The House races to vote on a resolution that could end the government shutdown, the FDA removes black box warnings for hormone replacement therapy drugs, and we look at the role media bias played in shaping Americans’ views on the shutdown.
It’s Wednesday, November 12, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251112-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">House Shutdown Vote?</h2>
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Topline: The government shutdown appears to be on the verge of finally ending, as both parties debate the future of healthcare, and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) fends off calls for his resignation.
The federal government may finally reopen on Wednesday. The bill broke through the Senate with the help of eight Democrats. That bill will now go to the House, and it is expected to begin voting today at around 4:00 p.m. ET.
This is a major development following the longest government shutdown in American history, and it comes at a time when D.C. is deeply politically divided. There has been a lot of pushback, not only against the Democrats who voted to reopen the government, but also against Minority Leader Schumer, who is now facing calls to step down or even be primaried in 2028.
What does D.C. do next? Once the government is back in operation, the focus will shift back to healthcare, but the debate will look different. During the shutdown, Democrats said they wanted the continuing resolution to be contingent upon continuing subsidies for Obamacare. Now, as part of the Senate deal, Democrats want to bring that discussion back next month, since the government will only be funded through the end of January if the bill passes. The shutdown debate could flare up again if lawmakers don&#8217;t figure this out before funding runs out.
If the subsidies don&#8217;t continue, opponents have said that a coming premium spike is proof that the Affordable Care Act was not sustainable in the first place.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said that this deal was the Senate’s, and that the House didn&#8217;t make any promises on its end, so there hasn&#8217;t been a commitment yet to finding a solution to Obamacare subsidies.
Trumpcare: There has been discussion on tax-advantaged Health Savings Accounts. President Donald Trump has also floated giving some of the subsidy money back to the American people. Trump has argued that many of these subsidies only benefited large insurance companies.
“Instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own health insurance. If we did that, that would be so exciting. Call it Trumpcare,” the president <a href="https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1988038828846670192?s=20">said</a>.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">HRT Black Box Warning Axed</h2>
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Topline: The FDA is removing “black box” warnings from hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms. The reversal is earning high praise from both the medical establishment and medical outsiders. 
The warnings were slapped on HRT for menopausal and perimenopausal women more than two decades ago by the FDA. But FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says those warnings were unnecessary, harmful, and based on a significantly flawed 2002 Women’s Health Initiative study that connected this treatment to an increase in breast cancer risk.
Why it matters: While currently fewer than 5% of menopausal women take HRT, Dr. Makary says between 50 and 70 million women have been denied or discouraged from taking the treatment since that study was mainstreamed. Makary also says the vast majority of those women were denied life-changing or even life-saving treatment. 
“Women who go through menopause and start hormone replacement therapy have profound short-term and long-term health benefits, including reducing the risk of bone fractures by 50-60% later in life, reducing the risk of fatal heart attacks by 30-50%,” Makary told Morning Wire. “That&#8217;s the number one cause of death in women – and reducing cognitive decline. There may be no medication in the modern era, aside from perhaps antibiotics or vaccines, that can improve the health outcomes of women on a population level more than hormone replacement therapy started within 10 years of the onset of menopause.”
Makary noted that this treatment is for the vast majority of women in this phase of life, though he said there are rare exceptions to that, for example, if a woman currently has breast cancer. Women should talk to their doctors before receiving treatment.
View from the experts: Major medical groups are supporting this. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), which represents more than 60,000 physicians and medical professionals, praised the FDA for empowering women.
The Menopause Society, the American Association of Clinical Urologists, and the National Consumers League, a consumer advocacy organization, also applauded this change from the FDA. Also of note, <a href="https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/how-gender-bias-medicine-has-shaped-womens-health?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Harvard Medicine Magazine</a> last year acknowledged that this Women’s Health Initiative study “has widely been considered flawed.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Democrat-Media Complex</h2>
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Topline: With the government shutdown poised to end on a sour note for most Democrats, it has become painfully obvious just how eager some in the media were to put their thumbs on the scales. 
The legacy media coverage was biased against Republicans over the shutdown, and the numbers prove it. The Media Research Center conducted a study of the first full month of the shutdown, from October 1 to October 31. It looked at the evening news broadcasts on the three major networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC – and discovered that 87% of the network news coverage during that time had been skewed in favor of the Democrats.
The center evaluates only the statements made by anchors and experts who are supposed to be nonpartisan, which would exclude comments from elected Democrats or Republicans, or from pundits who are decidedly partisan. Using that framework, it found 83 statements about the shutdown that were critical of Republicans and only 12 that were critical of Democrats.
Those same people, despite discussing the shutdown on multiple broadcasts, showed very little interest in discussing why the government was shut down or who repeatedly voted against the clean continuing resolution that would have reopened the government. According to the center, “On both ABC and CBS, only 12.5 percent of reports on either network mentioned this basic detail. On NBC, that fact was included in just 31 percent of newscasts.”
View from the media: On CNN, the network is laying it on thick against Schumer and highlighting the blowback against him within his own party. CNN pollster Harry Enten sounded off: “ What about Democrats nationwide feeling about Chuck Schumer? I think the word of the day is terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible.”
The hosts of ABC’s “The View” have been gunning for Schumer since March because, as they said, he “caved” to avoid a shutdown early in Trump’s term. They re-upped calls for him to step aside on Monday, and on Tuesday, they spent some time yelling at Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman for voting in favor of his constituents not starving.
There’s a bit of a pile-on effect happening right now. The argument appears to be that the compromise has given President Trump yet another win, which is something Democrats and many in the legacy media hate to do.

