Washington, Oct 13, 2025 (AFP) - US govt shutdown inflicts increasing pain as it enters third week

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2025-10-13

The US government shutdown dragged into a third week on Monday, with Congress gridlocked in a clash over spending and no resolution in sight to a crisis that has already cost thousands of jobs. With hundreds of thousands of federal employees already on enforced leave, President Donald Trump is following through on threats to take a hatchet to the workforce to pressure Democrats to agree to Republican funding demands. Trump has vowed to find a way......

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