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Family rift: Top Democrat’s own daughter publicly opposes her on shutdown deal
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The Senate deal to end the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history is not only dividing Democrats, it’s also causing a split in one well-known political family.
Democratic congressional candidate Stefany Shaheen, who’s running in a crowded primary for a Democrat-controlled open House seat in swing state New Hampshire, says she “cannot support” the agreement, which was brokered in part by her mother, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
The elder Shaheen, a former governor who is retiring next year rather than seek re-election to a fourth six-year term in the Senate, was one of seven Democrats who voted with Republicans on Monday evening to end the shutdown.
The split between the mother and daughter underscores the divide in their party over ending the shutdown without firmer commitments from the Republicans who control Congress.
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was one of seven Senate Democrats that broke with their party to support a deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown. (Getty Images)
Stefany Shaheen, in a social media post on Monday, said she would only support a deal if it included extending the expiring subsidies that make health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, known as the ACA or Obamacare, more affordable to millions of Americans.
The deal to end the shutdown does not include such a provision, but only a promise by the majority Republicans to hold an upcoming vote on extending the subsidies.
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“We need to both end this shutdown and extend the ACA tax credits,” Stefany Shaheen wrote. “Otherwise, no deal. It’s essential to ensure people have access to healthcare and it’s past time to put paychecks back into people’s pockets and food back on families’ tables.”
The younger Shaheen, whose eldest daughter Elle nearly lost her life after being diagnosed at the age of 8 with Type 1 diabetes, emphasized, “Improving health care has been the cause of my life. It’s why I am running for congress.”
Stefany Shaheen, the daughter of longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, announced her candidacy for Congress in New Hampshire’s 1st District on May 28, 2025 (Stefany Shaheen campaign)
And pointing to a lack of commitment from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to hold any vote on extending the ACA subsidies, Shaheen added, “I cannot support this deal when Speaker Johnson refuses to even allow a vote to extend health care tax credits.”
The ACA subsidies expire at the end of the year, with health insurance premiums set to surge if there’s no extension.
Sen. Shaheen, who previously supported a bill to extend the subsidies, on Monday defended breaking with her party to support the deal, which has been heavily criticized not only by the progressive wing of the party but also by center-left Democrats.
“We’re making sure that the people of America can get the food benefits that they need, that air traffic controllers can get paid, that federal workers are able to come back, the ones who were let go, that they get paid, that contractors get paid, that aviation moves forward,” Shaheen said in a “Fox and Friends” interview.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 9, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
And she pledged that “we are going to be able to continue to fight about healthcare because we’re going to have a vote in December.”
Asked about her split with her mother over the shutdown deal, Stefany Shaheen told WMUR in New Hampshire that “every family has differences of opinion and views, and here, we just have very different views about the best way to approach this.”
“I think my mom and Senator Hassan did what they believe was right,” she said. She also pointed to New Hampshire’s other Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Maggie Hassan, who also supported the deal.
The senator told WMUR that she and her daughter “talk every day. So, she knew where I was, and I knew where she was.”
And the senator, who is a top supporter of her daughter’s bid for Congress, added, “Stefany is very independent. That’s what’s going to make her an excellent congresswoman.”
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The younger Shaheen is one of seven Democrats running in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District, in the race to succeed Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas.
Pappas is running for the Senate in the race to succeed the elder Shaheen.
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Connecticut
Man charged with murder in death of Duxbury, Massachusetts woman in Connecticut home
A man has been arrested for murder in connection with the death of a Duxbury, Massachusetts woman, months after her body was found in a Connecticut home under suspicious circumstances.
This week, the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause of death for Janina Brooke Murphy to be blunt force injury of head and the manner, homicide.
On Tuesday, Connecticut State Police arrested 28-year-old Cole Werhan of Burlington, Connecticut and charged him with murder.
Brooke Murphy, as she is referred to by her mother, was found at the bottom of a staircase in March inside the Burlington, Connecticut home where she was living. At the time, Connecticut State Police called the 26-year-old’s death suspicious.
“Another detective got on the phone. He said, ‘I want you to know something. Your daughter didn’t just fall down the stairs. She had wounds all over her,’” Brooke’s mother, Beth Murphy, told WBZ.
Murphy said her daughter and Werhan were dating, and she is determined to seek justice. “It’s confirmed, it wasn’t an accident. So that part, really, that’s tough,” Murphy said.
Murphy described her daughter as kind and artistic.
“So many people said she was my best friend. Like, pretty much everybody said Brooke was my best friend. She had a heart of gold,” Murphy said.
Brooke Murphy’s 27th birthday fell on June 17. Connecticut State Police said they are continuing to actively investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.
Werhan was held on a $5,000,000 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in Torrington Superior Court in Connecticut on Wednesday morning.
Maine
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts man indicted on murder charge in child’s 2017 death
WORCESTER, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – A Massachusetts man has been indicted in connection with the death of a child.
Laura French, spokesperson for the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, said 35-year-old Steven Stuart of Auburn was indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge. The charge stems from the 2017 death of seven-year-old Jayden Carlson.
Stuart was convicted in September 2015 on a charge of assault and batter on a child causing serious bodily injury in connection with an August 2012 incident involving Carlson, who was two years old at the time. Stuart was sentenced to six to eight years in state prison for that conviction.
French added that Carlson suffered serious, “life-altering injuries and subsequently experienced ongoing medical complications” following the 2012 incident. Carlson died in December 2017 as a result of those injuries.
Stuart has been arraigned on the indictment and is being held without bail. His next court date is scheduled for July 20.
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