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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., praises President Donald Trump's peacemaking efforts leading to a ceasefire pausing two years of war in the Gaza Strip, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

The kitchen sink at Margie Walker and Jim Boisen’s home in French Island, Wisconsin. Angela Major/WPR

Wisconsin lawmakers, regulators clash over PFAS protections in GOP bills

FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey, arrivex to testify under subpoena behind closed doors before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Comey pleads not guilty in Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown

Planes land and take off at Harry Reid International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Staffing shortages cause more US flight delays as government shutdown reaches 7th day

FILE - A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., return to their offices after meeting with reporters on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaints

FILE - Activists carry signs during a protest against President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Latest: Trump gives Hamas a Sunday deadline to accept deal

A hiring sign is displayed at a post office in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Lack of jobs data due to government shutdown muddies view of hiring and the US economy

Financial information is displayed as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Federal shutdowns usually don't do much economic damage. There are reasons to worry about this one

FILE - Students cross the campus of Dartmouth College, March 5, 2024, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris

Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

Visitors walk back to the parking lot after discovering the visitor center, park store and restrooms are closed at Acadia National Park, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

National parks will remain 'generally' open during the shutdown, but Liberty Bell doors are closed

A closed sign stands in front of the National Archives on the first day of a government shutdown, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

What happens now that a government shutdown is underway

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty

President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Democrats vote down federal funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, flanked by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., arrives to speak on the steps of the Capitol to insist that Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits as part of a government funding compromise, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years during partisan standoff

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act hold up signs as the opinion for health care is reported outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, June 25, 2015. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

What to know about expiring health care tax credits at heart of government shutdown debate

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