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.

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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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Sunny Hostin used her time on Monday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; to blame Republicans for the government shutdown — which was caused by Democrats who refused to vote for a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) — and trash Democrats for voting to reopen the government.
Hostin joined her cohosts on the ABC midday talk show, where she complained about the fact that eight Democrats had voted to reopen the government and called for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to be replaced as a party leader.
Cohost Whoopi Goldberg, earlier in the conversation, conceded that Democrats were using the shutdown to force Republicans into submission — but she also admitted that it had not worked. She then attempted to stir up panic by claiming that people who were due back pay when the shutdown officially ends might not get it.
&#8220;So surprise me and show me that this is really that people are going to get their money. That people are going to get the money that they are entitled to,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Federal workers and reinstate snap benefits but a 50-50 chance of extending the subsidies, I don&#8217;t believe it.&#8221;
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Desperate to cling to a narrative that was just shattered, Sunny Hostin is still insisting that Republicans were the ones who shut down the government and RAGES at Democrats for giving in:
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Hostin followed that by dismissing the facts outright and replacing them with her own personal assessment of the way things had gone down.
&#8220;Look, let&#8217;s be clear. Republicans run the House, the Republicans run the Senate, the Republicans run the White House, the Republicans run the Supreme Court as far as I&#8217;m concerned,&#8221; Hostin said, failing to note that to pass the Senate, Republicans needed 60 votes and could not get that without Democrats. &#8220;This was a choice by Republicans to cut SNAP benefits! This was a choice by Republicans to cut ACA subsidies! This was a choice by the Republicans to gut the federal government and federal employment! Democrats had nothing to do with it! I want an opposition party! I think the Democrats caved! I think the Democrats let down the American people!&#8221;
&#8220;So, the bottom line is the Democrats went into this after a blue wave, the American people saying we do want the opposition. The working people want the Democratic Party to fight for them. And now they just caved and surrendered. I think Chuck Schumer, his days are over. If he cannot keep his caucus together, he needs to go! He needs to be replaced!&#8221; she complained.

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‘The View’ Host’s Tirade Over Shutdown Ending Is A Master Class In Gaslighting

