'Litigation is not off the table': ESA spending fight continues between Mayes and Horne
Attorney General Kris Mayes said she's investigating possible public monies violations. Superintendent Tom Horne said up to 700 ESA accounts have been shut down.
Arizona Daily Star
FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down government to give health care to immigrants
President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Democrats ...
The New York Times
Democrats Were Winning the Shutdown. Why Did They Fold?
Back in September, when I was reporting an article on whether Democrats should shut down the government, I kept hearing the same warning from veterans of past shutdown fights: The president controls ...
Time
Why Are Democrats Voting to End the Shutdown? Here’s What Guided Their Thinking
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Senate Democrats held together as long as they could. But with the ...
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'We're Never Going To Do That': Trump Doubles Down On Government Shutdown, Outright Refuses To Work With Democrats In Oval Office Rant
During a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte several days ago, Donald Trump made the bald-faced lie that Democrats want to spend $1.5 trillion on giving free ...
AOL
Why Democrats Are Backing Down Now on the Shutdown
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Senate Democrats held together as long as they could. But with the ...
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'This Was Planned': John Cornyn Gets Caught Up In Own Delusions, Claims Democrats Planned To Shut Down The Government During Bizarre Tirade
During his remarks from the Senate floor today, Senator John Cornyn claimed that Democrats had planned to shut down the government all along. Cornyn claimed, "This was planned." Gavin Newsom's team ...
New York Post
Democrats shut down the government over a piddling price rise — but fight real reform
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking at a press conference on the government shutdown on Nov. 4, 2025. Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images Three dollars a week. That’s the number that led ...
New York Post
Shutdown coming to a close: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 13, 2025
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer looks down during a press conference following a Senate vote, hours before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...
The New York Times
Age Is the Issue That Democrats Can’t Shut Down
A restless Democratic base is seething at older leaders in Washington. By Reid J. Epstein The Democratic unity and good feelings after the party’s big election victories lasted under a week. Now, the ...
CounterPunch
Why the Democrats Lost the Shutdown Battle
You cannot eat words. Rhetoric does not pay medical bills. Face it—the Democrats didn’t just lose the shutdown fight; they were crushed. And the brutal truth is they were never going to win, because ...