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Did Democrats blow it on the government shutdown?
This week, Reason editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by the editor in chief of The Argument, Jerusalem Demsas, to discuss the end of the government shutdown and what Democrats actually…
8 Senate Democrats vote to advance bill that would end the government shutdown
We may have a deal: A group of Democrats broke with their party late last night and voted with the Republicans to advance a bill that would reopen the government, a critical step toward ending a shutdown that has lasted for…
America’s longest government shutdown shows why we must free air traffic control from politics
As of today, we are living through the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, surpassing the 35-day shutdown of 2019 during the first Trump administration. Since 1980, there have been 11 such shutdowns, most of…
Will a Mamdani victory push the Democrats further left?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the upcoming New York City mayoral election and what a Zohran Mamdani victory could mean for both the city and national politics.…
1 in 5 kids are at risk of losing SNAP as shutdown exposes flaws in federal control
The federal government shutdown is disrupting major federal programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Now one in five children nationwide risks losing benefits because Congress has failed to…
Brickbat: Declared Dead
In Pace, Florida, the Social Security Administration mistakenly declared Patsy Rosher dead after her husband died, which led to termination of her Social Security, Medicare and supplemental insurance benefits just as she was…
Javier Milei’s libertarian policies win shock election
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch are joined by associate editor Liz Wolfe to discuss Argentine President Javier Milei's strong midterm showing and what it suggests about the durability of…
The president has too many ’emergency’ powers
Usually when we're in the midst of a government shutdown, I'm in a good mood. Sure, recent shutdowns haven't accomplished much in terms of shrinking the cost or scope of the federal government in the long run,…
100+ pro-life groups sound alarm over Democrat push to fund abortion through Obamacare
Fri Oct 24, 2025 - 4:20 pm EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Over 100 pro-life groups appealed to Congress to stand strong against demands to continue abortion funding under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), better…
Jeff Merkley rings alarm on Trump, but executive power abuse runs deeper
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D–Ore.) took to the Senate floor on Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. to "ring the alarm" on what he described as President Donald Trump's "tightening authoritarian grip on the country."…
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