Shutdown for what?

为何关机?

Today, Explained

2025-10-02

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We ask Sen Elizabeth Warren why. President Donald Trump is reportedly mostly worried about the midterms. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger with help from Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A sign advertising a government shutdown relief loan in the Hart Senate Office Building. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • President Trump kind of declared war on a bunch of American cities yesterday.

  • San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles,

  • they're very unsafe places and we're going to straighten them out one by one.

  • More on that tomorrow because on Today Explained from Vox, we've got a shutdown.

  • It's the first shutdown of Trump too,

  • but technically the fourth shutdown for the president

  • if you count the three from his first term for now You're still gonna get your mail and your social security checks But a bunch of government services are gonna be on hold some super fun cleanup sites are not getting clean some veterans are not getting services They've been promised no jobs report This Friday,

  • I know someone who's going to be very happy about that one, but nobody likes a shutdown.

  • So to better understand what the thinking is behind this move,

  • we're going to talk to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren,

  • who's on the Senate Finance Committee here in Washington, DC.

  • That is coming up on the show right after this.

  • Hey, I'm Tefi, and I'm hosting a new podcast from the cut called Tefi Talks.

  • Think of me as your work bestie who's here to give you all the juiciest pop culture deep dives,

  • read celebrity tea leaves, and yap about modern life.

  • New episodes drop every Wednesday on YouTube or in your favorite podcast app.

  • It's going to be so fun avoiding actual work together.

  • This week on Unexplainable, Zombies.

  • In a world where a team of scientists, they're studying zombie bugs and they're like, Oh, hey,

  • wouldn't it be great