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Senate Republicans mull a vote offer to Democrats in shutdown standoff
The potential proposal on the table would be a vote on extending expiring health care subsidies.
Kent Nishimura/Reuters
Senate Republicans back Trump’s strikes on Venezuelan boats
The GOP voted down a Democratic effort on Wednesday evening to restrict the administration’s campaign against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
Donald Trump via Truth Social via Reuters
US government shutdown may last into next week
The Senate may head home for the weekend.
Burgess Everett/Semafor
As Trump prosecutes more adversaries, some allies see trouble getting convictions
James Comey is one of more than a half-dozen presidential enemies under DOJ scrutiny, and the list is growing. Making the charges stick won’t be easy.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Hawley calls for special prosecutor to probe Biden-era FBI
The Missouri senator’s name was on a list of GOP lawmakers whose metadata the FBI reviewed.
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Could a bipartisan Senate gang stop the shutdown?
Senators once locked arms across the aisle on infrastructure, immigration, and more. Some in the chamber think that’s the way out of the current crisis.
Anna Rose Layden/Reuters
US govt shutdown enters seventh day with no movement
Senate GOP leaders are considering cancelling next week’s recess if the shutdown continues.
Trump won’t budge on key Democratic shutdown demand
The opposition may yet get him to cut a deal on extending health care subsidies. Limits to his spending power are more out of reach.
Shutdown could run into next week as Senate bolts
Democrats are likely to once again reject the House’s seven-week stopgap bill.
Democrats: It’s more of a health care fight than a shutdown
Holding the line to keep the government closed is painful for them, but most of them saw it as the only way to start their comeback.
Talks start in US Senate as shutdown drags into Friday
After three Democratic defections on the House’s spending bill, it appears no one else is budging.
Carr to testify before Cruz’s committee in wake of Kimmel flap
The Texas GOP chair compared the FCC chair’s pressure on Disney and ABC to a mob boss.
Trump causes bipartisan alarm by turning shutdown into DOGE 2.0
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing back on White House plans to lay off workers and shut down projects during a funding lapse.
Both parties prepare for a long US shutdown
Neither Republicans nor Democrats have taken the exit paths they had. All signs are pointing to a chaotic, long affair.
Cruz stiff-arms Democratic college sports plan, vows bipartisan deal
The Commerce Committee chair, R-Texas, told Semafor that he’s already in talks on an alternate solution to what’s becoming an untenable situation in athletics.
Washington hurtles toward a shutdown
The first sitdown between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders in both parties was short and yielded no breakthrough.
Shutdown odds high ahead of Trump meeting with lawmakers
Still, the fact that they’re even talking is a good sign.
Do Republicans have ‘room’ for Trump critics? Paul and Massie hope so
“To us, it’s never been about allegiance to one person … it’s about allegiance to principles,” the Kentucky GOP senator said alongside his House colleague.