Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

WASHINGTON Oct Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal cabinet shutdown may become the longest in history He says he won t negotiate with Democrats until they hit pause on their fitness care demands and reopen the authorities It s the th day of the shutdown and the closures are taking a toll nationwide halting routine cabinet operations shuttering the Smithsonian museums and other landmark cultural institutions and leaving airports scrambling with flight disruptions It s all injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious commercial sector The White House ensured military troops are paid this week But the Trump administration is firing other federal workers The post Regime shutdown could be the longest ever Speaker Johnson warns appeared first on MinnPost