Trump says he's open to striking deal with Democrats on extending health care subsidies

Could a bipartisan Senate gang stop the shutdown?

The NewsDonald Trump has kept the Senate’s infamous bipartisan gangs in check. The shutdown could change all that.With agency closures stretching to a week, Democrats anticipate that the GOP rank-and-file will become more willing to negotiate an extension of expiring ACA subsidies that would help end the shutdown. But at the moment, interested Republicans won’t start talking unless Democrats vote for the House’s spending bill, something most hav…

Government shutdown sees talks over health care at an impasse

President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, one of the main issues that led to the government shutdown.  …

Government shutdown continues with talks over health care at an impasse

President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, one of the main issues that led to the government shutdown.  …

Trump says he’s open to talking health care with Democrats as government shutdown continues

By Catherine Lucey and Erik Wasson, Bloomberg News (TNS)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would negotiate with Democrats over health care subsidies, a move that could open the door to resolving the government shutdown that has stretched into a second week.

Leaked memo shows Trump plans to stiff 750k shutdown workers

A leaked White House draft memo suggests that the Trump administration is actively considering stiffing as many as 750,000 federal workers and denying them compensation while furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to an Axios report published Tuesday.As many as 750,000 federal wo...

Shutdown 2025: The Democrats Strike Back

As the calendar flipped to October 2025, the federal government ground to a halt in what has become the first shutdown since 2019, leaving 1.6 million federal employees furloughed, or working without pay. The immediate cause? A bitter partisan stando...