{"id":349389,"date":"2025-12-18T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/2025-government-shutdown-scandals-and-controversies\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:15:58","slug":"2025-government-shutdown-scandals-and-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=349389","title":{"rendered":"2025 Government Shutdown Scandals And Controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p>            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<p>Tracking scandals and controversies involving the 2025 US government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Continued Luxury Activities Despite Government Shutdown.<\/strong> \u201cPresident Donald Trump isn\u2019t curtailing travel. He\u2019s not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren\u2019t from McDonalds, this time. In shutdowns past \u2014 including during Trump\u2019s first term \u2014 presidents normally scaled back their schedules. With staffers deemed \u201cnon-essential\u201d sent home, the White House often sought to appear sympathetic to Americans affected by disruptions to health care, veterans benefits and other key services.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/shutdown-trump-isnt-canceling-travel-182429586.html\">AP<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-gravatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oliver Willis\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bafc075fd8b3ff8499df743f3b8c4df56ccf3a1704e19f43bee808af7b8355a?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bafc075fd8b3ff8499df743f3b8c4df56ccf3a1704e19f43bee808af7b8355a?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-4370270-11025-6942caaddf00d\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/?ver=15.1.1#blog_id=4370270&amp;post_id=11025&amp;origin=oliverwillis.com&amp;obj_id=4370270-11025-6942caaddf00d\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-4370270-11025-6942caaddf00d\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracking scandals and controversies involving the 2025 US government shutdown. Trump Continued Luxury Activities Despite Government Shutdown. \u201cPresident Donald Trump isn\u2019t curtailing travel. He\u2019s not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren\u2019t from McDonalds, this time. 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