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Morning Brief: House Vote On Shutdown, Women’s Health Gets A Reboot, & Media Blames Usual Suspects

Morning Brief: Shutdown Showdown, Women's Health Gets A Reboot, & Media Blames The Usual Suspects

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The deal to reopen the government drives a wedge between Democrats, Florida probes JPMorgan Chase over helping the Biden administration target Donald Trump. On this Veterans Day, we talk to a retired Marine Corps Major about how the shutdown has affected veterans and service members.
It’s Tuesday, November 11, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251111-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Shutdown Deal Looming</h2>
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Topline: After the Senate reached a deal to end the government shutdown, hard-Left Democrats are taking aim at those who’ve worked toward a compromise. 
After the Senate reached a breakthrough Sunday night and moved forward with a procedural vote, it convened again Monday afternoon to wrap up the final details. Finally, it passed a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded through January 30.
The next step for this bill is to head back to the House, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already called his members back for a vote. While it’ll be close, Johnson said it’s expected to pass, and that President Trump is on board. Trump’s support will help push any Republicans who might still be on the fence.
Overall, this progress was welcomed by federal workers, air travelers, and especially investors. Markets jumped at the apparent agreement, the NASDAQ, for example, surged a whopping 2%, and the DOW and S&amp;P500 each closed just off record highs. 
Democrats face backlash: Not everyone was excited at the news, as a number of high-profile Democrats on Monday criticized the looming deal.
Social media erupted with calls for Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down. Democratic House Member Ro Khanna posted that “Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced.” He added, “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has stood by Schumer. He says he was effective and should keep his position.
“Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have waged a valiant fight on behalf of the American people, and I’m not going to explain what a handful of Senate Democrats have decided to do. That’s their explanation to offer to the American people,” Jeffries said.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">JPMorgan Chase Probed Over Arctic Frost</h2>
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Topline: Florida’s top prosecutor on Monday notified one of the world’s largest banks, JPMorgan Chase, that it’s under investigation for its role in the Biden administration’s controversial Arctic Frost probe.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the bank. This investigation was prompted by information released by the Senate Judiciary Committee indicating that former Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s Arctic Frost investigation into Trump had targeted hundreds of GOP lawmakers, activists, and entities with subpoenas.
Uthmeier suspects that JPMorgan Chase provided sensitive banking information to the Department of Justice and to Smith as part of the malicious prosecutions of Trump. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-florida-ag-probes-jpmorgans-cooperation-with-arctic-frost-as-it-debanked-trump?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Florida+AG+Probes+JPMorgan%E2%80%99s+Cooperation+With+Arctic+Frost+As+It+Debanked+Trump">told</a> The Daily Wire that the bank was asking many questions of Trump Media, its client, that were seemingly unrelated to its business.
The bank did not directly address the Monday letter when contacted by The Daily Wire, but a spokeswoman said JPMorgan follows the law in responding to government subpoenas and will continue to do so. She also stressed that JPMorgan doesn&#8217;t discriminate against anyone based on politics, saying it&#8217;s terrible that people can lose their bank accounts because of broken policies that encouraged banks to be overly cautious. She added that it&#8217;s not fair and shouldn&#8217;t happen, and that it&#8217;s great this administration is finally bringing the regulatory change that&#8217;s been requested for years.
GOP looks at Boasberg: Judge James Boasberg signed off on the warrants for the FBI to go after the phone records and essentially spy on nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers. That has sparked more than a few calls for Boasberg to face some sort of accountability.
“But Judge Boasberg, what he did to the president or what he did to Sen. [Ted] Cruz and maybe other senators, absolutely – and I don&#8217;t say this lightly – absolutely is worthy of impeachment proceedings. There has to be accountability,” Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://x.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/1984279659790643327">said</a>.
Boasberg, as chief justice of the D.C. District Court, was the one who had to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boasbergs-role-arctic-frost-investigation-sparks-criticism-from-gop-senators">review</a> the applications for phone records and sign off on them, as well as gag orders related to them.
It is unclear what was included in those applications – much of the materials that Boasberg reviewed are classified. But because Boasberg has discretion in approving these applications, many Republicans think he should be looked into for possible violations of the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause, which protects lawmakers from law enforcement actions based on their congressional work.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Veterans Day Interview</h2>
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Topline: On this Veterans Day, we wanted to take a moment to focus on how the events of the past 40 days have impacted our veterans and service members. 
Morning Wire spoke to retired Marine Corps Major and CEO of Lovell Government Services, Chris Lovell, about the government shutdown’s impact on veterans. (The following interview has been edited for clarity.)
Morning Wire: It looks like we have an end in sight for the government shutdown, but I wanted to ask you how this has impacted veterans and service members in particular. What kind of impact have we seen so far from the government shutdown?
Lovell: There&#8217;s been a little anxiety with some veterans not sure whether they get paid or not. The active-duty forces, you know, there were two paydays where that was in question. The administration did the right thing. They ensured they were paid in terms of the veterans, you know, post service – the VA suffered slightly with some outreach programs that would otherwise not have been affected if the shutdown was not an issue. Things like vocational and rehab for transitioning services for when veterans are getting out, backlog now about 10,000 at last count. The veteran secretary, Doug Collins, mentioned that a few days ago. But by and large, there&#8217;s a little bit of anxiety overall, like, is this going to end? And, am I going to get the services that I earned?
Morning Wire: Right, and we&#8217;ve covered how that one-time payment was possible, but going forward, it was unclear if the Trump administration was going to be able to figure out how to make ends meet for future paychecks. About the Trump administration, broadening out, how has this new administration impacted the lives of military service members?
Lovell: It&#8217;s encouraging that the commander-in-chief has their back and has said as much in terms of making sure that the active duty forces get their pay without delay. And for us, it&#8217;s the 250th birthday of the Marine Corps today. Now, Lovell Government Services, my company, we hire tons of Marines. We had a cake-cutting ceremony, and we talked about JD Vance, right? The vice president, the first Marine to be in the White House, and for the troops, what a morale booster to see, you know, the vice president, a former enlisted Marine, at the highest levels of government doing great work.
Morning Wire: Final question, with this being Veterans Day, how do you think we can best preserve the legacy of our military service members?
Lovell: Even if you&#8217;re not a veteran, I would encourage you to go to a Veterans Day ceremony. If you have friends and family that served, reach out to them, ask them about their time in service. What were their favorite times? What did they do that they remember the most that brought them the most satisfaction? And you know, when it comes to Veterans Day, I like to think of veterans that influenced me as a young man, and one of those people is Major James Capers. He&#8217;s a Silver Star winner, served in Vietnam, and right now his Medal of Honor is pending at the highest levels of the Secretary of War&#8217;s office and with the administration. And he&#8217;s 88 years old, and he did some superhuman things that I think are well-deserving of the Medal of Honor. … And so I think it would be fitting to mention Major Capers this Marine Corps birthday and also for tomorrow for Veterans Day.

