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Trump directs the Pentagon to use ‘all available funds’ to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed. Trump said in a social media post that he was acting because “our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th.” The Republican president’s directive removes one of the pressure points that could have forced…

Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The consequences of a government shutdown setting in, senators labored Thursday to find a way forward but found themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties. Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Thursday afternoon floated an “off ramp” to the government funding impasse, suggesting that he could hold a later vote on expiring health care subsidies if Democrats would first support a stopgap spending bill to reopen the government. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer quickly dismissed the idea. “It’s nothing new, they…

Roundup: Dem Base Rallies Leaders to Stay Strong on Health Care Against the GOP as Shutdown Looms

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See coverage in AP, Axios, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Politico WASHINGTON – MoveOn Civic Action continues to encourage Congressional Democrats to stand united by refusing to agree to a government funding plan as long as ACA premium subsidies are on the chopping block and without any concessions from Trump and Republicans to reverse their massive healthcare cuts from the summer. Earlier this month, MoveOn sent a memo to Democratic leadership and appropriation chairs from Executive Director Katie Bethell conveying the grassroots will have their back if they keep their word…

The Project 2025 Shutdown Is Here

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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Thirty-four days into the previous government shutdown, in 2019, reporters asked President Donald Trump if he had a message for the thousands of federal employees who were about to miss another paycheck. “I love them. I respect them. I really appreciate the great job they’re doing,” he said at the time. The following day, caving after weeks of punishing cable-news coverage, he signed legislation to reopen the government, lauding furloughed employees as “incredible…

Grassroots Groups Announce 500K Call Push to Protect Health Care in Shutdown Showdown

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Indivisible, MoveOn, and Working Families Power Combine Efforts to Ensure Dems Keep Holding the Line WASHINGTON – As health care premiums prepare to go up and the Trump-Republican shutdown continues, grassroots groups are coming together to push half a million calls to Congress to protect health care access. Throughout this week, Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, and Working Families Power (WFP) are activating their members to place calls to Congress to demand they preserve ACA subsidies and reinstate life-saving Medicaid funding that Republicans gutted to make way for tax cuts for…

Government shutdown layoffs to occur ‘very soon,’ White House warns

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After congressional appropriations lapsed and a government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the Trump administration now warns that further federal employee layoffs are imminent. It’s unclear which agencies will move forward with potential layoffs, beyond at least one agency — the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — that on Wednesday issued layoff notices. Vice President JD Vance doubled down on the Office of Management and Budget’s last week’s directive to terminate more federal employees in the case of a government shutdown. “If this thing drags on for another few…