Trump continues to test his executive power with threats of mass firings during the government shutdown, repeatedly using the shutdown as justification to carry out mass firings, according to Reuters...

The federal government shutdown began Oct. 1, 2025, and the anxiousness increases with the country asking how much longer will it last.

But his attempts to pressure Democrats to back the Republican bill -- which would open the government through late November as negotiations continue -- have so far fallen on deaf ears.