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Morning Brief: Shutdown Deal Divides Dems, America’s Largest Bank Investigated, & Honoring Veterans

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James Boasberg

JP Morgan

Veterans Day

WASHINGTON—The Senate passed a bipartisan agreement Monday night to reopen the federal government, which, if it passes the House as expected, will bring an end to the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history.
As the shutdown reached day 41, lawmakers passed a final package including a continuing resolution until January 30 and three bipartisan full-year appropriations bills — also known as a &#8220;minibus.&#8221;
A big hurdle was cleared late Sunday night when the Senate voted 60-40 on the House-passed continuing resolution, officially reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to pass.
Lawmakers extended the resolutions expiration date — originally set for November 21 — so the regular appropriations process could continue after the prolonged shutdown.
On Sunday, after 14 failed votes to reopen the government, Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (IL), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Maggie Hassan (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), and Tim Kaine (VA) flipped their votes to side with Republicans.
The group that previously sided with Republicans voted with them again: Sens. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Angus King (I-ME), and John Fetterman (D-PA).
For nearly 40 days, both parties held firm. Democrats said they wanted to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits — which expire at the end of the year — among other demands. Republicans said they’d discuss health care, but demanded the Democrats vote to open the government first.
While Republicans did not give Democrats an extension of the tax credits, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on the floor Sunday night that he guaranteed Democrats a vote no later than the second week in December on their health care proposal.
The deal also reinstates reductions in force (RIFs) that occurred during the shutdown.
The “minibus” includes full-year funding for agriculture appropriations, military construction-VA appropriations, and legislative branch appropriations.
On November 7, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) proposed a one-year ACA extension in exchange for immediately ending the shutdown.
The proposal was swiftly rejected as a &#8220;non-starter&#8221; from Republicans.
Thune said on Sunday that he was &#8220;thankful to be able to say that we have senators, both Democrat and Republican, who are eager to get to work to address that crisis in a bipartisan way.&#8221;
&#8220;These senators are not interested in political games – they’re interested in finding real ways to address health care costs for American families. We also have a president who is willing to sit down and get to work on this issue,&#8221; Thune said.
Thune said he is looking forward to seeing &#8220;what solutions might be brought forward.&#8221;
Schumer, in a <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1987710257053790574?s=20">post on X</a> Sunday night, vowed to &#8220;keep fighting&#8221; and said Dems &#8220;have been fighting for months to address America&#8217;s healthcare crisis. For the millions who will lose coverage&#8230;&#8221;
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1987665600731103513?s=20">Jeffries</a> (D-NY) and <a href="https://x.com/RepMcGovern/status/1987686691411272130?s=20">several</a> <a href="https://x.com/DorisMatsui/status/1987741459316105554">House</a> Democrats took to X to oppose the Senate’s proposal.
Jeffries said he will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that “fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.&#8221;
The House is expected to vote on the resolution as early as Wednesday.

Senate Dems Finally Crack, Vote To End 41-Day ‘Schumer Shutdown’

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Democratic lawmakers are targeting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after eight senators defected from his caucus to push forward a deal to end the government shutdown.
On Sunday, seven Democratic senators and one independent, Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with Democrats, joined Republicans to push forward a deal that would end the record shutdown. Schumer voted against the measure, but his vote has not protected him from critics on the Left who say that the deal has exposed Schumer’s inability to lead.
“Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?” Rep. Ro Khanna of California <a href="https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/1987704522391630139">posted</a> on X.
“Don’t endorse or say who you voted for in NYC despite there being a Dem candidate. Get Dem Senators to negotiate a terrible ‘deal’ that does nothing real about healthcare. Screw over a national political party,” Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin said in an X <a href="https://x.com/MarkPocan/status/1987727713474420761">post</a>, referring to Schumer. “Profile of scourge? Next.”
“Tonight is another example of why we need new leadership. If [Schumer] were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No’ tonight and hold the line on healthcare. Maybe now [Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts] will finally join me in pledging not to vote for Schumer?” Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who is running for U.S. Senate, <a href="https://x.com/MarkPocan/status/1987727713474420761">posted</a> on Sunday night.
“Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership,” wrote Rep. Mark Levin of California in a <a href="https://x.com/MikeLevin/status/1987905484100112871">post</a> on X.
Democratic contenders vying for a spot in the next Congress have echoed the calls as well, including Graham Platner, who is running to unseat GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, and Saikat Chakrabarti, who is running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat, according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/10/us-government-shutdown-record-donald-trump-syria-president-ahmed-al-sharaa-rudy-giuliani-pardon-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-691237948f08d3736687b5e9#block-691237948f08d3736687b5e9">The Guardian</a>.
The Democratic senators who joined King in pushing forward the deal to end the shutdown are Catherine Cortez Masto, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen, and Jeanne Shaheen. But Schumer has borne the brunt of the criticism despite voting against the measure.
“Democrats have been fighting for months to address America&#8217;s healthcare crisis,” Schumer said in a <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1987710257053790574">post</a> on X Sunday night. “We will keep fighting.”

