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Who is winning the government shutdown messaging war?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published October 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM CDT

On the Friday politics roundtable, Here & Now hosts Scott Tong and Peter O’Dowd ask NPR’s Domenico Montanaro and Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey to weigh in on the week’s news in politics, including who’s winning the messaging war on the government shutdown, what arguments they’re making, and why it matters.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom