Government Shutdown

Cartoons Artists take on SNAP recipients, Halloween generosity, and more

By The Week US Published 1 November 25

Cartoons Thursday's political cartoons include missing SNAP benefits, working without pay, and Graham Platner's terrible tattoo

By The Week US Published 30 October 25

Speed Read A federal employee union called for the Democrats to to stand down four weeks into the government standoff

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 28 October 25

Feature A federal judge blocked President Trump’s plan to cut jobs tied to “Democrat programs,” ruling that his administration violated layoff laws during the shutdown

By The Week US Published 21 October 25

Talking Points GOP officials contemplate the ‘nuclear option’

By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published 21 October 25

Cartoons Sunday's editorial cartoons include Pete Hegseth and the press, an absence of government, and George Washington crossing the Delaware

By The Week US Published 19 October 25

Today’s Big Question The controllers were crucial in ending the last shutdown in 2019

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 9 October 25

Feature As Democrats and Republicans clash over health care and spending, the shutdown leaves 750,000 federal workers in limbo

By The Week US Published 6 October 25

Cartoons Artists take on life without government, foam finger pointing, and more

By The Week US Published 5 October 25

Cartoons Friday's political cartoons include changing interest rates, fossil fuel profits, and Bad Bunny singing in Spanish

By The Week US Published 3 October 25

Today's Big Question Federal employee layoffs could be in the thousands

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 2 October 25

Speed Read Democrats said they won’t vote for a deal that doesn’t renew Affordable Care Act health care subsidies

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 1 October 25