Democrats Roast Chuck Schumer Over Shutdown Deal: ‘We Need New Leadership’

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The president of the air traffic controllers union praised Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday for his ongoing efforts to improve air travel in the United States.
“NATCA has been advocating for increased controller staffing for more than a decade,” NATCA President Nick Daniels said. &#8220;Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy recognized this concern, and implemented plans to supercharge controller hiring and modernize the air traffic control system.”
Air traffic controllers have been working without pay during the longest government shutdown in American history in what Daniels described as a &#8220;game of tug of war&#8221; involving the federal workforce. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has <a href="https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/schumer-says-every-day-gets-better-for-us/">said</a> the shutdown was politically “getting better for us” for Democrats every day.
Daniels noted that over the weekend, union members &#8220;ensured that over 7.3 million passengers arrived safely, flying over 113,000 flights. &#8230; They did this despite continuing to operate with 3800 fewer fully certified controllers than the system requires.”
“Air traffic control is one of the most mentally demanding and high-consequence professions in the entire world,” Daniels stated. “Every moment that we are at work, it requires everything we have: focus, judgment, decisiveness, perfect decision-making thousands of times a shift and what hangs in the balance is our responsibility to safety in order to prevent tragedy.”
“Air traffic control controllers must show up day in and day out fully prepared and to handle stress, pressure, and the weight of their responsibilities to the American flying public and their safety,” He continued. “For decades, air traffic controllers have held the line through staffing shortages, outdated equipment, hiring freezes, terrorist attacks on September 11, pandemics, and every crisis this country has lived through.”
“They have kept their focus their composure and their commitment to safety but now they must focus on childcare instead of traffic flows; food for their families instead of runway separation,” he declared. “This is not politics. This is not ideology. This is the erosion of the safety margin the flying public never sees, but America relies on every single day.”

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Amid a record-breaking shutdown, the Senate advances a deal to fund the government, a man opens fire on ICE agents in Chicago, and in a historic move, the President of Syria is set to visit the White House.
It’s Monday, November 10, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251110-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Dems Fracture Over Shutdown</h2>
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Topline: With the record-breaking shutdown leading to thousands of cancelled flights and government employees missing paychecks, cracks began to form over the weekend among Senate Democrats.
On Sunday night, the Senate took a major step toward ending the government shutdown with a procedural vote. The vote was to break the 60-vote filibuster threshold to proceed to the legislation necessary to reopen the government until the end of January.
As it stands, the deal would allow a separate vote on Obamacare subsidies in December, which deviates from the original push by Democrats to pass a continuing resolution with a stipulation in the bill that the subsidies would continue.
Dems in turmoil: The vote set off fireworks within the Democratic Party, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and many other lawmakers sounded off against the move by moderate Democrats to make strides toward reopening without including the Obamacare subsidies in the spending bill. 
What’s next: The government is not reopened yet; the legislation still needs to make it through the Republican-majority House to reach President Donald Trump’s desk. Trump’s been leaning heavily into the issue, calling for the end of the filibuster as a nuclear option. 
View from the Oval: Trump has called on GOP lawmakers to abolish the Senate filibuster, which would allow them to pass a bill with a simple majority and end the shutdown themselves. 
“I am totally in favor of terminating the filibuster, and we would be back to work within 10 minutes after that vote took place, and lots of other good things would happen,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/NewsTreason/status/1986874156164476998">said</a> on Friday.
Trump went on to make clear that eliminating the filibuster is not just about forcing a budget vote and ending the shutdown. The president says it would also empower Republicans to codify his agenda, ensuring GOP success in the midterms next November. In a social media post over the weekend, he claimed Democrats were “cracking like dogs on the Shutdown because they are deathly afraid that I am making progress with the Republicans on TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER!” 
But at the moment, in a rare sign of pushback against the White House, plenty of Senate Republicans are standing firm in their refusal to kill the filibuster.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">ICE Targeted In Chicago</h2>
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Topline: Border Patrol agents were fired upon in Chicago over the weekend as federal officers continue to be targeted for carrying out immigration enforcement operations.
The Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-violence-must-end-man-opens-fire-on-border-patrol-agents-in-chicago-chaos-erupts">said</a> Saturday that Border Patrol agents were working in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood “when an unknown male driving a black Jeep fired shots at agents and fled the scene.” Law enforcement has not yet nabbed a suspect.
The agents then had a run-in with agitators who “threw a paint can and bricks at Border Patrol’s vehicles.” Reports and videos that circulated online showed people yelling obscenities at agents, walking around with whistles, and getting in their way. Chicago police were brought in to assist the agents and clear the scene. At least a few arrests were made during the chaos.
Chicago PD’s appearance is a change from last month, when ICE agents were surrounded by a hostile crowd and local officers were reportedly told to stand down. Those ICE agents were left to deal with the mob alone.
According to Homeland Security, “This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of violence and obstruction.” The department further noted that threats have increased over the past two months.
National Guard: Citing violence like in Chicago, Trump has attempted to send National Guard troops into some jurisdictions, but has been blocked by the courts. Despite that, there have been some sightings of National Guardsmen around Chicago, however.
The situation is the same in Portland, where protests have happened regularly outside ICE facilities. The latest court ruling came on Friday, when a federal judge in Oregon permanently <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-permanently-bars-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-portland-rcna236421" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> the president from stationing National Guard troops in Portland. That order could, however, be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Hawaii bust: Meanwhile, immigration agents have continued mass raids to sweep up illegal aliens. In Hawaii, immigration officers <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1987581709945340097">arrested</a> dozens, including two suspected Tren de Aragua members, in a raid on the island of Kauai, according to the Kauai County Facebook page. 
According to <a href="https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/07/immigration-raid-targets-cleaning-company-employees-months-after-wage-settlement/">Hawaii News Now</a>, all those arrested were employees at Hawaii Care and Cleaning. The same company, back in January, agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Department of Labor.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump To Meet with Syrian President</h2>
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Topline: President Trump is set to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday. Ahead of the meeting, faith leaders sent a letter to Trump asking him to continue his defense of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities. 
Morning Wire spoke to Victoria Coates, former deputy national security advisor to Trump and a foreign policy expert at The Heritage Foundation, for more on the scheduled meeting between Syria’s leader and the U.S. president. (The following interview has been edited.)
Morning Wire: The visit comes just after the U.S. lifted sanctions on al-Sharaa and removed a global terror designation on him. Why did the Trump administration feel this was appropriate?
Coates: Well, while not really rising to the heights of a country like North Korea or Iran, Syria has been historically one of the most sanctioned countries on the planet for good reason. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad committed egregious hostilities against his own people, which earned him the Caesar Act, an act of Congress that sanctions those things. Al-Sharaa was specifically sanctioned for his participation in ISIS, which remains, obviously, a special designated terrorist group and a foreign terrorist organization, as well as Al Qaeda, which remains in the same camp. Those designations remain on those groups, but they&#8217;re loosening the sanctions on [al-Sharaa] personally, which is why he could come to New York in September and Washington now.
Morning Wire: Do you see any progress on protecting Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and the Middle East more broadly?
Coates: Well, hopefully, yes. When I was in the Middle East, when this all went down in Syria a little more than a year ago, there was enormous concern from the Israelis about the Druze population in southern Syria, from the Emiratis and other Gulf allies about what might happen. And so Syria, a little bit like Lebanon, is kind of a made-up country – with apologies to any Syrians who may be listening – in that it is an amalgamation of these different groups. And you do have a dominant Muslim majority, but the others have been endangered historically. I think that is very well taken from the faith leaders and hopefully the president will be very strong on this and convince al-Sharaa this is a priority for the United States.

