US President Donald Trump doubled down on Sunday on his push to gut Obamacare healthcare subsidies, which his Democratic opponents have insisted on preserving as a condition for ending the 40-day government shutdown.
Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to take federal money used to subsidise health insurance bought on Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and instead send payments to individuals buying coverage.
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The federal government has been shut down since October 1, making it the longest federal shutdown ever, because
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