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After retaking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump promised to eliminate wasteful spending in Washington and “drain the swamp” by cutting the size of the federal bureaucracy. While the job ...

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• No votes tonight: The Senate won’t vote on any government funding bills this evening. That means the shutdown will continue into tomorrow, when another round of votes on proposals to reopen the ...

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson leaves after holding a roundtable to discuss the completion of the citizenship audit of Utah's ...

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The federal government has shut down for the first time in six years because Congress failed to approve a federal spending bill before October 1. Republicans and Democrats are still far apart in ...

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The effects of a shutdown tend to unfold in stages. Every department, agency and congressional office made contingency plans. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The government shutdown that ...

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