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Morning Brief: Dems Crack Over Shutdown, ICE Attacked In Chicago, & Trump Set For Historic Sitdown

Morning Wire: Dems Fracture Over Shutdown, ICE Targeted In Chicago, And Trump Meets Syria Prez

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President Donald Trump taunted Democrats on Saturday, saying that he believed their caucus was close to fracturing over the ongoing government shutdown — and then he called on Republicans to do away with the Senate filibuster once and for all, and clear the way for his agenda.
Trump issued both statements together in a post to his Truth Social platform, saying that Republicans should &#8220;blow up&#8221; the filibuster whether or not they were able to reach a deal with Democrats to end the shutdown.
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&#8220;The Democrats are cracking like dogs on the Shutdown because they are deathly afraid that I am making progress with the Republicans on TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER!&#8221; Trump began. &#8220;Whether we make a Deal or not, THE REPUBLICANS MUST &#8216;BLOW UP&#8217; THE FILIBUSTER, AND APPROVE HUNDREDS OF LONG SOUGHT, BUT NEVER GOTTEN, POLICY WINS LIKE, AS JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE, VOTER ID (IDENTIFICATION).&#8221;
&#8220;Only a LOSER would not agree to doing this!&#8221; he added, for good measure.
Trump&#8217;s comments come just 24 hours after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) put forth a proposal to bring the shutdown to an end, saying that Democrats would come to the table if Republicans would sign off on a one-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies — a move that would bring the health care discussion back to the forefront just in time for the midterm elections.
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) has already said that Schumer&#8217;s offer is &#8220;dead on arrival.&#8221;
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Nope. Schumer’s plan is dead on arrival.
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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) offered a slightly more colorful take, telling Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum, &#8220;God, please give me patience, because if you give me strength, I’m going to need bail money. What Senator Schumer is suggesting is that we do the dumbest thing possible that won’t work.&#8221;
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🚨BREAKING: Sen. Kennedy just TORCHED Schumer&#8217;s &#8220;new deal&#8221; that was just proposed.
&#8220;God, please give me patience, because if you give me strength, I’m going to need bail money. What senator Schumer is suggesting is that we do the dumbest thing possible that won’t work.&#8221;
LMFAO🤣 <a href="https://t.co/Tg7HBkBkE1">https://t.co/Tg7HBkBkE1</a> <a href="https://t.co/APrb4TftLA">pic.twitter.com/APrb4TftLA</a>
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But Republicans would not have been Schumer&#8217;s only hurdle — one month ago, just one week into the shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) turned down that same deal, calling it a &#8220;laughable proposition.&#8221;
The complicating factor, as Trump pointed out, is that the longer the shutdown drags on, the more talk there is about Republicans doing away with the Senate filibuster in order to reopen the government and get things moving again. And despite the fact that Democrats overwhelmingly supported ending the filibuster when President Joe Biden was still in office, the absolute last thing they want is to have it scrapped while Trump has the White House and majorities in both chambers.
CNN anchor Dana Bash cornered Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on that topic on Friday.
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Question: You wanted the filibuster to be ended under Biden. Do you still want that?
Raskin: Not so much. <a href="https://t.co/YPXEv2Pa2z">pic.twitter.com/YPXEv2Pa2z</a>
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Raskin, clearly loathe to answer the question, ultimately shrugged it off by saying that because he wasn&#8217;t in the Senate and had no power, his opinion no longer mattered.

