State Department blasts Dems over shutdown, says national security at risk amid Senate battle

FIRST ON FOX: Secretary Marco Rubio’s Department of State unleashed on Democrats over the federal government shutdown and revealed the hypocrisy of former State Department officials, noting how detrimental a shutdown is for the country. The federal government is nearing three weeks of being shut down as many government employees received a partial paycheck during the last pay period and face a full missed paycheck in the coming days. "President Trump is delivering historic peace deal after historic peace deal," State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital. "Congressional De