President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze funding for major transportation projects in New York, home to Congress's top two Democrats, as it carried through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target Democratic priorities.

Other Trump priorities are similarly insulated. Interior will keep processing oil-and-gas permits, and NASA’s Artemis moon program is set to proceed—protections that weren’t as explicitly carved out in earlier shutdowns, the outlet reported.

House Democratic leaders say that President Donald Trump will need to be in the room when it comes to any possible agreement to end a government shutdown.

As the US government was plunged into a shutdown, Donald Trump was no doubt relishing the idea of the days ahead.

The federal government shut down at midnight after Congress failed to reach a funding deal. CNN’s Dana Bash asks House Speaker Mike Johnson if he thinks the Trump administration should use this shutdown as an excuse to fire federal employees.

Speaker Mike Johnson claims Chuck Schumer's shutdown strategy backfired by giving the executive branch the power to reshape government services.

With the Statue of Liberty as the backdrop, New York's Democratic governor blamed the shutdown on a deliberate choice by President Trump and Republicans in Congress.

We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible," Trump said.