‘Cracking Like Dogs’: Trump Taunts Democrats, Calls For GOP To ‘Blow Up’ Filibuster ASAP

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WASHINGTON—John Fetterman doesn’t know what his fellow Democrats are thinking.
That, more or less, sums up what the Pennsylvania Democrat had to say to The Daily Wire during a wide-ranging Monday interview in his Senate office.
Seated in front of a fireplace festooned with pennants from Pennsylvania colleges, across from a framed “Don’t Be A Jagoff” poster, Fetterman held forth on the government shutdown, foreign policy, and the strange convergence of issues that have made him one of the Upper Chamber’s most surprising bipartisan voices.
It’s not just that Fetterman doesn’t understand some of the positions his colleagues have taken — though, to be sure, he doesn’t — but that he literally doesn’t know what they’re thinking. And how could he? They won’t talk to him.
“Not a single Democrat reached out to me,” Fetterman said about the lack of response to his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-to-democrats-own-the-shutdown-and-reopen-government-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday appearance</a> on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, during which he said that Democrats “need to own the shutdown.”
Fetterman suspects he hasn’t heard much from Democrats because they realize he’s “pretty committed” to what he says is a “pretty reasonable” view: that lawmakers should never hold the government hostage to achieve their political ends.
Still, as Congress barrels through the record for the longest-ever government shutdown, you would think Chuck Schumer might reach out to the member of his caucus who not only voted with Republicans to reopen the government 15 times, but has become an increasingly-vocal crusader against his party’s position.
So, has the Gentleman from Pennsylvania heard from the Senate Minority Leader?
“I haven’t,” Fetterman says.
Such is life for the self-proclaimed “regular Democrat,” whose refusal to toe the party line has made him a bit of a loner on his side of the aisle.
“I mean, honestly, I’m on The Daily Wire having this conversation,” Fetterman says with just a hint of incredulity. “I’m not having this conversation on MSNBC because they haven’t — I’d be happy to have this conversation there.”
The senator doesn’t complete his thought, but later on he says it would be “great” if “MSNBC decides to have me back on.” The implication is clear: when he started siding with Republicans, 30 Rock stopped calling.
Still, Fetterman has no interest in becoming the type of &#8220;Confirmed Bipartisan Senator,&#8221; bucking his party and making grand pronouncements about the need to cross the aisle. He’s quick to dismiss the idea that he’s some kind of Democratic Party gadfly, and brushes off comparisons to similar senators, noting that both Joe Manchin and Mitt Romney weren’t trying to keep their parties honest so much as they were trying to survive in hostile electoral environments.
So, no, John Fetterman has no intention of ditching the donkeys, not to go independent, and certainly not to join the other side.
“I’d be a pretty terrible Republican, you know?” the senator laughs. But that doesn’t mean he’s thrilled with how things are going with his team.
“I think the problem with the Democratic Party is, if you have a problem with a Democrat who supports Israel, who wants to secure our border, and thinks that it’s always wrong to shut our government down, then I think maybe the party has a bigger problem than I thought.”
Fetterman takes care to say that it’s the improbable fact of those three issues — Israel, the southern border, and the government shutdown — “converging at the same time” that “put me in alignment with more of a Republican view.”
“I ran as a regular Democrat, and my values haven’t changed,” Fetterman says.”What’s changed is, I think, the response after the Trump election.”
“We lost. We lost!” Fetterman says, repeating himself for emphasis. “And I think we really have to explore exactly why.”
“If it was partly the extreme things,” Fetterman says, doubling down on those positions would be a mistake.
It’s impossible not to think of Zohran Mamdani when he says this. The socialist upstart and likely next mayor of New York City has run a campaign in many ways reminiscent of Fetterman’s: focusing on the common man and embracing the fact that he looks different from everyone else on the primary ballot. But Mamdani shows no signs of moderating and offers no indication that he’ll govern like a “regular Democrat.”
But if Mamdani has Fetterman worried about the future of the Democratic Party, the senator won’t let on.
“New York City’s politics are not a model or relevant to national politics,” Fetterman says. “He will be the next mayor of NYC. That doesn’t change my life. And I don’t think it will change our party that wants to win nationally.”
It’s hard to square that sentiment with the actions of the Democratic Party, which in fact seems quite happy to sacrifice national victories to satisfy its Left flank. Take, for instance, the very shutdown that has Fetterman on the outs, which has dragged on this long in no small part because Schumer is terrified of being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-say-schumers-shutdown-is-about-appeasing-liberal-base-amid-rumored-aoc-primary?author=Amber+Jo+Cooper&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=14&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Republicans+Are+Calling+It+The+%E2%80%98Schumer+Shutdown.%E2%80%99+Why+Are+They+Making+It+All+About+AOC%3F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defenestrated</a> by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
It’s also hard to square that sentiment with Fetterman’s other comments.
“I’d like to remind people that every single union that’s connected to this shutdown has said, hey, open this up! Vote for the CR, get that out,” Fetterman says. “We’re a pro-union party. Why don’t we listen to them? Why is this controversial for a Democrat to follow the voice of the unions?”
“I think shutting our government down simply because we have to ‘fight,’ or because that’s part of this resistance, I don’t agree with it,” the senator adds. “And I think we’re gonna hurt the kinds of people who are at the center of our party.”
As long as the government is closed, getting things reopened — paying servicemen, funding SNAP — will be Fetterman’s main focus. But after that’s resolved, assuming the peace in Gaza lasts, and if we can get something done in Ukraine, Fetterman senses the next issue of contention looming on the horizon.
“Holding China accountable,” Fetterman says. “China is certainly not our ally.”
The senator is open to whatever President Donald Trump and his team can throw at Beijing, from tariffs on down. Asked if he worries that escalating tensions with China will put Taiwan in the crosshairs, he demurs, but makes a point of trumpeting U.S.-Taiwan relations.
“I’m a big believer in democracy, and those are our key allies: Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine,&#8221; Fetterman says, noting that defending each country is “pretty much the same fight against these kinds of nations like China, Russia, and Iran.”
Here, Fetterman returns once again to bipartisanship.
“I don’t care who brings peace, whether it’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden, I’m gonna support and follow as long as they’re pushing for peace, through strength. Peace through strength.”
Peace through strength. Ronald Reagan added that phrase to the Republican Party platform in 1980, where it’s remained ever since. Like Fetterman, he was a union man whose frustrations with the Democratic Party catapulted him to national fame.
Fetterman stops short of declaring, as Reagan famously did, that the Democratic Party left him. But whether he’ll say it or not, it seems like that particular train may be leaving the station. And the senator from Pennsylvania doesn’t seem interested in running to catch it.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggested on Sunday evening that he might file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over the fact that President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview with Norah O&#8217;Donnell was edited for time.
Citing the lawsuit filed by Trump over a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview of former Vice President Kamala Harris — just days before the 2024 presidential election — Schumer claimed that he could simply copy and paste the complaint from that lawsuit.
&#8220;Maybe I should file a complaint with the FCC against the Trump White House for editing his unhinged 60 Minutes interview. It will use the exact same language Trump lodged against Vice President Harris,&#8221; Schumer posted via X.
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Maybe I should file a complaint with the FCC against the Trump White House for editing his unhinged 60 Minutes interview.
It will use the exact same language Trump lodged against Vice President Harris.
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The president&#8217;s rapid response team shot down Schumer&#8217;s claim, however, saying that the edits were not at all the same.
&#8220;They deceptively edited Kamala’s answers to make her look somewhat coherent ahead of an election, you moron — then wouldn’t release the transcript/unedited interview. That’s not the same as editing for time constraints (AND the transcript/unedited interview were both released),&#8221; their response read.
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They deceptively edited Kamala’s answers to make her look somewhat coherent ahead of an election, you moron — then wouldn’t release the transcript/unedited interview.
That’s not the same as editing for time constraints (AND the transcript/unedited interview were both released). <a href="https://t.co/O9sydtk0Br">https://t.co/O9sydtk0Br</a>
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They and others quickly pointed out the fact that CBS had edited the Harris interview in order to make her sound less incoherent — and then had proceeded to slow-roll the release of the full transcript and unedited video. Trump&#8217;s interview, on the other hand, had been published in full along with the transcript on the day the interview aired.
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr flipped the script on Schumer, saying that as long as he and other Democrats insisted on voting to keep the federal government shut down, the FCC would not be able to address his complaint.
&#8220;Due to the Schumer Shutdown, even your frivolous filing could not be processed by the FCC. But seriously, you should end the Schumer Shutdown-which is imposing real pain on American families-rather than nonsense posting. You should open the government, rather than using Americans&#8217; pain to pander to your far left flank,&#8221; Carr posted.
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Due to the Schumer Shutdown, even your frivolous filing could not be processed by the FCC.
But seriously, you should end the Schumer Shutdown-which is imposing real pain on American families-rather than nonsense posting.
You should open the government, rather than using… <a href="https://t.co/bMzDPQNdVo">https://t.co/bMzDPQNdVo</a>
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1985372971574145280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Maybe you should stop posting nonsense at 1:19AM in the morning and open the government,&#8221; Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) added.
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Maybe you should stop posting nonsense at 1:19AM in the morning and open the government. <a href="https://t.co/ryUL6Jwztv">https://t.co/ryUL6Jwztv</a> <a href="https://t.co/QQKxktFXPw">pic.twitter.com/QQKxktFXPw</a>
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said, &#8220;Why don’t you open the Government, quit trying to starve poor folks and help us fix the broken healthcare system you helped create.&#8221;

