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Shutdown explained: Who works, who doesn’t and how much it costs

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The clock is ticking to fund government, and so far, lawmakers do not have a path forward to avert a partial shutdown.

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The Senate returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday, and congressional leaders are slated to meet with President Donald Trump to negotiate a deal on funding the government. But the last week has seen both sides point the finger at who would own closing the government.

Lawmakers have until midnight Wednesday to pass a short-term funding extension, or else the government will close. And if it does, it would be the third shutdown under Trump.

A government shutdown happens when Congress can neither pass all 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the government, nor pass a continuing resolution (CR), which typically keeps funding levels static while lawmakers hustle to finish their work on spending bills.

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Sunrise light hits the U.S. Capitol dome on Jan. 2, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Since 1980, there have been 10 government shutdowns. Only three have happened since the turn of the century.

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All shutdowns are different, and the impending shutdown is no exception. However, it could have more devastating effects on the federal workforce than previous shutdowns given the administration’s orders to undertake mass firings.

Programs like Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid will continue, along with the Postal Service, Veterans’ Affairs hospitals and clinics, and Immigration and Border Patrol security activities, among others. Federal employees will likely go without pay, however, and a string of agencies will see their services hampered by furloughs, like the IRS and Small Business Administration. Housing programs may also see a delay in rental assistance and loans.  

Typically, shutdowns see thousands of federal workers deemed «nonessential» furloughed, but the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo last week that directed agencies to «use this opportunity to consider reduction in force (RIF) notices for all employees» in programs that have no other available funding source and that don’t comport with Trump’s priorities if lawmakers couldn’t fund the government.

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President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

«RIF notices will be in addition to any furlough notices provided due to the lapse in appropriation,» the memo read, and they will be issued «regardless of whether the employee is excepted or furloughed during the lapse in appropriations.»

Then there is the cost of a shutdown. While the cost of a partial closure this year is unknown, the Congressional Budget Office did an analysis of the cost of the last time the government shuttered in 2019.

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The report, published in January 2019, found that the shutdown saw roughly $18 billion in federal spending delayed, which led to a dip in that year’s first quarter gross domestic product of $8 billion. The report noted roughly $3 billion of that would not be recovered.

It also found that federal workers who received delayed payments and private businesses were the hardest hit.

«Some of those private-sector entities will never recoup that lost income,» the report stated.

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Congressional Republicans and Democrats are at a stalemate on the current CR, not so much because of what’s in the bill — it would keep the government open until Nov. 21 and includes tens of millions in new spending for lawmakers’ security — but because of what it lacks.

Democratic lawmakers demanded that the short-term extension at least include an extension to expiring Obamacare premium subsidies and have warned that if Congress doesn’t act, millions of Americans will see their health care costs increase.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on June 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

While the subsidies don’t expire until the end of the year, congressional Democrats have noted that insurers are gearing up to send out new rates on Oct. 1.

But Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., have said that conversations about the subsidies can happen after the government is funded, but that has so far not been enough for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate 
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«Fundamentally, nothing has changed, though, and the choice remains the same: Democrats can either vote for a clean, short-term, nonpartisan CR that prioritizes the American people, or they can choose a completely avoidable shutdown that prioritizes politics above all else,» Thune told NBC’s «Meet the Press.»

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Both Thune and Schumer, along with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., will meet with Trump Monday afternoon. The confab comes after Trump canceled a meeting with the Democratic leaders earlier this week.

Schumer and Jeffries said in a joint statement after a new meeting was set that «Democrats will meet anywhere, at any time and with anyone to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people.»

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«We are resolute in our determination to avoid a government shutdown and address the Republican health care crisis,» they said. «Time is running out.» 

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Netanyahu negó haber aceptado un Estado palestino en el plan de paz para Gaza impulsado por Trump

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El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, negó haber aceptado la creación de un Estado palestino tras su reunión con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en la que se presentó el nuevo plan de paz para Gaza.

En un video publicado en su cuenta de X, Netanyahu respondió a la pregunta sobre si en el reciente encuentro en Washington se acordó tal posibilidad: “Rotundamente, no”. El dirigente israelí afirmó: “Ni siquiera está escrito en el acuerdo”.

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El plan estadounidense, anunciado por Trump el lunes durante una comparecencia conjunta con Netanyahu en la Casa Blanca, prevé la instauración de un Gobierno de transición en Gaza sin la presencia de Hamas, la desmilitarización total del enclave y una administración tutelada por Washington.

Durante la presentación del documento—que se compone de 20 puntos—Trump subrayó que su propuesta busca sentar las bases para una reconstrucción política de la Franja y facilitar la liberación de los rehenes aún retenidos por facciones armadas.

Uno de los puntos centrales, el número 19 del plan, contempla la opción de un proceso futuro hacia la autodeterminación y la eventual creación de un Estado palestino. Según el texto: “A medida que avanza la reconstrucción de Gaza y se lleva a cabo fielmente el programa de reformas de la Autoridad Palestina, es posible que finalmente se den las condiciones para un camino creíble hacia la autodeterminación y la creación de un Estado palestino, lo que reconocemos como la aspiración del pueblo palestino”. No obstante, la administración israelí rechaza que la iniciativa suponga un compromiso inmediato o explícito para aceptar la solución de dos Estados.

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En su balance sobre la reunión en Washington—la cuarta de Netanyahu con Trump en lo que va de año—el dirigente israelí reiteró que Israel mantiene la posición de asumir el control de la seguridad en Gaza y de establecer perímetros defensivos efectivos.

“Israel asumirá la responsabilidad de la seguridad de la franja, incluyendo un perímetro de seguridad”, declaró. Reiteró que ni Hamas ni la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP) participarán en el gobierno civil de Gaza tras el cese de la guerra, una postura que deja fuera de la administración futura a las principales facciones palestinas.

El documento de la Casa Blanca, sin embargo, abre la puerta a una posible reincorporación de la Autoridad Palestina al gobierno del enclave una vez completadas las reformas necesarias. El punto 9 recoge que la ANP “podrá recuperar el control de Gaza de manera segura y efectiva” una vez que cumpla con el paquete de cambios exigido por los mediadores estadounidenses e israelíes. Netanyahu expresó sus dudas sobre la verdadera disposición de la entidad palestina a realizar los cambios establecidos en el plan. “Probablemente no le sorprenda saber que una abrumadora mayoría del público israelí no cree que la Autoridad Palestina realmente cambie”, afirmó durante su intervención pública.

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Las facciones palestinas han reaccionado con rechazo a la propuesta de Estados Unidos e Israel. La Yihad Islámica calificó el plan de “receta para continuar la agresión contra el pueblo palestino” y lo consideró una maniobra para imponer por vías diplomáticas lo que Israel no ha conseguido mediante la guerra.

Ziyad al Nakhalah, líder del grupo, afirmó: “Lo anunciado en la conferencia de prensa entre Trump y Netanyahu es un acuerdo estadounidense-israelí, una expresión de la postura completa de Israel y una fórmula para la agresión continua contra el pueblo palestino”.

Este rechazo se suma al ambiente de máxima tensión, en un contexto en el que grupos islamistas en Gaza mantienen a decenas de rehenes israelíes y aún no han comunicado si aceptarán la propuesta. Desde Hamas, el principal grupo armado del enclave, confirmaron que todavía analizan la propuesta según la información disponible hasta el momento.

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Netanyahu sostuvo en su último mensaje que, si Hamas rechaza la oferta, cuenta con el aval de Trump para continuar con su ofensiva militar en la Franja de Gaza. El primer ministro israelí declaró: “Si Hamás no lo acepta, tengo la luz verde de Trump para acabar el trabajo en Gaza”.

La presentación del plan de paz se produce después de meses de intensos enfrentamientos en Gaza y en un escenario regional donde las tensiones políticas y militares permanecen elevadas, con múltiples actores internacionales implicados y sin perspectivas inmediatas de un consenso político que permita una solución final al conflicto.

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Texas Democrat blasted for ‘bloody Trump’ costume, violent rhetoric after deadly ICE shooting

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South Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is being criticized for feeding a «sickness» and «spreading hate» through his rhetoric against President Donald Trump and Republicans, especially in light of a deadly anti-ICE shooting in Dallas this week.

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In an interview with Fox News Digital, former Texas Republican Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexican-born woman elected to Congress, criticized Pulido and other Democrats for «attacking our men and women serving this country for enforcing the laws.»

