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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Thursday that the ongoing government shutdown is more than a political standoff — it’s a direct threat to economic momentum and American livelihoods.

Cruz said the ‘Sombrero posting’ would continue until the government reopens

Vice President JD Vance taunted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries after he called an AI-generated video posted by President Donald Trump that showed him wearing a sombrero racist

Interior Department staff have been told to take their work devices home so they can monitor layoff notifications

Vice-president falsely says Democrats calling for billions for ‘healthcare for illegal aliens’ as funding deadlock continues

Congress failed to meet an Oct. 1 deadline to adopt a spending measure and keep the federal government open, resulting in the first government shutdown in nearly seven years. With both Democrats and Republicans seemingly prepared for a long fight, Alfonso Serrano, a politics editor at The Conversation, interviewed Charlie…

‘The president is joking and we’re having a good time,” Vance insisted from the White House briefing room podium

The hat just "randomly appeared" during budget negotiations.

The money was set to fund the Hudson Tunnel Project and the Second Avenue Subway projects