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Shutdown
President Trump's Sniping Hurts Bipartisan Border Talks
By Alana Abramson
Lawmakers Don't Want Another Shutdown. Now They Just Need to Convince Trump
By Alana Abramson
How Donald Trump Lost More Than Just the Shutdown
By Alana Abramson and Tessa Berenson
There’s a Food Pantry at the Coast Guard Academy
By Tara Law
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Shutdown
The Senate's First Moves to End the Shutdown Failed
As expected, both procedural votes that would have paved a path to ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history failed Thursday. The procedural vote on the proposal backed by President Donald Trump, which included...
By Alana Abramson
January 24, 2019
Celebrity Chef José Andrés Briefly Bridged the Shutdown Divide
Washington remains divided along partisan lines on the partial government shutdown, but celebrity chef José Andrés briefly brought both sides together at a soup kitchen for furloughed workers. Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
January 23, 2019
Still No End in Sight
After a long month of inaction, the Senate will now vote on two bills that could possibly end the month-long government shutdown. But both are widely expected to fail, raising more questions about how the...
By Alana Abramson
January 22, 2019
President Trump Says 'No Deal' to Shutdown Negotiations on 'Saturday Night Live' Cold Open
"Cool story, bro," Baldwin's Trump said at one point. "No deal."
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 20, 2019
Trump Sticks to Presidential Script
In past presidencies, Jan. 19's events might have seemed normal. President Donald Trump began his Saturday on a bitterly cold tarmac in Delaware, paying his respects to the remains of four Americans killed in Syria....
By Tessa Berenson / Dover, Delaware
January 19, 2019
Only Two People Can End This Shutdown. And Neither Is Budging
A bipartisan group of senators got involved. The president's son-in-law and the vice president took a shot. A group that calls itself the Problem Solvers Caucus tried its hand. But in the end, none of...
By Alana Abramson
January 18, 2019
Trump vs. Pelosi
One day after she essentially disinvited him from delivering his State of the Union
By Alana Abramson
January 17, 2019
Why Trump Is Quietly Caving on Parts of Shutdown
When President Donald Trump signs a bill guaranteeing back pay for furloughed federal workers Wednesday afternoon, it will be a rare moment of bipartisan agreement during the ongoing partial government shutdown. It will also be...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
January 16, 2019
How the Shutdown Has Spurred Political Stunts
No one on Capitol Hill or the White House seems any closer to resolving the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. In an effort to appear busy, however, both sides are resorting to political stunts....
By Alana Abramson
January 15, 2019
3 Ways the Government Shutdown Could End
As the partial government shutdown enters its fourth week, no one seems to have any answers on how it may end – even the people driving the negotiations. President Donald Trump remains dug in on...
By Alana Abramson
January 14, 2019
This Is Now the Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History
It has passed the previous record, which took place under Bill Clinton
By Abigail Abrams
January 12, 2019
Why Republicans Are Cautioning Trump Against Using Emergency Powers
"Republicans are not united"
By Alana Abramson
January 11, 2019
Trump May Have Trouble Proving His Case for a 'National Emergency'
"It's not supposed to be used just because you can't reach a deal"
By Abby Vesoulis
January 11, 2019
The Real Border Crisis
President Trump stood on the edge of the Rio Grande in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday and looked at Border Patrol vehicles, bales of marijuana seized from smugglers and a Border Patrol helicopter flying over the...
By Brian Bennett
January 10, 2019
How Mitch McConnell Is Working Behind the Scenes to End the Shutdown
President Donald Trump gave an Oval Office address and headed to the border. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have been holding regular press conferences to rebut him. But when the shutdown...
By Philip Elliott
January 10, 2019
Trump Denies He Said Mexico Would Pay for the Wall
In a 2016 memo, his campaign said Mexico would make a one-time payment of $5 to $10 billion
By Tara Law
January 10, 2019
Trump Fighting for His Future
At several points in his brief political career, Donald Trump has tried, as he calls it, to be presidential. He's tamped down his freewheeling speaking style to read from a teleprompter, which he once jokingly...
By Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson
January 8, 2019
Here Are the White House's Demands to End the Shutdown
The White House is holding firm in its request for $5.7 billion for a border wall to end the shutdown, while also demanding billions of dollars more to address other priorities at the southern border,...
