The U.S. government shutdown has entered its fifth day with no resolution, primarily due to a stalemate over Democratic demands for extended Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Republicans resist. President Trump maintains the GOP is "winning" and threatens federal layoffs, while his economic advisors warn of significant GDP costs, estimated at $15 billion or 0.1% per week, and potential impacts on military readiness. Public polling indicates a plurality of blame on Trump and Republicans, intensifying political pressure as the lack of a deal threatens widespread federal worker furloughs and economic disruption.
Here's the latest • Shutdown standoff: It’s the fifth day of the government shutdown and there’s little sign of progress as federal employees across the country and other Americans begin to feel the effects. • White House digs in: President Donald Trump has embraced the political battle. He told CNN this weekend that Republicans are “winning” and expressed confidence in a positive outcome, though quiet concerns have emerged in his orbit about political damage from the shutdown. • How we got here: Democrats are pressuring Republicans to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies as part of any stopgap funding bill, while the GOP says the issue should wait until the end of the year. Trump has threatened waves of retaliatory layoffs in addition to the federal workers already furloughed. • Is the shutdown affecting you? Tell us about it. We’re in day 5 of a government shutdown. Here are the latest headlines coming out of Washington Lawmakers have said there is still no deal on the table five days into the government shutdown, while President Donald Trump prepares for potential federal layoffs. Meanwhile, Trump is traveling to Norfolk, Virginia, where he’ll deliver remarks at Naval Station Norfolk for the US Navy’s 250th birthday later this afternoon. Catch up on the latest headlines: GOP are “winning” the shutdown: Trump expressed confidence the shutdown will end on a positive note, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper his administration and the Republican Party are “winning” while working to reduce federal spending. The president also blamed congressional Democrats for any potential firings of federal workers by his administration during a prolonged shutdown. “I call them Democrat layoffs,” he said. Democratic lawmaker says there’s still no deal: Lawmakers are not yet close to a deal to reopen the government, Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona told CNN. Meanwhile, California Sen. Adam Schiff ripped Trump for playing golf, and House Speaker Mike Johnson for extending his chamber’s recess. White House on potential federal layoffs: Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, said today federal workers could be laid off if a deal to avert a shutdown isn’t reached soon. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Fox News that, if prolonged, military service members could struggle without pay. Poll shows voters are placing more blame on Republicans: A CBS News/YouGov poll found 39% of Americans blame President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress most for the shutdown, with 30% saying they blame congressional Democrats and 31% both sides equally. Trump blames Democrats for potential federal layoffs his admin is preparing, says ACA subsidies must be “fixed” President Donald Trump blamed congressional Democrats on Sunday for any potential firings of federal workers by his administration during a prolonged government shutdown. “I call them Democrat layoffs. They’re Democrat layoffs. They’re causing it,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Sunday morning. Most Democratic senators have repeatedly declined to vote for a short-term bill to fund the government through November 21, resulting in an ongoing shutdown. They are doing so to force Republicans to the negotiating table on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act tax subsidies due to expire at the end of this year. Trump touted a “record-setting economy,” adding, “we’re doing better than the country has ever done and the Democrats hate seeing that. It’s up to them. Anybody laid off. That’s because of the Democrats.” CNN reported that Trump’s Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, the architect of plans to drastically slash the federal government, warned House Republicans on Wednesday of imminent layoffs at federal agencies that don’t fit the administration’s priorities. Asked if he’s open to extending enhanced ACA subsidies, a redline for Democrats, Trump responded, “we want to fix it, so it works. It’s not working.” Though GOP congressional leadership have made clear they are open to reaching a compromise with Democrats over extending the ACA subsidies, which they also argue must be eventually changed, they have signaled they will not negotiate until the government is reopened. Sec. Hegseth blames Democrats for shutdown, worried about military paychecks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth blamed Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, telling Fox News that, if prolonged, military service members could struggle without pay. “We’re going to continue training, but eventually you stop paying people, you stop doing things, you stop training. You’re less ready. You’re less capable of being mission ready. You can’t maintain everything,” Hegseth said on Sunday. He said service members will start to look at leaders in Congress to blame if they start to miss out on paychecks. “It’s not about the money, but at the end of the day, you got to pay the bills. And so, when dumb games are played by Democrats on Capitol Hill, they don’t have the power, they don’t have the control…It’s nonsense,” said Hegseth. There will be layoffs if Trump decides negotiations don’t go anywhere, top White House economic adviser says Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, said Sunday that federal workers could be laid off if a deal to avert a shutdown isn’t reached soon. He continued, “But I think everyone is still hopeful that when we get a fresh start at the beginning of the week that we can get the Democrats to see that it’s just common sense to avoid layoffs like that, to avoid the $15 billion a week that the Council of Economic Advisers says will harm GDP if we have a shutdown.” Hassett added that President Donald Trump and White House Budget Director Russ Vought “are lining things up and getting ready to act if they have to, but hoping that they don’t.” Vought reportedly told House Republicans in a conference call Wednesday that mass layoffs would go into effect within the next two days and that layoffs would target agencies that don’t fit into the Trump administration’s priorities. Hassett last week appeared on Politico’s Dasha Burns’ episode of “The Conversation,” where he said that every week of the shutdown costs 0.1% of GDP. Schiff slams Trump for golfing amid shutdown: “We need a president who can act like an adult” Sen. Adam Schiff ripped President Donald Trump for playing golf, and House Speaker Mike Johnson for extending his chamber’s recess, as the government is shut down. “We need a president who can act like an adult, who can come to the table and negotiate an end to their self-imposed health care crisis. Right now, we don’t see that,” Schiff told NBC’s “Meet the Press” today. “We see Trump out on the golf course, we see the Speaker telling his House colleagues not to even come to session, that there’s no work for the federal government to do, apparently,” the California Democrat added. “That’s completely unacceptable.” Trump traveled to his golf course in Sterling yesterday. Schiff during the interview also criticized Trump and Republicans for threatening new rounds of fast-tracked mass layoffs as part of the shutdown. “He will do that because he wants to do that because he and (Office of Budget and Management Director) Russell Vought want to cause even more pain for the American people,” Schiff said. “That is unprecedented. No other president during shutdown has sought to maximize the harms to people, but that’s where this president is coming from.” Lawmakers not closer to a deal that would reopen government, Democratic senator says Lawmakers are not yet close to a deal to reopen the government, Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona told CNN’s “State of the Union” today. Gallego has been engaged in informal bipartisan talks on the sidelines of continual failed votes to fund the government. He made clear Democrats are holding firm in their healthcare demands and want to see meaningful action by Republicans by November. Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if the conversations between sparse groups of senators had amounted to any real progress yet, Gallego responded, “No,” adding, “we’re still going to continue talking.” “Look, we know that our Senate Republicans also want to get to a deal,” he said, adding that GOP lawmakers understand what’s at stake if millions of Americans are notified early next month that their health insurance premiums will rise if Congress does not extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. The Arizona Democrat said he needs to see that Republicans are “urgently moving” toward a solution to extend those subsidies before November 1 and accused House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump of being absent from talks for the time being. He said Johnson is keeping the House out of session to avoid a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Gallego implied he has no interest in caving on Democrats’ demands in the interest of reopening the government. “I can’t speak for everybody else, but I’m going to make sure that no matter what happens, at the end of this day, 24 million Americans do not see their insurance rates doubled, because that’s what’s going to happen,” he said. Meanwhile: Trump heads to Virginia to give remarks at an event honoring the Navy's 250th birthday As the government shutdown drags on, Trump says he is departing for his planned trip to Norfolk, Virginia, where he’ll deliver remarks at Naval Station Norfolk for the US Navy’s 250th birthday. He will be joined by first lady Melania Trump. “It will be a big day with the Navy. Leaving now. The United States has the greatest military, by far, in the World. This will be a show of Naval aptitude and strength. ENJOY WATCHING! It will be broadcast everywhere. President DJT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president is scheduled to speak the event at 3:30pm. Poll: GOP shoulders more blame, but voters aren't convinced by either party's arguments in shutdown Let’s turn to some polling now to give us a feel for the latest public reaction to the government shutdown, which has entered a fifth day. A CBS News/YouGov poll finds 39% of Americans blame President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress most for the shutdown, with 30% saying they blame congressional Democrats and 31% both sides equally. The poll finds a plurality saying each side’s positions are not worth a shutdown (40% say Democrats’ positions are not worth it, while 45% say the same about GOP positions). And about half say they are deeply concerned about the shutdown’s effect on the economy. Partisans largely place the blame on the other side when asked who carries responsibility, with Democratic voters pointing to elected Republicans and vice-versa. Democrats are more likely to see their side’s positions as worth the shutdown, though, with 48% saying the party’s positions are worth it. Only 39% of Republican voters say the same thing about their party. The poll finds more disapproval than approval of how all involved parties are handling the shutdown: • 52% disapprove of the way Trump is