'The View' Host's Tirade Over Shutdown Ending Is A Master Class In Gaslighting

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Sunny Hostin

The View

At long last, well over a month after it started, it appears that we are now nearing the end of the government shutdown, because last night, Democrats in the Senate caved.
Eight of them approved moving forward with the procedural vote, which would move the process toward the end of the government shutdown.
Make no mistake: Democrats lost. President Trump won. The Republicans won.
Democrats themselves know they lost. The win they did get was by showing that they were resistant to President Trump&#8217;s agenda. They did better than they might have otherwise in places like Virginia or Georgia or Mississippi or New Jersey, or even in New York.
In other words, there is a very rabid base of Democrats who are very interested in resisting President Trump. But the reason that the Democratic dam is breaking regarding the government shutdown is because Democrats who are in purple states recognize that if they continue to aimlessly pound their heads against the Trumpian wall, they are going to lose their Senate seats.
That&#8217;s what happened last night.
According to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/government-shutdown-aca-tax-credits-vote">Axios</a>, which first reported what was going on, “Eight Senate Democrats broke ranks to advance a deal that reverses shutdown RIFs, funds the government until late January, promises a vote on Affordable Care Act tax credits, and funds several agencies. Democratic negotiators acknowledged that negotiations were going nowhere. In the end, fatigue and frustration triumphed over anger and anxiety at President Trump.”
Democrats were attempting to use the fiscal cliff here. They were attempting to use the non-funding of the government as a way to pry open the coffers again to continue the Obamacare subsidies.
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So what, exactly, did Democrats get out of this? A kind of guarantee that people who were fired during the government shutdown would come back to work. The government will remain funded until late January, and it promises a future vote, but not a guarantee on extending that Obamacare subsidy.
That&#8217;s something Senate Majority Leader John Thune had promised weeks ago. That was one of his early offers: Here&#8217;s the deal. You extend the CR, and then we will, in three weeks, have an open vote on whether to extend the Obamacare subsidies. You guys will probably lose because you don&#8217;t have a majority, and then we&#8217;ll move on with our lives.
Democrats rejected that because they were using the shutdown as leverage to get Republicans to restore funding for these Obamacare supplemental subsidies. 
Four former governors, Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, which is a very, very purplish state; Independent Senator Angus King of Maine, again in purplish state, and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia — which has a bunch of civilian federal workers — broke the six-week stalemate, joining people like Senator John Fetterman, as well as Nevada Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen.
You’ll notice that all of these people are from purple states. So it&#8217;s very easy for Senator Chuck Schumer from New York — not a purple state — to vote “no” on opening the government. Very, very easy for Senator Alex Padilla from California to vote “no” on opening the government, or for Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts to do so. She&#8217;s not going to lose her seat.
But if you are a Democrat and you are looking at the possibility of losing your seat because you&#8217;re in a purple state, then it was not in your interest for this government shutdown to continue.
The GOP leadership in the House is saying that Congresspeople should be on notice within 48 hours, 36 hours perhaps. Then they need to be back at the Capitol in order to vote.
Democrats are very, very angry at this because they had staked their political stance on the idea that under no circumstances would they reopen the government unless they got what they wanted.
Just before the shutdown, for example, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, said, “We&#8217;re going to keep it going.” This is literally right before the Senate voted in order to end the shutdown. He stated, “America under Donald Trump and Republican policies has become far too expensive, while at the same time dealing with the Republican health care crisis that threatens to drive up premiums, co-pays and deductibles to levels that will be unaffordable for working class Americans because of the Republicans’ refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act.”
I love that this is somehow a Republican health care crisis. When Obamacare was created purely by Democrats, it was increasingly subsidized by Democrats. So it&#8217;s a Republican crisis?
If Democrats can&#8217;t get the cost curve down, it&#8217;s a Democratic crisis because Obamacare is a gigantic failure. It has not made Americans healthier in any measurable way, and has not bent the cost curve in any serious way.
The American people are getting very, very tired of this. Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary, said that even if the shutdown ends, it&#8217;s going to take a while for these kinks to work themselves through the system.
We have been highlighting the split in the Democratic Party between people who actually want to get things done and people who do not want to get things done, between these so-called moderate Democrats — people like Abigail Spanberger in Virginia or John Fetterman in Pennsylvania — and the increasingly progressive, wild-eyed Democrats.
Thus, many Democrats who broke ranks are coming under significant fire.
This was a misbegotten strategy from the very beginning. The only thing it got Democrats was a political win because it got Democrats out to the ballot box.
But — they&#8217;re willing to take the American people hostage, politically speaking, in order to get what they want here.
This is the first government shutdown that I can remember in which the government was shut down — not in order to extract concessions to lower spending — but in order to exact concessions to increase spending.
That&#8217;s an amazing thing to say, “I&#8217;m not going to fund the government so I can get more funding for the government.”
That’s an insane proposition.
And that&#8217;s what Democrats were doing here.

Shutdown Nears End As Democrats Agree To Funding Deal

The Shutdown Looks Done. Trump Won, Democrats Lost.

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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.”

Duffy Warns Of Worsening US Flight Delays As Paychecks Run Out

Air Traffic Controllers Union President Praises Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy

