The messages on government websites blaming Democrats signal a new era of partisan messaging as President Donald Trump uses the funding lapse to advance Project 2025 goals, trigger mass layoffs and cut Democratic-backed projects.

Experts disagree on whether the Democrat-blaming language on the website of HUD and other government agencies violates the 1939 act that restricts certain political activities by federal employees.

CNN political commentator Van Jones shared his ‘concern’ about Democrats amid the government shutdown on ‘Real Time’ Friday.

Most Democratic senators have used the filibuster to vote down funding bills that would avert a government shutdown.

Democratic operatives are urging their leaders in Washington not to back down on a government shutdown some fear could backfire politically for their party. For starters, the operatives said, they were pleased that lawmakers had banded together in opposition to Republicans.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers are now, for the most part, locked in a blame game, as each side is holding the other responsible for the government shutdown that has transpired. Here’s how some lawmakers across the political parties are reacting to the shutdown:

Senate Democrats blocked a clean extension of government funding late Tuesday evening, but a handful of Democrats bucked Senate Minority

A former Boise Democratic state representative Friday filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel against the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, alleging that the chief was violating a federal law that bars employees in the executive branch from engaging in political activity while on duty.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are “marching the country” into a government shutdown

Immigrants in the country illegally are not eligible for federal health care insurance plans. The Democrats' proposal does not change that.