Trump floats cutting benefits during shutdown, warns Democrats are taking a risk

Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Statement on the government shutdown

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale released the following statement on the 2025 government shutdown: The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress have forced a reckless shutdown of our federal government, causing unnecessary hardship for some 18,000 federal workers in Wisconsin and...

It's not the Dems who must feel real pain if this shutdown is ever to end

One of the main assumptions in the story about the government shutdown, which began at midnight, is that the Democrats see a “rare opportunity to use their leverage to achieve policy goals.”That quote is from the Associated Press. Here’s some more: “Senate Democrats say they won’t vote for [the Republican funding resolution] unless Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits, among other demands. President Donald Trump and …

'Whoa! Look at this!' What CEOs are saying about the government shutdown

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CT to continue federal food assistance programs affected by the government shutdown

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont(Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut will continue federally funded food assistance programs for state residents during the government shutdown, Governor Ned Lamont said on Wednesday.WIC, the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children, would have the most immediate impact from the government shutdown.“We are going to have to backstop that, given the reserves that we have as the state of Connecticut,…

Amo: 40,000 Rhode Islanders' healthcare at risk in shutdown

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island’s congressional delegation responded to the government shutdown on Wednesday. Senator Jack Reed (D) shared the following: “President Trump controls every branch of government and his failed policies are about to cause insurance premiums to spike upwards of 75 percent for tens of millions of Americans, with millions more set to lose their coverage and access to health care in the weeks ahead. There is urgent…

Trump Hopes Gov’t Shutdown Will Mask the Weakness of His Economy - WhoWhatWhy

While many Americans will quickly start to feel the pain from a government shutdown in one way or another, it comes at an opportune time for Donald Trump. For the first eight months of his second term in office, the president has been bragging about the strength of the economy, that foreign governments somehow are paying the US trillions of dollars, that prices are down, and that the US is the “hottest country” on Earth. Reality tells a very dif…