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Yesterday — 17 October 2025Main stream

Trump’s Unilateral Spending Cuts Complicate Shutdown Deal

Democrats want guarantees that President Trump will not continue to claw back spending, ignoring any agreement they strike. But he has promised to keep defying Congress.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, and other lawmakers on Wednesday. He called the specter of more unilateral cuts by President Trump “another indication that Republicans are not operating in good faith.”
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