Government shutdown: Federal workers miss first paycheck as inflation ticks up

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published October 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM EDT

The Senate on Thursday blocked two competing bills aimed at paying nearly a million and a half federal workers.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Bloomberg’s Mike Regan as the government shutdown enters day 24.

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