handling it, while 32% approve • 52% disapprove of Republicans in Congress, while 28% approve • 49% disapprove of Democrats in Congress, while 27% approve Trump tells CNN that Republicans are "winning" as shutdown drags on President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the ongoing government shutdown will end on a positive note, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that his administration and the Republican Party are “winning” while working to reduce federal spending. “Good. We are winning, and cutting costs, big time!” Trump told Tapper when asked via text message yesterday how he thinks the government shutdown will end. Some context: Despite the president’s optimism, lawmakers left Washington for the weekend with no apparent progress toward a funding agreement to reopen the government. Efforts to pass competing Republican and Democratic funding proposals failed again in the Senate on Friday, with both parties locked in a stalemate over enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Trump will speak at a Navy event today in Virginia. Here's the latest from the White House President Donald Trump is expected to address service members and top military brass at the US Navy’s 250th birthday celebration later today in Norfolk, Virginia. The appearance comes as the federal government shutdown drags on, with Trump so far digging in his heels and blaming Democrats for the lack of a funding bill. It’s been a busy week elsewhere for the White House, too. Here’s a quick roundup: • Middle East ceasefire effort: Trump is keeping pressure on both Israel and Hamas to move forward with his proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the US are headed to Egypt to try and finalize a deal. Follow live updates here. • Troop deployments in US cities: The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and Democrat-led cities intensified this weekend, with a federal judge in Oregon hitting pause on the president’s plan to deploy federal troops in Portland, and the White House announcing authorization for hundreds of National Guard members to be sent to Chicago. • Trade war bailout: American farmers are having a tough year, in no small part because of President Donald Trump’s trade war. Now, the White House is gearing up to extend them a multi-billion-dollar bailout, sources tell CNN. The government shutdown is dragging on with no end in sight. Catch up here Welcome to our live coverage of the federal government shutdown, which has entered a fifth day. We’ll bring you updates on the stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in Congress as lawmakers make the rounds on Sunday morning political talk shows. We’re also tracking the impacts we’re seeing across the country for average Americans. If you tuned out for the past couple days, here’s the lay of the land: • How we got here: Democrats are pressuring Republicans to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies as part of any stopgap bill to fund the government, while the GOP says the issue can wait until the end of the year. Failure to extend the subsidies could spike premiums by 75% on average, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. • We’re still seeing a lot of finger-pointing: Democratic senators say they’re ready for “real negotiation” on health care policy and a bill to fund the government, accusing Republicans of following President Donald Trump’s lead and trolling Democrats rather than working on a compromise. The GOP is accusing Democrats of using the shutdown for political gain. Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer told Fox News yesterday that the House GOP has done its job by passing a stopgap funding bill, laying the blame on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. • But the impacts go well beyond political spats: Federal employees, a significant majority of whom work outside the Washington, DC, area, face uncertainty about their next paycheck. Food banks are preparing for increased demand from furloughed workers. Americans who wanted to spend the weekend at national parks and museums are making new plans. • Faint signs of concern in Trump’s orbit: Trump has embraced the political battle, but quiet concerns are building among his allies that the politics of the shutdown may prove more complicated than they initially hoped. In early polling, Americans are just as likely to fault Trump as they are congressional Democrats. Federal employees are spread across the country. Here's where they work We’ve often mentioned in our shutdown coverage that the furloughs of federal workers impact communities far beyond Washington, DC. Here’s another look at that data, this time sorted by House districts: The U.S. government shutdown, now in its fifth day, presents a tangible macroeconomic risk driven by a political stalemate over the extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. The White House National Economic Council quantifies the direct economic drag at 0.1% of GDP, or approximately $15 billion, for each week the shutdown persists, providing a clear metric of the escalating financial impact. While President Trump projects confidence by stating the Republican party is "winning," polling data indicates a more complex political calculus; a CBS News/YouGov poll shows 39% of Americans blame the President and Republicans, compared to 30% blaming Democrats, with high disapproval for all parties. This political entrenchment, with lawmakers confirming no deal is close, elevates uncertainty and the potential for a prolonged disruption. The administration has explicitly threatened federal worker layoffs and the Secretary of Defense has warned of impacts to military pay and readiness, signaling that the consequences could extend beyond a temporary halt in government services to more broadly affect consumer spending and confidence.
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