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Topic: Shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images)

DHS to shut down, but ICE won’t stop

Jelinda Montes
Blue states fight back via SNAP websites, matching Trump's administration's online finger-pointing with their own. (jetcityimage / Getty Images)

Blue states fight back against shutdown

CK Smith
Local community food banks saw long lines of people needing assistance this week as SNAP benefits might be cut this month. While these Floridians got food, some politicians got dramatic. (Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Court feeds people, GOP feeds on drama

CK Smith
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stands at attention during an advanced honor cordon for Canadian National Defense Minister David McGuinty at the Pentagon on September 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump's mystery donor adds shutdown woes

CK Smith
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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / FS Productions / Svetlana Panfilova)

GOP health care cuts hurt kids like mine

Joel Edward Goza
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to members of the media while walking through Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, September 18, 2023. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

McCarthy left behind by "clown show"

Heather Digby Parton
Takeout container in a fancy restaurant (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A restaurant transformed by the pandemic

Chris González
(Getty/Stephen Brashear)

Boeing safety update hit by shutdown

Igor Derysh
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Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump is sued over national emergency

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Mandel Ngan)

Trump blocks back pay for contractors

Igor Derysh
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Democrat applauds Trump's wall emergency

Matthew Rozsa
Mitch McConnell; Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Salon)

D.C. dread: Another shutdown coming?

Matthew Rozsa
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(Getty/Rick Loomis)

Trump tries to rally the troops

Heather Digby Parton
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (Getty/Win McNamee)

WH chief of staff warns of new shutdown

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

New Trump, same as the old Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump gestures during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2018. (Getty/Win McNamee)

Trump's delayed SOTU: What to expect

Matthew Rozsa
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(Getty/Alex Brandon)

Trump won't rule out another shutdown

Matthew Rozsa
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Why Trump tries to punish us

Chauncey DeVega
Nancy Pelosi; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

GOP tries to stall Democrats' agenda

Sophia Tesfaye
Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Will the GOP allow a second shutdown?

Matthew Rozsa
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Donald Trump argues about border security with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as Vice President Mike Pence sits nearby in the Oval Office on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Mark Wilson)

The Amen Corner on the shutdown

Brad Rothschild, Steven A. Cook
Thorstein Veblen; Donald Trump (Wikimedia/Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Trump, America and Thorstein Veblen

Sidney Plotkin
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How McCain "underestimated" Nancy Pelosi

Joseph Neese
A mother pours water to cook breakfast at the the central migrant camp in Tijuana. (Marc Licciardi)

How shutdown violated human rights

Matthew Rozsa
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