«It’s this type of hateful rhetoric that is causing innocent lives to be lost,» Flores said. «And because of that, we’re seeing all these shootings, and it will continue to happen because, at the end of the day, this hateful rhetoric is coming from members of Congress, from senators.»

«They need to set an example,» she went on. «Americans are looking up to these individuals. And so, if they’re seeing that they’re spreading hate, then that instills in them hate as well towards our men and women [in law enforcement].»

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Former Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas (right), asked Democrats, including Bobby Pulido (left), to «please stop playing political games with our men and women that are just doing their job.» (Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty Images and ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)

This comes as the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) accused Pulido, who is a Tejano music star, of having a «lengthy history of engaging in violent, extreme political rhetoric.»

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The committee said that despite Pulido condemning political violence, such as Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and calling for a toning down in rhetoric on both sides, his own words through the years have not been consistent with this call.

On Sept. 10, Pulido posted on X, «I don’t care what side of the political aisle you are, what happened to Charlie Kirk is abhorrent. The political rhetoric needs to be brought down on both sides. I pray for him, his family and also for our country.»

According to the NRCC, however, Pulido’s inflammatory rhetoric goes back years, even including dressing up as a blood-soaked Trump for Halloween in 2015. A screenshot of the since-deleted post shared with Fox News Digital shows a bloodied Trump with a Spanish caption reading, «Years ago Donald Trump and Paquita had a son. Here is the exclusive image.»

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The NRCC shared a screenshot of a since-deleted 2015 post by Tejano music star and Democratic candidate Bobby Pulido dressed as a bloody Donald Trump for Halloween. (NRCC and Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

He has also suggested that Trump voters are racist, commenting on a 2017 news story about California farms being untended due to the president’s immigration policies by saying, «That’s what racist America wanted, that’s what you got.»

In another post from 2016, Pulido wrote that Trump is «racist all the way» and that «his candidacy plays to the alt right.»

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This August, he accused Republicans of «literally becoming everything they accused others of being. Marxists and fascists.»

Pulido also previously expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement by posting a black square on his Instagram for «Blackout Tuesday» and sharing a video of a Houston BLM rally with the caption «#GodBlessTexas.»

He has said in a video that «there’s a lot of great cops out there» but that «at the end of the day, there’s not a country out there that doesn’t oppress.»

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Referring to allegedly racist police officers in a 2017 X post, Pulido used profanities in Spanish to describe them. 

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Bobby Pulido performing during the Festival Arre 2024 at Foro GNP on Sept. 7, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico.  (Getty Images)

Addressing Pulido and other Democrats directly, Flores asked them to «please stop playing political games with our men and women that are just doing their job.»

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«At the end of the day, we’re all Americans. We want the best for our communities, and they should not be prioritizing their political party over safety,» she said.

Flores said that for many who grew up listening to Pulido’s music, he has a special responsibility to set an example of civility and respect.

«He is an icon in the Tejano industry. A lot of people look up to his music, and so he has an obligation to talk about this issue and to show respect towards our [law enforcement] men and women because he has such a huge fan base,» she said.

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In a statement to Fox News Digital, NRCC spokesman Reilly Richardson said, «Bobby Pulido’s history of engaging in extreme political rhetoric is utterly disqualifying.»

DEMS FACE BACKLASH FOR VIOLENT RHETORIC AFTER DEADLY ICE SHOOTING: ‘MUST STOP’

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Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, said that «it’s past time Democrats take responsibility for their violent rhetoric, which has fueled these attacks, and join the fight to protect our brave ICE officers.» (Mike Segar/Reuters)

«Radical Democrats like Pulido have been unapologetically demonizing ICE agents and our law enforcement for years,» said Reilly.

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«A deep and pervasive sickness has infected the radical left in this country, and Democrats like Bobby Pulido are feeding it,» he added.

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Meanwhile, another Texas leader, Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, said the problem goes far beyond Pulido.

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He called the attack on the Dallas ICE facility last week «horrific,» saying it «proves the Left’s relentless attacks on law enforcement puts our officers in real danger.»

«It’s past time Democrats take responsibility for their violent rhetoric, which has fueled these attacks, and join the fight to protect our brave ICE officers!» said Jackson.

Pulido did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment by the time of publication.

