03/13/2025

Washington Braces for a Government Shutdown

Meanwhile, DOGE cuts continue

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to expect.

A drive by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who oversees the U.S. DOGE Service, to unilaterally shrink the government has led to the dismissal or deferred resignation of tens of thousands of federal workers. That means some of the disruption that a shutdown can provoke for federal workers or citizens who need government services is already here.

The administration's push for cuts has also scrambled lawmakers' negotiations, with Democrats — who in recent years have sought to keep the government open at all costs — opposing funding legislation as part of what they call a last-ditch bid to stop Trump’s attempts to exert more control over spending.

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