The largest federal labor union this week backed a Republican government funding bill, increasing pressure on Democrats. But many of the top unions told ABC News they continue to support the Democrats’ strategy of breaking with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are losing pay … Read more
Some blue states seem to have finally snapped when it comes to President Donald Trump’s administration claiming that the government shutdown is the Democrats’ fault. So, they decided to inform visitors that if they are panicking that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments will be suspended on November 1st. for the shutdown, they can blame … Read more
“There is no doubt that the brutality of this shutdown is intentional,” said Alexsis Rodgers, policy director of the Black to the Future Action Fund. President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have yet to agree on reopening the federal government, leaving millions of Americans vulnerable to hunger and worsening economic pain when SNAP … Read more
Claim: in 2025 in July Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson voted in favor of the bill, which provides for $186 billion in Rating: Rating: True in 2025 In late October, an online claim claimed that US House Speaker Mike Johnson had signed into law President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” a few months ago, … Read more
00:00 Speaker A Markets are all but certain that the Fed will cut interest rates when it meets this week, following cooler-than-expected inflation data on Friday. Note that the CPI number has been delayed due to the ongoing government shutdown. Well, Anna McDonald, Chief Investment Officer at Aubrey Capital Management, joins us now to discuss … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown, already the second-longest in history with no end in sight, is quickly becoming President Donald Trump’s way of re-running the government. It wasn’t always like that. In fact, it all started with an attempt to enforce Washington’s federal law. The modern phenomenon of US government shutdowns began in 1980 … Read more
Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson (Reuters) – The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping America’s skies safe have been without pay throughout the government shutdown. Without a funding deal soon, many will be forced to dip into savings, pile up credit card debt or work part-time to make ends meet, several federal employees said. … Read more
Washington – Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, said Sunday that lawmakers could end the shutdown impasse and reopen the government as early as this week, urging Republicans to come to the negotiating table on health care subsidies. “We should be able to wrap it up this week if they sit down and negotiate with us,” Kelly … Read more
Here’s a roundup of our top stories from the past week. By subscribing to the Pensacola News Journal, you get full access to the work of our reporters and photographers as they go out each day to help inform and clarify important issues affecting your community. A family of students was hit and killed in … Read more
Demonstrators will take to the streets across the country tomorrow for a “Kings Day of Peaceful Action” against Trump administration policies. Organizers believe the president is behaving more like a king than a democratic leader. President Trump is “doubling down — sending militarized agents into our communities, silencing voters, and handing billionaires handouts while families … Read more