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The latest from Capitol Hill.

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  • ‘The communication culture sucks’: Republicans on Capitol Hill in the dark on Trump administration decisions during shutdown
  • Takeaways from Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez’s CNN town hall on the government shutdown
  • Breaking down the impact of Trump’s shutdown layoffs of federal workers
  • US Capitol Police investigating ‘vile and deeply inappropriate symbol’ found in GOP lawmaker’s office
  • Florida judge orders GOP Rep. Cory Mills to have no contact with ex-girlfriend
  • How Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez primed the Democratic Party for a shutdown fight
  • How the shutdown has become a political stress test as tempers flare and the stakes rise
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    Trump says administration has ‘identified funds’ to pay troops next week
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson depart a news conference on Friday, October 10, 2025.
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    GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party
  • Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought at the White House September 29, 2025.
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    Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown
  • Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on January 30, 2024.
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    Maine Gov. Janet Mills set to challenge Susan Collins for US Senate seat
  • President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on October 9, 2025.
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    Democrats give Trump credit for Gaza deal but stop short of backing GOP calls to award him Nobel Peace Prize
  • Members of the US Army participate in the 250th birthday parade on June 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Army is marking its 250th birthday with a military parade including roughly 6,600 troops, 150 vehicles, and over 50 aircraft. The parade, which coincides with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, is designed to tell the history of the Army.
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    Democrats say even missed paychecks for US troops won’t be enough to end shutdown alone
  • Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego confront House Speaker Mike Johnson outside his office in the US Capitol on Wednesday.
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    Tempers flare between Democratic senators and Speaker Johnson over Grijalva’s swearing in and shutdown strategy
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks with reporters at the US Capitol on February 11, 2025.
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  • People walk along the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025.
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    White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight
  • Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona, speaks to members of the press at the US Capitol on September 30.
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    Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking
  • A member of the U.S. Park Service puts up a closed sign at the Washington Monument on October 01, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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    Trump questions back pay for federal workers furloughed as part of government shutdown
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  • The Capitol is illuminated at sunrise to begin Day 3 of a government shutdown on October 3, 2025.
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    Congressional leaders lament absence of ‘serious’ bipartisan talks as shutdown enters second week
  • The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle is seen in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2023.
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    Man arrested and charged with possessing explosives ahead of church service marking start of Supreme Court term
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