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President Donald Trump floated a potential plan to reward air traffic controllers who have not taken time off despite having their pay frozen due to the government shutdown, suggesting that he could pay them a bonus of up to $10,000 for continuing to show up even when they were not getting paid.
Trump delivered the offer in a post from his Truth Social account on Monday, just hours after eight Democrats in the Senate voted with Republicans to break the filibuster and move toward an end to the longest government shutdown in American history.
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BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> says he will recommend 10K bonuses to air traffic controllers who didn’t take time off during the “Democrat Shutdown Hoax.”<a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a> <a href="https://t.co/24VyL2iCY4">pic.twitter.com/24VyL2iCY4</a>
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&#8220;All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially &#8216;docked,'&#8221; Trump posted. &#8220;For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the &#8216;Democrat Shutdown Hoax,&#8217; I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country.&#8221;
&#8220;For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU,&#8221; the president continued. &#8220;You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record.&#8221;
Trump took his message a step further, taking a swipe at former President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration and adding, &#8220;If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind! You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering. The last &#8216;Administration&#8217; wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated &#8216;junk.&#8217; They had no idea what they were doing!&#8221;
&#8220;Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU — I won’t be able to send your money fast enough!&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA!&#8221;

Trump Floats Plan To Reward Air Traffic Controllers Who Didn’t Take Time Off Due To Shutdown

Trump Floats Plan To Reward Air Traffic Controllers Who Didn't Take Time Off Due To Shutdown

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Democrats followed big wins — albeit in the reliably blue states of Virginia and Maryland and the deep blue city of New York — with what could only be described as capitulation on the government shutdown as it stretched into its 40th day, as eight Democratic senators voted with Republicans to break the filibuster.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire normally would compile a short summary of what you may have missed. But with the shutdown driving discussions and an 11th-hour deal to break the stalemate, the real news rolled in a bit later than usual.
In the moments leading up to and immediately following the the test vote — and then a final vote in the Senate — critics in the media and within their own party quickly began piling on the Democrats who chose putting an end to the suffering of their constituents over another day fighting for something Republicans were clearly unwilling to give.
CNN let the mask slip almost immediately, after weeks of largely giving cover to the Democrats, and conceded that their pet party was actually the driving force behind keeping the Capitol shuttered.
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🚨 JUST IN: CNN has STUNNED viewers after stating the quiet part out loud after Democrats caved on the shutdown
“The DEMOCRATIC filibuster has been broken!”
They just called it the Democrat shutdown!
Remember who REFUSED to pay the troops!
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&#8220;We&#8217;ve got plenty more on the other side, we will talk much more about this,&#8221; the anchor said. &#8220;Again, you&#8217;re looking live at the Senate floor as the Democratic filibuster has been broken. We have so far reached 60, we are waiting for the official count, but right now, 60 votes that would unlock moving forward with this plan to reopen the government on the Senate side.&#8221;
CNN anchor Jake Tapper had conceded several days earlier that Democrats were ultimately responsible for the stalemate, but he qualified the statement by noting that he certainly understood why they were holding out.
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CNN exposes Democrats for shutting down the government and trying to mislead the American people.
JAKE TAPPER: &#8220;Democrats are the ones that are not voting to fund the government&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/9sTlM9hCwI">pic.twitter.com/9sTlM9hCwI</a>
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&#8220;Democrats are the ones that are not voting to fund the government,&#8221; he said on election night, adding immediately, &#8220;Now, I understand why they&#8217;re doing so, they&#8217;re doing so because of health care, and they want to fight and they want Republicans to negotiate, etc., etc.&#8221;
He went on to praise Democrats for sticking to &#8220;sharper&#8221; messaging and convincing voters that Republicans were actually the ones holding things up.
But Senator Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats and had previously voted no on efforts to break the filibuster, said after casting his vote with Republicans that the messaging — however &#8220;sharp&#8221; — was just not working.
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A Democrat senator who helped keep the shutdown alive is now admitting the truth: he caved because the strategy had completely collapsed.
Sen. Angus King told reporters he voted for the compromise funding deal for one simple reason — “it wasn’t working.”
And he openly… <a href="https://t.co/aD9awqpXzO">pic.twitter.com/aD9awqpXzO</a>
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&#8220;It’s been six weeks. The Republicans made it clear they weren’t going to discuss the health care issue. The Affordable Care Act, tax credits until until the shutdown was over,&#8221; King told reporters. &#8220;We tried to keep working that for six weeks. It didn’t happen. The vote that we have is not a guarantee for sure &#8230; As I assessed it, there was zero chance of dealing with the ACA issue as long as the shutdown continued.&#8221;
On MSNBC, a panel discussion laid out what was happening on Sunday evening – and immediately questioned what Democrats had actually won by keeping the government closed for nearly six weeks.
&#8220;Weekend Primetime&#8221; host Antonia Hylton kicked off the conversation by noting how &#8220;strange&#8221; it seemed to watch Democrats win so handily in Tuesday&#8217;s elections and then roll over just a few days later.
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&#8220;The President is kinda getting what he wanted&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand how a democratic senator goes, &#8216;wow we won really big &#8212; let me cave now. I don&#8217;t understand. That makes no sense to me.&#8217; &#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xkkOptXJlD">pic.twitter.com/xkkOptXJlD</a>
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&#8220;We spoke about this earlier, but it&#8217;s strange, Dean, to go back to the original sort of part of this conversation of whether [Trump] is a good deal maker,&#8221; she began. &#8220;In a way, it seems like the president is kind of getting what he wanted 40 days ago when all this started — he was out there saying that oh, this is all about Democrats trying to give health care to illegal immigrants, he just said that to reporters moments ago, repeated that refrain the Democrats had actually very successfully pushed back against.&#8221;
&#8220;Then there&#8217;s all this energy in the wake of the election on Tuesday,&#8221; Hylton continued, noting that even Trump had conceded that the shutdown was likely hurting Republicans in Tuesday&#8217;s major races. &#8220;[Trump was] acknowledging that he was on his back foot, and now here he is winning again? How did he do it?&#8221;
&#8220;The Democrats — I don&#8217;t understand how a democratic senator goes, &#8216;Wow, we won really big — let me cave now.&#8217; I don&#8217;t understand. That makes no sense to me,&#8221; another replied.
Another questioned whether Democrats had intentionally dragged things out in order to get through the election.