Schumer Wants To File Complaint About ’60 Minutes’ Editing Trump Interview, White House Fires Back

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President Donald Trump unloaded on Democrats — and posted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) office number for anyone who wanted to complain — after federal judges weighed in on whether or not Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could be allowed to lapse amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Two federal judges — U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts and U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island — on Friday <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/31/us/trump-news">ordered</a> the Trump administration to continue paying out SNAP benefits despite the government shutdown, with McConnell further ordering the administration to tap into emergency funds in order to pay out the benefits &#8220;as soon as possible.&#8221; Talwani&#8217;s order gave the administration until November 3 to come up with a way to fund the program, but did not specify where those funds should come from.
Trump pushed back in a post shared on Truth Social, saying that he was instructing his attorneys to find the fastest way to fund the program and make sure that people could receive the assistance they needed — but he also pointed out the fact that Democrats were continuing to block Republican efforts to reopen the government, thus creating the current quandary.
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&#8220;Our Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available, and now two Courts have issued conflicting opinions on what we can and cannot do,&#8221; Trump began his post, adding, &#8220;I do NOT want Americans to go hungry just because the Radical Democrats refuse to do the right thing and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT.&#8221;
&#8220;Therefore, I have instructed our lawyers to ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. It is already delayed enough due to the Democrats keeping the Government closed through the monthly payment date and, even if we get immediate guidance, it will unfortunately be delayed while States get the money out. If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding, just like I did with Military and Law Enforcement Pay,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;The Democrats should quit this charade where they hurt people for their own political reasons, and immediately REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT,&#8221; Trump concluded by referring people directly to Schumer&#8217;s office. &#8220;If you use SNAP benefits, call the Senate Democrats, and tell them to reopen the Government, NOW! Here is Cryin’ Chuck Schumer’s Office Number: (202) 224-6542.&#8221;

Trump Blisters Dems After Fed Judges Weigh In On Shutdown-Fueled Food Stamp Battle

