Fox’s Chad Pergram Reports the ‘Government Likely Closes Tonight’

Alex Griffing Sep 30th, 2025, 12:07 pm

Chad Pergram , Fox News’ senior congressional correspondent, joined Bill Hemmer on Tuesday to discuss the looming government shutdown , which Pergram predicted is likely to happen at midnight.

“Chad Pergram, tell us where we are and where we’re headed,” began Hemmer.

“Midnight is the deadline. There are no backchannel talks, and that means the government likely closes tonight. A meeting between President [Donald] Trump and top congressional leaders went nowhere yesterday. The president was asked about the depth of federal layoffs,” Pergram replied, before playing a clip of Trump’s earlier statements:

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