US EditionGovernment Shutdown Takes Hold
The shutdown follows a stalemate over health care funding, with Democrats demanding extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies affecting 4 million people, and Republicans opposing Medicaid reversals.
- On Wednesday, the United States federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET, disrupting services and prompting agencies to prepare for mass layoffs, with about 750,000 workers furloughed if it continues.
- A bitter spending deadlock over health care prompted the stalemate as Democrats in Congress demanded extending ACA subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts, while both parties blocked each other’s stopgap bills.
- Russ Vought, Office of Management and Budget Director, told House Republicans layoffs could begin within days as the OMB ordered agencies to prepare mass firings and the CBO projects 750,000 federal workers furloughed daily.
- About 4 million people face potential loss of coverage next year, as essential workers will stay on duty but go unpaid, and the shutdown risks an economic jolt within days.
- The White House is treating the shutdown as leverage to reshape government, framing it as a chance to cut programs it views as Democratic priorities while testing if President Donald Trump's gamble forces Democrats in Congress to compromise or Republicans in Congress to change course.
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North Platte Nebraska's NewspaperGovernment shutdown takes hold
WASHINGTON — The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday with no easy endgame in sight as Democrats held firm to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress dismiss as something…
Shutdown takes hold as threat of layoffs looms
WASHINGTON — The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday with no easy endgame in sight as Democrats held firm to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress dismiss as something…
Government shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming & no end in sight
WASHINGTON (AP/NEWS 15) — The federal government was thrown into a shutdown with no easy endgame in sight. Democrats held firm Wednesday to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress have refused…
US begins shutdown that may lead to mass layoffs and cuts - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
WASHINGTON — The federal government shut down on Wednesday morning at 12:01 a.m. ET, amid a bitter spending deadlock between President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress that will disrupt federal services and leave many federal workers furloughed.
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