The government shutdown has entered its 3rd day, with Senators again voting on a bill to reopen the government. However, there has yet to be a breakthrough in bipartisan talks. NTD has the latest updates. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced that the Department of Justice will investigate the arrest of cit… Original
The U.S. Capitol building on the second day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are expected to again block a GOP short-term government funding plan on Oct. 3, as the shutdown enters its third day. The federal government shut down at 12:01
The U.S. Capitol building on the second day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The federal shutdown will continue through the weekend as the Senate once again rejected rival funding bills to reopen the government on Oct. 3. The federal government shut down at
Republicans and Democrats offer competing claims about whether people who entered the country unlawfully are benefiting from Medicaid. “The law prohibits undocumented immigrants from getting payments from Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA. There’s no money, not a penny of federal dollars that are going there,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sept. 30.
ICE agents charge towards protesters outside an ICE detention facility in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 1, 2025. John Rudoff/Reuters A federal judge recused himself on Oct. 2 from Oregon’s lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s plan to federalize Oregon National Guard troops to deal with civil unrest outside federal immigration facilities in Portland. Oregon Attorney General
Partisan deadlock on Capitol Hill has triggered a government shutdown, with Democrats conditioning their support for a stopgap funding bill on health care provisions they say are essential to protecting Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Meanwhile, Republicans say that the Democratic plan would once again open the door to billions of taxpayer dollars flowing to
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