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El régimen chavista avanza en la activación del estado de conmoción en Venezuela que otorga poderes absolutos a Maduro

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Maduro habla sobre el estado de conmoción en Venezuela

El dictador de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunció este lunes que ya comenzó el proceso de consultas sobre el decreto de estado de conmoción externa, una figura de excepción que permitirá al régimen chavista asumir poderes especiales bajo el argumento de una eventual agresión estadounidense desde el Caribe.

Sobre este posible decreto, la vicepresidenta y ministra de Hidrocarburos, la chavista Delcy Rodríguez, también confirmó que el documento ya fue firmado y podría activarse inmediatamente, concediendo amplias facultades al dictador ante la proximidad de buques y fuerzas militares estadounidenses en la región.

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El proceso de consulta del decreto constitucional de estado de excepción para decretar un estado de conmoción exterior arrancó hoy”, afirmó Maduro en su programa de televisión Con Maduro+.

El decreto implica la restricción de garantías a ciertos derechos y permite a la dictadura tomar el control de los servicios públicos, la industria petrolera y las fuerzas armadas ante una posible “agresión” extranjera (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/Archivo)

El dictador de Caracas aseguró que la medida busca “proteger a nuestro pueblo, nuestra paz, nuestra estabilidad” y se aplicará en caso de agresión militar o de amenazas externas. Añadió que Venezuela “ha sido agredida económicamente, psicológicamente y políticamente” y recalcó que el país “siempre ha salido adelante”.

Delcy Rodríguez detalló que el decreto le otorga a Maduro “poderes especiales para actuar en materia de defensa y seguridad” si Estados Unidos ejecuta “cualquier tipo de agresión” cerca de las costas venezolanas. Conforme a las declaraciones de la funcionaria chavista, la norma “se activaría de manera inmediata” ante cualquier ataque extranjero.

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Washington mantiene actualmente un despliegue naval frente a las costas venezolanas, para combatir el narcoterrorismo impulsado por el Cartel de los Soles vinculado a Maduro, aunque Caracas acusa al gobierno de Donald Trump de planificar un “cambio de régimen”.

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Delcy Rodríguez detalló que el decreto le otorga a Maduro “poderes especiales para actuar en materia de defensa y seguridad” (REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)

Entre las facultades incluidas en el decreto, Rodríguez mencionó la posibilidad de movilizar a la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB) en todo el territorio y tomar el control inmediato de infraestructura clave, como servicios públicos, la industria de hidrocarburos y empresas básicas. Estas acciones, enfatizó la funcionaria, buscarían garantizar la “plena operatividad” en caso de una escalada y poner en marcha “todos los planes de seguridad ciudadana”.

La activación de este estado de excepción colocaría a los funcionarios del régimen chavista al mando de las principales decisiones logísticas, financieras y militares del país. Bajo esta modalidad, se restringen ciertas garantías y derechos y se habilita a la dictadura para un control extraordinario de la administración nacional.

Diversas organizaciones y actores del ámbito jurídico local han reclamado mayor transparencia sobre el alcance real de la medida. La ONG Acceso a la Justicia instó al régimen de Maduro a divulgar inmediatamente el texto completo del decreto mediante la Gaceta Oficial, para que los venezolanos conozcan con exactitud el contenido y los límites de las facultades excepcionales.

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La activación de este estado de excepción colocaría a los funcionarios del régimen chavista al mando de las principales decisiones logísticas, financieras y militares del país

El estado de conmoción exterior, al tratarse de un estado de excepción, implica la restricción de garantías a ciertos derechos. Por lo tanto, es importante que se produzca de manera inmediata su difusión en Gaceta Oficial, a fin de que la ciudadanía conozca su contenido”, puntualizó la organización mediante un comunicado difundido en la red social X.

La propuesta de estado de conmoción externa ha generado inquietud entre sectores independientes y la sociedad civil, que piden conocer las condiciones y el alcance exacto de la restricción de derechos. Hasta el momento, el régimen de Maduro no ha detallado públicamente la extensión de las medidas ni el cronograma para su aplicación definitiva.

Mientras tanto, funcionarios chavistas insisten en que cualquier eventualidad bélica o de presión internacional habilitará la activación inmediata de los poderes especiales, con el control de todos los recursos estatales en manos de Maduro y su entorno más cercano.

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