Government Shutdown

The Senate will try to pass a short-term, bipartisan bill this weekend to keep the government funded.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged House Republicans to rally behind a strategy to fund the government, cut spending and bolster border security. A band of conservatives rejected it.

Democrats say a handful of "missing in action" Republicans can join their "discharge petition" to end-run Speaker McCarthy and force a vote on a short-term funding bill.

Federal workers tend to be more educated, better paid and more Black than the general U.S. workforce.

It's not just national parks and Smithsonian museums. Everything from Russian sanctions to food stamps to Washington, D.C., marriage licenses could be hit.

The Legislature is up for grabs and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is aiming to capture a trifecta. Early voting is underway in an election that is being watched for clues to 2024.

The National Park Service plans to restrict access as much as possible, shuttering visitor centers, locking gates and bolting bathrooms, a senior Interior Department official said.

Congress still lacks a clear path forward as millions of federal workers and military families face a pause in paychecks.

Despite broad bipartisan support in the House and the Senate in favor of funding Ukraine, the opposition among GOP hard-liners could derail a Biden administration priority.

The GOP-led House and the Democratic-run Senate are moving in different directions, with no apparent path to resolve their disputes over how to keep the government open.

The authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program expires alongside the government's funding at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.