donald Trump is politicizing and weaponizing the DOJ, that he’s indicting his political

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Ezra Levin, the Co-Executive Director of Invisible, one of the groups organizing the “No Kings” protests said that there might be a nugget of truth to arguments that Democrats are continuing the government

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republicans are ditching their weekend fundraising event as the government shutdown drags on, while Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to plan the Democrats’ fundraising vacation in California’s luxurious Napa Valley.

The Democrats will not concede on their government shutdown demands short of “planes falling out of the sky,” a senior Democrat aide told CNN.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) criticized Democrats and left-wing journalists for supporting the upcoming “Hate American Rally” being held next week.

While news reports seed fear in U.S. troops that they won’t get their paychecks because of the government shutdown — and President Donald Trump is vowing the military will be paid — reportedly Congress will have to pass some sort of funding legislation by Monday to get payroll processed by the standard mid-month pay date.

This is the first time in history a party has shut down the government over a clean continuing resolution, Speaker Mike Johnson said during a press conference on Friday.