By Tessa Berenson
January 7, 2019
How to Deal With Travel Delays Caused by the Shutdown
The TSA has admitted that sick calls have increased
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 6, 2019
Schumer Slams Trump After 'Game of Thrones' Reference
Trump shared a picture of a border wall with the words, "The wall is coming"
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 6, 2019
Here Are Some Unexpected Effects of the Shutdown
From the IRS to the Panda Cam
By Abigail Abrams
January 3, 2019
How the Shutdown Is Impacting Weather Forecasting
Meteorologists are working without pay while work on long-term modeling suffers
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 3, 2019
Compromise Hard on Both Sides
The government has been partially shut down for nearly two weeks, and President Donald Trump’s competing desires to hold his ground for more border security funding and shift blame for the impasse onto Democrats have...
By Tessa Berenson
January 2, 2019
Why President Trump Is Dragging Out the Shutdown
By any normal political logic, the partial government shutdown should be long over by now. Polls show that more people blame President Donald Trump than congressional Democrats for the ongoing crisis, while the president's national...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
December 28, 2018
'Very Possible' Shutdown Goes Into 2019, Says Mick Mulvaney
"I don't think things are going to move very quickly here"
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 23, 2018
Former Interior Department Official Warns Against Keeping National Parks Open During Government Shutdown
"If someone falls, gets lost, or has any issue... they’re on their own"
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 23, 2018
Senate Approves Stopgap Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown
The Senate passed legislation that would fund the government through Feb. 8 late Wednesday evening, but the short term solution does not solve the larger issues at hand regarding border security and President Donald Trump's...
By Alana Abramson
December 19, 2018
Donald Trump Won the Shutdown by Shutting Up
One lesson from the latest government shutdown should scare Democrats: Donald Trump won by keeping quiet. For critics on the left, Trump's tendency to fire off early-morning tweets on the controversy of the day is...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
January 23, 2018
These Are the 16 Democrats Who Opposed Ending the Shutdown
Plus two Republicans
By Alana Abramson
January 22, 2018
How the Democrats Lost the Battle Over the Government Shutdown
Their vote to reopen the government was based on vague promises
By Philip Elliott and Nash Jenkins
January 22, 2018
The Government Shutdown Is Almost Over After a Key Vote in the Senate
Lawmakers ended the shutdown on its third day
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
January 22, 2018
Shutdown Day 3
As Senators shuffled back to Capitol Hill on Sunday evening for a highly unusual 1 a.m. vote, few were ready to undo the partial government shutdown that began late Friday — so much so that...
By Philip Elliott and Nash Jenkins
January 21, 2018
Shutdown: No End in Sight
It wasn't just Democrats in Congress who complained about President Donald Trump Saturday. It was also Republicans, who grumbled just as loudly that they were not sure who in the White House was negotiating to...
By Philip Elliott and Nash Jenkins
January 20, 2018
President Trump Encouraged Government Shutdowns in the Past
"Our country needs a good 'shutdown'"
By Alix Langone
January 19, 2018
Paul Ryan Has the Toughest Job in Washington: Avoiding a Government Shutdown
It's not an easy time to be House Speaker Paul Ryan. The Republican Party is fractured over immigration, and its nominal leader, President Donald Trump, is sending mixed signals with offhand comments and unscheduled tweetstorms....
By Philip Elliott and Nash Jenkins
January 17, 2018
House Speaker John Boehner's Survival Could Give a Win to Democrats
Another crisis approaches the House GOP
By Jay Newton-Small
September 24, 2015
Senate in Saturday Showdown
The House passed a bandaid spending bill Friday but the Senate is locked in a showdown
By Denver Nicks
December 13, 2014
Morning Must Reads: December 12
Gorbachev Wary of 'New Cold War' Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tells TIME that the U.S. is to blame for starting a "new Cold War" with Russia and that President Vladimir Putin shouldn't back down....
By TIME Staff
December 12, 2014
Congress Narrowly Avoids Government Shutdown
Congress averted a short-term shutdown by passing a spending bill before midnight
By Alex Altman , Alex Rogers and Zeke J Miller
December 11, 2014
Sony Pictures Entertainment Hacked
A message from the hackers bears a picture of a skeleton and threatens to release the company's "top secrets"
By Rishi Iyengar
November 25, 2014
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Warns Time Is Running Out To Lift Debt Ceiling
Says U.S. will be unable to pay its bills past end of February if Congress doesn't raise debt ceiling
By Charlotte Alter
February 3, 2014
The Man Who Invented the Government Shutdown
How Jimmy Carter's attorney general changed congressional budget showdowns forever
By Denver Nicks
October 9, 2013
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