Government Shutdown

Right now some 800,000 government employees aren’t collecting paychecks. Nor are hundreds of thousands of government contractors being paid. None of them can buy as much as before.

The government shutdown is now into its 30th day.

In her latest bid for attention, right-wing provocateur Tomi Lahren took on Bronx-born hip-hop star Cardi B Sunday, sparking an argument over racism and "blind" support of President Donald Trump.

“Amnesty will be used only on a much bigger deal, whether on immigration or something else,” the president tweeted.

“But the president’s own rhetoric is not helpful,” former Rep. Charlie Dent, a Republican from Pennsylvania, told CNN. “He is completely incapable of articulating a plan to establish operational...

Prior to Trump’s announcement, which was leaked and reported by numerous outlets, Democrats had already rejected it as a "non-starter."  

Federal workers who are PayPal Credit customers can receive a one-time cash advance of $500.

The goal is to send “100,000 BRICKS” to Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer “to prove that WALLS WORK!” the campaign message says.

Most of the 376 people who entered the country on Monday crawled through holes dug by smugglers.

By refusing to negotiate with Trump, Pelosi is hurting her base.

Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said the security of the trip has been compromised due to “grave threats caused by the President’s action.”

The governor of California defied the Trump administration and advised workers to apply for unemployment benefits.

The president cancelled the speaker’s secret trip after Pelosi suggested that he postpone or submit in writing his State of the Union address.

More than 42,000 Coast Guard members have missed their paychecks.

And 46 percent of Americans "know someone who is personally affected."

The president’s letter follows the House speaker's request that Trump postpone his State of the Union address.

"We might have to make the amount of the food baskets smaller if it continues, but our doors will stay open," one food bank worker said.

"Those in power to take a long hard look at what they are doing to the people that make up this country," said Tina Gonzalez-Poole, whose family is affected by the ongoing partial government...

Former vice presidential chief of staff Ron Klain said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right to deny President Donald Trump the State of the Union platform.

“[We’re] committed to resolving our current budget stalemate," a letter drafted by Senators Lindsay Graham and Christopher Coons said.

"I would say it is less safe today than a month ago. Absolutely," Trish Gilbert, executive vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told CNN. “We do not have the...

"It is a vital function of government to let the public know what is happening in its name," Government Accountability Project Executive Director Louis Clark said.

"The American people deserve to know: Democrats refuse to negotiate on building the wall," Vice President Mike Pence said.

Ann Coulter, a conservative author and commentator and a staunch supporter of the president, said getting his border wall funded has become an issue of "self-preservation" for him.

"He is watching coverage that is showing Americans disapprove of this shutdown, so he’ll call people who will say, 'You're fine, what you’re doing is good, hold your ground,'" Omarosa Manigault...

Trump and Republicans in Congress aren't winning the shutdown in the eyes of most Americans.

Trump is treating the government of the United States as a bargaining chip. He is asserting power by any means possible. This is the method of a dictator. 

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“I would hate to see it,” Republican Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin said. "I would prefer not, primarily because, if we do that, it's going to go to court."

“Yesterday, thousands of federal workers received paychecks for zero dollars, as a wave of anxiety washed over countless families, who wonder how they will pay the bills," S.E. Cupp pointed out.