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Coverage dated September 29, 2025

Partisan standoff threatens U.S. government shutdown

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A health care and spending standoff between Democrats and Republicans may trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in seven years.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    U.S. government faces first shutdown in almost 7 years (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    With a government shutdown just hours away, Democrats and Republicans in Congress angrily blamed each other and refused to budge from their positions.

  2. WMUR

    Partisan standoff threatens U.S. government shutdown (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    A health care and spending standoff between Democrats and Republicans may trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in seven years.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years during partisan standoff (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says Republicans are trying to “bully” Democrats by refusing to negotiate as a standoff over health care and spending threatens to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years.

  4. The Boston Globe

    US government on brink of first shutdown in almost seven years amid partisan standoff in Congress (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks while lawmakers finish their work on annual spending bills.

  5. WHDH Boston

    US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and

  6. WHEC Rochester

    US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff in Congress (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years. Democrats and Republicans in Congress are unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.

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