US House votes to end partial government shutdown over immigration operations

“This is the same bill the Senate unanimously passed five weeks ago,” said Patty Murray, the top Democrat on government funding in the Senate. “After Republicans spent months blocking disaster…

Steve Kornacki: Republicans took a political hit in the shutdown. How long will it last? – NBC News

Steve Kornacki: Republicans took a political hit in the shutdown. How long will it last?  NBC News

Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political headache – CNN

Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political headache  CNN

Flight delays spike over 6,000 on Thursday as government shutdown cripples air traffic nationwide

The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights at times and put pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay. On Friday evening, airports in Phoenix, Houston and San Diego were…

Shutdown cancels US citizenship ceremonies

About a dozen of us walked into a US immigration office in Virginia on Saturday morning, people born all over the world excited to take the final step in becoming…

Trump layoffs, shattered trust harden Democrats’ shutdown stance

President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is already the fourth…

Opinion | What the Shutdown Is Really About

The other Republican argument is that what Democrats are really trying to do here is give health care subsidies to, as they put it, illegal aliens. What is that argument…

The government shutdown is a slow-boil political crisis – CNN

The government shutdown is a slow-boil political crisis  CNN

The spending bill that averted a shutdown shrank from more than 1,500 pages to just 100—here’s what was cut

The spending bill that cleared Congress didn’t include pharmacy benefit manager reforms, a pay raise for lawmakers, and a crackdown on “junk fees.” Read More