Entering the shutdown, polls indicated the country was split over who would be to blame.

The shutdown is giving Trump administration officials license to resume mass layoffs, this time targeting Democratic states and priorities.

WASHINGTON — Precipitating the first government shutdown in six years was a vexing problem plaguing Democratic lawmakers: How can they dig out of the worst political hole their party has faced in more than three decades?

A potential answer came this week, when Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill decided to stand and fight the Trump administration over the extension of healthcare tax credits. A standoff over the matter led to the federal shutdown on Tuesday night, when Democrats denied Republicans the votes needed to continue funding the government, forcing hund

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