Spin Cycle: Dems Shut The Government Down For 40 Days. What Did They Win?

Jake Tapper

MSNBC

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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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Americans on Sunday that if the government shutdown persists, air travel over the rapidly approaching holidays is likely to be marked by lengthy delays and mass cancellations at airports all across the United States.
Duffy spoke with anchor Shannon Bream on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; where he reiterated the fact that his number one priority was to make sure that whatever air travel did take place was as safe as possible — and said that with a growing number of air traffic controllers missing work because their pay was being withheld, the only way to keep the skies safe was to limit the number of planes leaving the ground.
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🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDuffy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDuffy</a> issues a stark warning about Thanksgiving travel if the Democrat Shutdown continues:
&#8220;You&#8217;re going to have air travel slowed to a trickle&#8230; It&#8217;s not going to happen. You&#8217;re going to have massive disruption&#8230; We have to be honest about where this is going.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/E5ZklhXKjI">pic.twitter.com/E5ZklhXKjI</a>
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&#8220;As I look two weeks out as we get closer to Thanksgiving travel, I think what&#8217;s going to happen is you&#8217;re going to have air travel slowed to a trickle as everyone wants to see their families, I think we&#8217;re going to see air traffic controllers, very few of them coming to work — which means, yes, you&#8217;ll have a few flights taken off and landing at our different airports across the country,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;But the thousands of flights that happen every day that move people around the country for this great American holiday, it&#8217;s not going to happen,&#8221; Duffy continued. &#8220;You&#8217;re going to have massive disruption, I think a lot of angry Americans, and I think we have to be honest about where this is going. It doesn&#8217;t get better, it gets worse until these air traffic controllers are going to be paid.&#8221;
Duffy was far from alone in this line of thought. ABC News transportation correspondent Gio Benitez spoke with &#8220;This Week&#8221; anchor George Stephanopoulos and he said that thousands of flights had already been delayed or canceled in the last few days alone — and that was only expected to get worse in the coming days. Benitez quoted a former TSA official as saying that the current landscape was simply &#8220;the calm before the storm.&#8221;
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Flight delays and cancellations are sweeping the country, with one TSA agent calling it “the calm before the storm.” Transportation correspondent <a href="https://twitter.com/GioBenitez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GioBenitez</a> has the latest. <a href="https://t.co/6TcxOEe8NH">pic.twitter.com/6TcxOEe8NH</a>
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‘Massive Disruption’: Transportation Secretary Warns That Holiday Travel Is Up In The Air

