Senators look for potential exit strategies on shutdown

Update: 2025-10-02

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Bipartisan talks to try to find a way out of the shutdown take shape. As courts navigate the shutdown, dozens of challenges to Trump administration policies are on pause. Hill staffers are bracing for the shutdown's impact. Jacob Fulton has your CQ Morning Briefing for Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.

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Senators look for potential exit strategies on shutdown

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Senators look for potential exit strategies on shutdown