Here we go again. At midnight, the U.S. government will run out of funding and be forced to shut down unless Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans can pull off a deal with Democrats . Despite some very high stakes for both parties and the country, the odds of that happening don’t look good. Below are the latest updates, analysis, and commentary from our team and beyond as the country stands at the precipice of yet another shutdown. Copied Ed kilgore Updated Sep. 30, 2025, 1:23 PM EDT

The dog will catch the bus this time

One reason there’s probably as not as much furor over the impending government shutdown as there should be is that much of the public probably thinks it’s a false alarm. After all, Congress has reached these shutdown “cliffs” repeatedly in recent y

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