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flipped the script on Democratic adviser-turned-ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos during a Sunday morning interview, reminding him of what he&#8217;d said about the government shutdowns that took place in 1995 when his old boss, former President Bill Clinton, had been at odds with a Republican-controlled Congress led by then House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA).
Bessent joined Stephanopoulos to talk about the ongoing shutdown — driven by Democrat demands for a blanket extension of 2022 Obamacare subsidies that were designed to assist with shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then sunset  after three years — and the conversation centered on how best to bring an end to the shutdown that has now lasted nearly 40 days.
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When <a href="https://twitter.com/SecScottBessent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecScottBessent</a> reminded George Stephanopoulos “you were involved in a lot of these in the &#8217;90s. And you basically called the Republicans terrorists and, you know, you said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed,” Stephanopoulos tried to shut… <a href="https://t.co/LhcfQ2KHq9">pic.twitter.com/LhcfQ2KHq9</a>
— Brent Baker 🇺🇲🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentHBaker/status/1987525865148752016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The president continues to post about ending the filibuster,&#8221; Stephanopoulos began. &#8220;Is that the best way to end this shutdown right now? Is that what the administration position is?&#8221;
&#8220;No, George, the best way to do it — and look, you were involved in a lot of these in the &#8217;90s. And you basically called the Republicans terrorists and, you know, you said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed,” Bessent replied. &#8220;And so what we need is five brave moderate Democratic Senators to cross the aisle, because right now it is 52 to three — 52 to three — five Democrats can cross the aisle and reopen the government. That&#8217;s the best way to do it, George.&#8221;
&#8220;I can disagree with you about the history there,&#8221; Stephanopoulos said with a half smile. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have to get into a history lesson right now —&#8221;
&#8220;George —&#8221; Bessent tried to push back.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about —&#8221; Stephanopoulos interrupted. &#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s happening right now.&#8221;
&#8220;If you want, I&#8217;ve got all your quotes here,&#8221; Bessent offered.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sure you do, but let&#8217;s talk about the situation —&#8221; Stephanopoulos tried again.
&#8220;I read your book, so you got one purchase on Amazon this week,&#8221; Bessent quipped. &#8220;And that&#8217;s very much what you said.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s a mischaracterization of history,&#8221; Stephaopoulos claimed.
However, during a <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/stephanopoulos.html">PBS interview</a> conducted in the summer of 2000, Stephanopoulos used almost the exact words quoted by Bessent to describe the White House&#8217;s strategy — of which he was an integral part — to fight congressional Republicans during the 1995 government shutdowns that lasted five days (November 14-19) and 21 days (December 16, 1995-January 6, 1996) respectively.
The question presented to Stephanopoulos was a simple one: &#8220;In the fall of 1995, the government shutdown is dominating the government at this time. The president is doing some real brinkmanship. What was the strategy with the Republicans in the fall of 1995?&#8221;
&#8220;Our strategy was very simple,&#8221; Stephanopoulos replied. &#8220;We couldn&#8217;t buckle, and we had to say that they were blackmailing the country to get their way. In order to get their tax cut, they were willing to shut down the government, throw the country into default for the first time in its history and cut Medicare, Social Security, education and the environment just so they could get their way. And we were trying to say that they were basically terrorists, and it worked.&#8221;

