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No quick end to shutdown in sight on Capitol Hill

Washington is waking up to its first government shutdown in nearly seven years. How many more days that will be the case, no one knows. With President Donald Trump and congressional leaders not ...

Frustration grows on Capitol Hill as shutdown enters day 9 with no progress

The dynamic left Washington in a stalemate Thursday — the ninth day of the government shutdown — and lawmakers openly venting their frustration ...

Frustrations turn to heated confrontations as shutdown drags on

Partisan standoffs in the Capitol are bubbling into tense public confrontations as the government shutdown heads into its ...
Yahoo

Ominous red and orange skies had Capitol Hill take notice as shutdown loomed

Humans have looked for omens since the days when they wore loin cloths and watched shadows dance on cave walls from a crudely constructed fire. Ancient peoples believed celestial events like an ...

Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels

Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use ...
Axios

Shutdown tensions lead to heated confrontations on Capitol Hill

Driving the news: Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) kicked things off Wednesday by confronting Johnson ...
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The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that

President Donald Trump has embraced the federal shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to slash spending and shrink government, but new rounds of targeted spending cuts from the White House aimed ...