A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's mass layoffs as the government shutdown drags on, pausing the cuts for thousands of workers.

Get the latest Trump administration news as the government shutdown continues. House Speaker Mike Johnson said this could become the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

The latest vote marked the ninth time that the Senate failed to advance or pass the legislation, prolonging the government shutdown past the two-week mark. The vote failed in a 51-44 split, with five senators not voting.

Senate heads home with House already gone as shutdown persists and Americans suffer - ANALYSIS: Everyone knows the shutdown is a loser. But nobody has given the other side a reason to assume good faith,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested Wednesday that the House will not return to the Capitol to vote on an $852 billion Pentagon bill the Senate is set to consider Thursday — unless

Moulton invoked the Markey's age in his announcement video, arguing that he does not think the senator "should be running for another six year term at 80 years old."

The White House continues to insist that the 2019 Government Employees Fair Treatment Act does not guarantee backpay to furloughed federal workers after every shutdown.

The compact "demands that American universities surrender their institutional autonomy and place themselves under the control of the U.S. Federal Government," the faculty senate wrote.

Democratic leadership in the Senate is avoiding the backlash facing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) over his decision to rule out a one-year extension to expiring Obamacare subsidies. On Wednesday,