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Well, here we are. Despite President Donald Trump practically waving a neon warning sign that a shutdown would blow up in their faces, Democrats marched straight into the trap and hit the shutdown button anyway. Brilliant strategy, right? So how’s the messaging holding up? To put it kindly—it’s a disaster. Even their usual cheerleaders in [...]

This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. As midnight struck on Wednesday, the machinery of the federal government began its familiar descent into partial paralysis—a scenario that has become almost ritualistic in American politics, yet never loses its capacity to disrupt lives and shake public confidence. But this shutdown carries a particular [...]

The halls of Congress were already awake long before the sunrise. Under the harsh glare of fluorescent lights, staffers shuffled between marble corridors clutching binders, coffee cups, and exhaustion. The air inside the Capitol carried that particular weight that only comes before a historic vote — the kind of vote that divides families, shifts economies, [...]