The day of the government shutdown and blame game

The U.S. government is barreling toward a shutdown at midnight with no path forward in sight.

Trump and congressional Democrats braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government as a midnight deadline approached

Scandals have come back to haunt the president’s choice.

Two separate, partisan spending bills failed in the Senate on Tuesday. The government will shut down at the end of the day barring a last-minute breakthrough.

It depends on who you ask.

The national Black Lives Matter movement claims $33.4 million of its cash is being withheld by one of its progressive partner organizations, The Post has learned.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) put the Democrats on blast with their own words, showing their hypocrisy as they protested against previous government shutdowns while refusing to put a stop to the looming shutdown that will occur at midnight if they do not compromise with Republicans.

The Senate failed to pass a stopgap measure in a 55-45 vote, pushing the country toward its first government shutdown in nearly seven years -- as funding expires at midnight.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

Under the government’s proposal, DACA recipients who move into Texas risk losing their legal ability to work, while moving out of Texas could allow them to resume qualifying for a two-year work permit.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the results from a week-long operation on Tuesday, dubbed “Operation Twin Shield."

The government shutdown has begun. And it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty. President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

The House Speaker was spotted discussing the president’s bizarre video.

Hartfield disclosed she fatally shot a former partner in self-defense, said her sister-in-law, sparking concerns over new murder allegations.

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.

The shutdown is the first since December 2018, which saw non-essential government operations cease and tens of thousands of federal employees furloughed or forced to work without pay for 35 days until lawmakers agreed on a stopgap funding measure.

Democrats have made their bed, but whether they can sleep in it – or eventually get out – is anyone’s guess.

Ahead of the government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans in Congress angrily blamed each other and refused to budge from their positions.

The president posted the AI-generated video in a Truth Social blitz.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

Ahead of the government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans in Congress angrily blamed each other and refused to budge from their positions.

Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández each hit two home runs, but the bullpen struggles once again in the Dodgers’ 10-5 wild-card win over the Reds.

In a speech to military officers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will also toughen physical standards and review anti-hazing policies.

Government funding dried up shortly after midnight in a spending deadlock that could cut essential services and lead to mass layoffs.

Democrats agree it’s time to fight. Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are shrugging off the risks and embracing a government shutdown they say is needed to push back against President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress.

Hartfield disclosed she fatally shot a former partner in self-defense, said her sister-in-law, sparking concerns over new murder allegations.

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.

The federal government shut down began at midnight on Oct. 1 as President Trump and Democrats blamed each for failing to reach an agreement.

The government began to shut down overnight after Democrats and Republicans failed to come to an agreement to extend government funding ahead of the Oct. 1, 2025, deadline.

Demanding Charges Against His Enemies, Trump Conflates Justice With Revenge

Florida Sen. Rick Scott told Newsmax on Wednesday, the first day of the government shutdown, that while Republicans are working to end it, the standoff could present an opportunity to rein in federal spending and curb inflation. [Full Story]

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill has become, by some estimates, the Garden State’s second-richest lawmaker in Congress six years after getting elected to Washington.

Now comes the tricky part for congressional leaders: finding a way out.

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

The Bad Boy Records founder is scheduled to be sentenced Friday on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

Vivek Chibber breaks down how the Marxist tradition has theorized class and why, even as the lines between wage-earning workers and the salaried middle class seem to be constantly shifting, class analysis is paramount for the Left’s political organizing.

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Shutdown Livestream: This Won't Fix Trillion-Dollar Deficits

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The court let Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook stay in office pending oral argument in January.

More Democrat senators should join three other caucus members who bucked Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and voted with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday. [Full Story]

Republican congressional leaders said Wednesday they will not negotiate with Democrats while they hold government funding “hostage” for their “radical” demands of $1.5 trillion in health care and other spending.

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The president has long faced questions about his alleged mental decline.

BLAMES DEMS AS GOP DIGS IN ON HEALTH CARE

Lawmakers have failed to reach a bipartisan deal to fund the government, which went into shutdown on Wednesday.

After a wave of right-wing backlash, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) removed its “Glossary of Extremism and Hate” due to listing Turning Point USA and Christian identity as hate groups.

Republicans have to do absolutely nothing to stop the expansion of a program they once ran on repealing. It would be a disgrace to miss that very low bar.

The White House budget office announced it was withholding funds on the first day of the government shutdown.

A federal appeals court has vacated its previous ruling against President Trump’s attempt to deport members of the Tren de Aragua gang under the Alien Enemies Act and scheduled the case for a rehearing before the full slate of judges.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune held a news conference along with other Republican leaders responding to the government shutdown.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

Two people have died and at least five homes have collapsed as a result of the twin storms that are turning in the Atlantic Ocean.

The push to disbar the Trump official for ‘attempted dishonesty’ is a scary clown show.

The legendary British scientist, best known for her lifelong study of chimpanzees, died of natural causes at 91during a visit to California.

“Just horrible. Nothing in the world is more horrible than what I saw yesterday. I have kids, you know, and so no family should have to go through this.”

For the second time in 24 hours, Senate Democrats blocked a House-passed stopgap spending bill that would have funded the government and ended the ongoing shutdown.

Vice President JD Vance debunked the left’s lies on the Democrat shutdown during a press briefing on Wednesday.

Six beach houses in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean as a result of Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Five of these homes fell within a 45-minute period in the afternoon, with a sixth collapsing later that day.

TRUMP THREAT: WE'LL 'GET RID' OF 'DEMOCRAT THINGS'

“This is a continuation of the occupation, if not a continuation of the war by other means.”

Government Shutdowns Are an Example of Congress Doing Its Job

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, a self-described “anti-communist cult leader” used a selectively edited video to falsely accuse labor historian and tenured professor Tom Alter of inciting violence. Texas State University’s president swiftly fired him.

Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Senate Democrats, singling out Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and denouncing what he described as the “preposterous” assertion that the Democrat Party is not seeking to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants amid the government shutdown.

The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.

Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, has expanded his legal team with two top defense attorneys, including one who represented Joseph “Lyle" Menendez in 1993 and serial killer Richard Ramirez.

Republicans are imitating Obama’s approach by needling Democratic voters to the point that they take leave of their senses. And it could backfire.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Wednesday that the federal government is cancelling $8 billion in green energy funding amid the Democrat-forced government shutdown.

Senators began talking Wednesday about how to end the government shutdown but were still stuck on Democrats’ demand to revise the House-passed stopgap that could quickly reopen the government.

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown.

Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Senate Democrats, singling out Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and denouncing what he described as the “preposterous” assertion that the Democrat Party is not seeking to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants amid the government shutdown.

Reagan-Appointed Judge Slams Trump's Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Students

Violent Antifa criminals have laid siege to the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon, for over 100 days.

Jane Goodall, the famous anthropologist, conservationist, and primatologist, has died at age 91.