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As the government shutdown drags into its fifth week with no clear end in sight, Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman erupted in frustration over his own party’s inertia — saying millions of Americans, including hungry parents and children, are left scrambling while politicians in Washington play political chess.
“It’s an absolute failure,” Fetterman told CNN. With the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expiring over the weekend, roughly 40 million low-income Americans could lose access to food benefits. “Imagine being a parent with a couple kids and how you’re going to fill their refrigerator and pack their lunches and get on with their lives when the things that they’ve depended on is (sic) gone because we can’t even agree to just open things up. &#8230; I’m apologizing that we can’t even get our sh** together and just open up our government.”
Fetterman’s outburst came as the Senate adjourned again without results, heading into the 34th day of what is now one of the longest shutdowns in U.S. history. Behind closed doors, senators from both parties have floated compromises, but none have gained traction. For millions of families, that means another week of waiting while grocery prices soar and food banks stretch thin.
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Fetterman pointed to his wife, Gisele’s, local outreach. Her free store in Braddock, Pennsylvania, distributes food several times a week — and the lines, he said, have already grown. “I’ll encounter people this weekend that have no SNAP benefits. I don’t have an explanation for them,” he said. “All I can say is I’m sorry.”
The senator has become one of the few Democrats siding with Republicans to reopen the government. He’s broken ranks more than a dozen times, insisting that families should never be held hostage in a partisan fight.
When reminded that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href="https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/schumer-says-every-day-gets-better-for-us/">said</a> the shutdown was “getting better for us” politically every day for the Democrats, Fetterman didn’t hide his disgust, saying, “Ask the hungry people on Saturday. Americans are not leverage. This is not some sh**ty game show about who’s winning.”
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Sen. Fetterman: “I&#39;m apologizing that, that we can&#39;t even get our shit together and just open up our government.”
On Schumer’s claim that things are better every day for Ds: “Ask the hungry people on Saturday…This is not some shitty game show about who&#39;s winning or whatever.” <a href="https://t.co/3ShdItR8UQ">pic.twitter.com/3ShdItR8UQ</a>
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Sen. John Fetterman

Fetterman Blasts Schumer For Government Shutdown: ‘Not Some Sh**ty Game Show’

WASHINGTON—House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says that most Americans have not yet felt the brunt of the government shutdown. But, as the fight hits its 30-day mark, the Minnesota Republican warns: “this is the week it begins.”
“Democrats have caused a shutdown which is causing significant pain,” Emmer told The Daily Wire in an exclusive interview.
“Air traffic controllers didn&#8217;t get their first paycheck. More federal workers will not get a paycheck on Friday. SNAP benefits will lapse, in many states, unless they&#8217;ve got a governor who&#8217;s trying to figure out a way to fill the gap, 42 million low income Americans are going to be without their SNAP benefits because of this shutdown — caused solely by Democrats,” Emmer said.
The Department of Agriculture issued a <a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/">statement</a> ahead of the looming November 1 deadline for funding for food stamps, saying that “Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).&#8221;
&#8220;Bottom line, the well has run dry,&#8221; the USDA statement says. &#8220;At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01.”
“It’s only going to get worse,” Emmer said, adding that the shutdown is causing “significant pain.”
Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1983966640535421421">reported</a> that Vice President JD Vance, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and aviation leaders held a press conference on Thursday, warning of major travel delays.
“A lot of our [air travel workers] can go through the miss of one paycheck &#8211; and it&#8217;s hard for them &#8230; none of them can get through two paychecks. If Democrats don&#8217;t get their act together very quickly, you&#8217;re going to see huge problems,” Duffy <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1983968180306637304">said</a>.
CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/government-shutdown-delta-air-traffic-controllers.html">reported</a> Delta and United Airlines urged senators to pass the clean continuing resolution on Thursday.
“Missed paychecks only increases the stress on these essential workers, many of whom are already working mandatory overtime to keep our skies safe and secure,&#8221; the company reportedly said.
The military is feeling the effects of the shutdown as well.
Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger (R-Texas), a veteran, joined The Ben Shapiro Show on Thursday to <a href="https://x.com/RepublicanStudy/status/1983958850341306596">explain</a> how the government shutdown is impacting military readiness while putting financial strain on families who depend on their paychecks for rent, food, and other essentials.
On the Senate floor Thursday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace begins in two days, and claimed Republicans have “spent the entire shutdown with their heads in the sand — the shutdown they caused — because they would not negotiate with Democrats.”
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Schumer has <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1975316482189107417">repeatedly</a> blamed Republicans for the shutdown and said they have control of the House, Senate, and White House.
Emmer said he believes Democrats have been “lying” about the shutdown since day one and noted there is a filibuster that needs 60 votes to pass off the floor. Given there are 53 Republicans, seven Democrats are needed to reopen the government.
On Wednesday, Democrats attempted to pass a funding bill for SNAP; however, Senate Majority Leader John Thune objected and demanded Democrats reopen the government.
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“YOU VOTED NO 13 TIMES!”: <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LeaderJohnThune</a> is fired up on the Senate floor and objected to Sen. Lujan’s bill to fund SNAP food stamps and WIC nutrition programs.
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Thune said the bill was a “cynical attempt to provide political cover for Democrats, to allow them to carry on their government shutdown for the long-term.”
“They [Democrats] are directly responsible for any interruption of SNAP benefits. And the idea that this can be paid out of here, this can be paid out of there. Look, why don&#8217;t they just vote for the clean CR?” Emmer said.
It&#8217;s clear that Republicans are united behind the same message: the government must reopen.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has <a href="https://x.com/hakeemjeffries/status/1982965467385082093">repeatedly</a> said that House Republicans are on “vacation.&#8221; However, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said the House has “done its work” in passing the continuing resolution a month ago.
Emmer said Republicans have been “working their tail off” in their districts while the Democrats “shut the government down.”
He said their offices are taking calls from constituents and they are trying to help them with “frankly, with a lot of problems that are being caused by the Democratic shutdown.”
“If [Jeffries] thinks we&#8217;re on vacation or he thinks more importantly that Democrat senators walking over to the Senate floor once a week, twice a week, and voting ‘no’ is ‘working.’ Well, that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s in the minority,” Emmer said.
He said that one way to see whose fault the shutdown is &#8211; would be to look at the mainstream media.
“How do you know that the Democrats are responsible for the shutdown? It should be the headline on every paper around the country. If it was Republicans that were responsible, it would be. But it hasn&#8217;t been &#8211; for 29 days,” Emmer said.
The Senate adjourned on Thursday until 3:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. Another vote is expected to potentially reopen the government next week.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN)

House GOP Whip Warns Americans: The Shutdown Is ‘Only Going To Get Worse’

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