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There was no end in sight on Oct. 30 to the partial shutdown, as Senate Republicans urged Democrats to support a stopgap funding measure through Nov. 21 while the latter demanded negotiations to extend expiring federal tax credits. Such credits help Americans buy private health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
If the paychecks are delivered, it would be the second time the White House has avoided missing a pay period for troops during the shutdown, now in its 30th day.
The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, is one of the longest in U.S. history.
Active service members are set to receive their next paycheck on Friday as scheduled, but they may start going without pay if a deal to end the government shutdown isn’t reached soon, leaders in Washington are warning.
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday warned of a potential holiday meltdown if a government shutdown stretches into the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel season and urged Democrats to provide the votes to reopen the government.
Nearly half say Trump and GOP are responsible for the shutdown, the poll found. Thursday marks the 30th day of the federal government shutdown and the American public has grown more concerned about the shutdown throughout the month and more disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling the federal government,
The US government shutdown has entered its fifth week and there is no clear end in sight. With Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over passing a spending plan that would reopen federal agencies, millions of Americans are feeling economic pain that could soon grow worse.
That means the shutdown, in its 30th day, appears all but certain to stretch into another week, putting it on track to become the longest in history, surpassing the 35-day lapse that ended in 2019, during Trump’s first term over his demands to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
US Vice President JD Vance said a prolonged government shutdown would likely snarl travel during the busy holiday period, as the administration seeks to ramp up pressure on Democrats over the funding standoff.