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U.S. airlines and travelers slogged through a second day of flight cuts across the country on Saturday as the government shutdown was expected to drive more cancellations in the days to come.
The Federal Aviation Administration instructed airlines to cut 4% of flights on Saturday at 40 major airports because of the shutdown. The cuts will rise to 6% on Tuesday and then to 10% by November 14.
The cuts, which began at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT) on Friday, include about 700 flights from the four largest carriers &#8211; American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines.
Airlines will cut fewer flights on Saturday than Friday because of lower overall volume. United will cut 168 flights, down from 184 Friday, while Southwest will cancel just under 100 flights, down from 120.
During the record 39-day government shutdown, 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 security screeners have been forced to work without pay, leading to increased absenteeism. Many air traffic controllers were notified on Thursday that they would receive no compensation for a second pay period next week.
The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on Congressional Democrats to agree to a Republican plan to fund the federal government, which would allow it to reopen.
Raising the specter of dramatic air-travel disruptions is one such effort. Democrats contend Republicans are to blame for the shutdown because they refuse to negotiate over extending health insurance subsidies.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said it was possible that he could require 20% cuts in air traffic if things get worse and more controllers do not show up for work.
&#8220;I assess the data,&#8221; Duffy said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to make decisions based on what we see in the airspace.&#8221;
Separate from the cancellations, absences of air traffic controllers on Friday forced the FAA to delay hundreds of flights at 10 airports including Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and Newark. More than 5,600 flights were delayed Friday.
Earlier this week, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said 20% to 40% of controllers were not showing up for work on any given day.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus)

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President Donald Trump on Saturday morning proposed that Senate Republicans scrap Obamacare, which he called &#8220;the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World,&#8221; and instead direct the hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for insurance companies to the American people.
&#8220;I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over,&#8221; he posted to Truth Social.
&#8220;In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare,&#8221; Trump added.
The president also threw in an &#8220;unrelated&#8221; comment, writing, &#8220;we must still terminate the Filibuster!&#8221;
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Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) said he agreed with Trump and proposed Health Savings Account-style accounts for Americans with the returned money.
&#8220;I’m writing the bill right now,&#8221; he said on X. &#8220;We must stop taxpayer money from going to insurance companies and instead give it directly to Americans in HSA-style accounts and let them buy the health care they want. This will increase competition &amp; drive down costs.&#8221;
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Totally agree, <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>! I’m writing the bill right now.
We must stop taxpayer money from going to insurance companies and instead give it directly to Americans in HSA-style accounts and let them buy the health care they want. This will increase competition &amp; drive down costs. <a href="https://t.co/GbTdbTWP8b">pic.twitter.com/GbTdbTWP8b</a>
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1987165587890717168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Last month, Trump similarly slammed Obamacare, posting on Truth Social, “As I have said for years, OBAMACARE IS A DISASTER! Rates are going through the roof for really bad healthcare!!! Do something Democrats!!!”
The government has been shut down since October 1, marking the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Republicans say Democrats are at fault, since they have refused to vote more than a dozen times for a clean continuing resolution bill that maintains current funding levels without any policy changes, and are instead demanding certain Obamacare subsidies.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said this past week that Democrats want to force American taxpayers to fund health care for illegal immigrants, leading to the stalemate. Johnson said last month that there needs to be serious reform to Obamacare.
“The expiring ObamaCare subsidy at the end of the year is a serious problem,&#8221; he <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5582573-trump-democrats-obamacare-costs/">said</a>. &#8220;If you look at it objectively, you know that it is subsidizing bad policy. We’re throwing good money at a bad, broken system, and so it needs real reforms.&#8221;
Democrats say Republicans are to blame for the shutdown because they aren’t on board with the Obamacare subsidies they want.
Democrats view health care as a winning issue for them and reportedly want to make it the centerpiece of the midterm elections. “I think that one of the reasons of many that the Democrats had so much success is an appreciation the Democrats are trying to protect health care for the American people,” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/5592180-hard-line-democrats-lean-in-to-obamacare-fight-after-tuesday-sweep/">said</a> on Wednesday, one day following Democrat success at the polls.
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