October 8 IRS workforce slashed in half as government shutdown showdown stretches into second week The IRS implements contingency plans during the government shutdown, suspending taxpayer services while maintaining tax processing and criminal investigations.
October 8 Screaming match erupts between Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Lawler as government shutdown chaos continues House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Mike Lawler clashed in a screaming match over bipartisan ObamaCare subsidy legislation amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
October 8 Tense confrontation between House speaker, Senate Dems caught on camera over shutdown Heated exchange erupts between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Ruben Gallego over the government shutdown and Jeffrey Epstein file accusations.
October 8 Senate fails again to end shutdown House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., joins 'America Reports' to discuss the sixth failed vote to re-open the government and the fundamental issues being debated that are keeping it closed.
October 8 White House escalates shutdown consequences as Democrats show no signs of budging: ‘Kamikaze attack’ The Trump administration threatens to deny backpay to furloughed federal workers as the government shutdown enters its eighth day with no resolution in sight.
October 8 Moderate Dem undercuts Jeffries on ObamaCare compromise as government shutdown wears on Rep. Tom Suozzi and 10 other House Democrats support a bipartisan one-year extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies set to expire in December.
October 8 Senate Democrats defy White House warnings, again block GOP bid to reopen government External pressure from the White House has had little sway on Senate Democrats in their bid to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, forcing the government shutdown into an eighth day.
October 8 Kennedy says Schumer 'nervous as a pregnant nun' as socialist wing tightens grip amid government shutdown Sen. John Kennedy predicts Sen. Chuck Schumer will quietly turn to Democrats to end the stalemate after bowing to far-left pressure with the "political shutdown."
October 8 Democrat senator says GOP tactics 'not helpful' to end shutdown Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., joins 'America’s Newsroom' to discuss the Senate’s sixth attempt to end the government shutdown and what the stalemate means for Americans nationwide.
October 8 Government shutdown enters new phase with halted paychecks, failed votes Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the shutdown as Capitol Hill faces halted paychecks, new test votes and mounting pressure as federal workers await funding.