NEWS — First government shutdown in more than six years set to occur at midnight 55-45, Senate Ds block GOP plan to keep government open for 7 weeks Crossovers: Rand Paul NO. Angus King, Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman vote YES. No one knows how long this will last

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will return next week. No plans to bring members back this week. "Yes, the House will be returning next week, and they would be here this week, except that we did our work."

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis on Pete Hegseth bringing generals to Quantico for event "I think it could have been done virtually. "I'm not really sure why we brought so many people here and off their frontline positions..I don't really know why it had to be such a production,” he told me

House Rs have been eager to hear details about fed layoffs from Vought on call today. But sources tell Manu Raju Annie Grayer & me he gave very little clarity Vought says layoffs will happen in 1-2 days but doesn't specify which agencies. He also warns WIC is nearly out of $

Shutdown starts to hit federal workers’ paychecks, Tami Luhby reports cnn.com/2025/10/10/pol…

Speaker Mike Johnson says he and foreign leaders of various parliaments will jointly nominate President Trump for the Noble Peace Prize. Says “no one” deserves it more.

House Speaker Mike Johnson responds to AG Mayes: “It is no surprise that yet another Democrat politician from Arizona is trying a publicity stunt. I’ve explained this a thousand times, we’re going to swear in Grijalva as soon as we get back to legislative session.”

Arizona Democratic Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva: “Now is the time for Speaker Johnson to perform his duty and swear me in without further delay. I don’t need bells and whistles. I don’t need pomp and circumstance. I just need to get to work for southern Arizona.”

For the 10th time, Senate Dems block GOP bill to reopen government Same crossovers: Fetterman, King, Cortez Masto vote YES Paul: NO. Senate expected to leave town until Monday. Ds want talks on ACA, Rs says open govt first Shutdown to extend to week four and no end in sight

Arizona sues US House of Representatives over Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva. cnn.it/3JoW2AG

Speaker Johnson on Arizona suing the House to seat Rep.-elect Grijalva: “I think it’s patently absurd. We run the House. She has no jurisdiction. We’re following the precedent. She’s looking for national publicity, apparently she’s gotten some of it, but good luck with that.”

Merkley is up to 4th longest floor speech in modern Senate history, surpassing his fellow Oregonian Wayne Morse’s 22 hour and 26 minute speech from 1953.

Shutdown Day 23: Senate GOP bill to pay ‘essential’ workers expected to be blocked by Dems. Dems will try to force a vote to broader group of furloughed workers. GOP will object. Senators to head home for weekend. House out of session. Sarah Ferris cnn.com/2025/10/23/pol…

I tried talking to construction workers leaving the East Wing area earlier. Some told me they signed NDAs, others said everything has to go through the WH press office: cnn.com/2025/10/23/pol…

House staffers set to miss first paycheck of government shutdown cnn.com/politics/live-…

Millions of Americans could lose access to SNAP food assistance this weekend. Here’s who could be most affected: cnn.com/politics/snap-…

Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4hMRO2G

New: How Trump and the shutdown has changed the Jeffries & Johnson relationship They promised no personal attacks, talked about their faith, worked together Now people tell me the relationship is “fractured” “complicated” or “no more goodwill” cnn.com/2025/11/06/pol…

Nancy Pelosi announces she will not seek reelection to Congress after nearly 40 years in Washington, Sarah Ferris & Dana Bash report cnn.com/2025/11/06/pol…

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries pressed by Victor Blackwell CNN on his Oct 7 comments that a 1-yr extension of ACA subsidies is a "non-starter." "The Senate proposal is definitively different than what was being floated out there by House Republicans," Jeffries says.