US EditionMark Warner Says Shutdown Could End ‘This Week’ with Trump Back in US
Sen. Warner criticized President Trump for delaying government reopening despite $6 billion allocated for SNAP benefits and healthcare funding during the shutdown.
- On Nov. 2, 2025, Senator Mark Warner framed the shutdown as urgent after government funding lapsed Nov. 1 and urged releasing $6 billion for SNAP to prevent hunger and reopen the government.
- Leader Thune tied reopening the government to health-care talks, saying rates had soared as of Saturday, while Warner said talks could be rapid if President Donald Trump joined negotiators.
- Major airline CEOs, the air traffic controllers' union, AFGE, and AFSA urged quick funding, while consular officers report out-of-pocket expenses and unrepaired armored vehicles.
- Voter anger and early ballots are adding political pressure on leaders, as Warner said the impasse carries electoral consequences and cited contested legal opinions from the Secretary of Defense.
- Senator Mark Warner urged leaders to sit down this week to resolve the shutdown, referencing ongoing operations including a US strike on an alleged drug boat and clarifying legal opinions do not involve the Venezuelan Government, Maduro.
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Sen. Warner: Ending Shutdown Needs Trump’s ‘Active Intervention’
President Donald Trump needs to be actively involved in order for the government shutdown to end, Sen. Mark Warner told CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday. The Virginia Democrat said that Americans are "very angry at this president." He added, "We knew this wasn't going to end unless Donald Trump was back in the country. He's now back in the country. He's got to go ahead and put America first and sit down with us, deal with the healthcare sho…
Mark Warner says shutdown could end ‘this week’ with Trump back in US
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he’s hopeful the government shutdown could come to an end this week with President Trump back from his Asia trip. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Warn…
For 33 days, US citizens have been suffering from the state's severely restricted service, the record for the longest shutdown is close, but the power-political consequences before regional elections are surprising.
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