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Shutdown Deepens in Week Two as Senate Stalls and Back‑Pay Uncertainty Rises

A leaked OMB memo casting doubt on guaranteed back pay sharpened tensions during the shutdown’s second week.

Shutdown Hits Day 6 as Senate Readies New Votes and Layoff Threats Escalate

Shutdown Enters Second Week With Talks Stalled Over ACA Subsidies

U.S. Government Shutdown Persists as White House Signals Agency Cuts

Shutdown Enters Day Two as White House Freezes $26 Billion and Warns of Layoffs

Federal Government Partially Shuts Down as Senate Standoff Hardens

U.S. Government Shuts Down After Senate Blocks Stopgap as OMB Orders Layoff Planning

U.S. Government Shutdown Looms After Senate Blocks Dueling Stopgap Bills

U.S. Shutdown Looms as Talks Stall Hours Before Funding Deadline

U.S. Shutdown Looms at Midnight as Talks Collapse and Agencies Ready Permanent Cuts

Shutdown Looms as Senate Standoff Over ACA Subsidies Blocks Stopgap Funding

Shutdown Likely Tonight as Senate Democrats Withhold Votes on GOP Stopgap After White House Talks Fail

Trump Hosts Hill Leaders as Shutdown Deadline Nears With No Deal

Trump Calls Monday Meeting With Hill Leaders as Shutdown Looms

White House Orders Agencies to Prep Layoffs in Shutdown Planning as Oct. 1 Deadline Nears

White House Orders RIF Plans as Shutdown Nears, Threatening Permanent Layoffs

UN Push Escalates Pressure on Russia as Trump and EU Target Fossil-Fuel Revenues

Trump Cancels Planned Talks With Schumer and Jeffries as Shutdown Risk Rises

Senate Blocks Competing Stopgap Bills as Oct. 1 Shutdown Risk Rises

House Takes Up GOP Funding Patch as ACA Subsidy Standoff Raises Shutdown Risk