In 2013, then-businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump shared his vision on Fox News about the role a president should play in a shutdown: "You have to be nice and be angry and be wild and cajole ...

A recent poll shows that while Americans prefer for lawmakers to compromise to accomplish tasks in government, others admit ...

President Donald Trump is using the government shutdown to reshape the federal workforce and target detractors.

Other Western democracies experience polarization and political turmoil, too, yet do not experience government shutdowns like ...

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From condemning the Republicans to asking for pay to be withheld, here's the reaction for the 2025 government shutdown from Massachusetts politicians.

President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward ...