NEW YORK – After a major rejection on November 4th. Republicans found a silver lining in the election: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a New Democrat. National Republican leaders are turning to the 34-year-old Democratic socialist even on seemingly unrelated topics, such as the just-ended federal government shutdown. At the press conference after the … Read more
Approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of government has fallen sharply since the start of his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the growing disaffection coming from fellow Republicans. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research came after recent Democratic victories in the off-year elections, but … Read more
Written by Julia Harte – From federal wages to public benefits, the longest US government shutdown in history is cutting back millions of Americans, many of whom voted for President Donald Trump. But interviews with five Trump voters, part of a panel of 20 that Reuters has interviewed monthly since February, show that while the … Read more
Republicans on Friday rejected a Democratic bid to end the longest government shutdown in US history, which included a vote to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring health insurance subsidies for people covered by the Affordable Care Act. “After so many failed votes, it’s clear we have to try something … Read more
David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democrats were at the center of a U.S. government shutdown drama on Thursday as they met behind closed doors to consider what the House’s top Republican said was a proposal to reopen shuttered federal agencies as early as this weekend. On the 37th day of the … Read more
Americans are increasingly expressing concern about the shutdown’s impact on the U.S. economy, with a large majority believing Congress is not even trying to end it. There is also growing concern among people that they will be personally affected, especially those on lower incomes, as well as concerns about the national impact. Politically, this means … 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
President Donald Trump was back on US soil for less than 24 hours before resuming his seismic political edicts in a late-night Truth Social post. On Thursday, not long after the president and first lady Melania Trump handed out candy to White House goons, Trump called on Republicans to play their trump card and “use … Read more
For most of President Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans have followed his will. But in two Midwestern states, Trump’s plan to retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s elections has hit a snag as Republicans redraw congressional districts. Despite weeks of campaigning by the White House, Republicans in Indiana and Kansas … Read more
America has an affordability crisis. Electricity bills are rising at twice the rate of inflation. Food prices are rising rapidly. Tariffs squeeze families at every turn. And in a few weeks, more than 24 million Americans will see their health care premiums increase. That is, unless Republicans in Congress move to extend the tax credits … Read more