Live updates: Senate faces vote to prevent government shutdown
The Senate is up against a government funding deadline Friday and needs 60 votes to keep the lights on and prevent a shutdown ...
'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has ...
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Schumer Brings a White Flag to a Gun Fight
The surrender by Senate Democrats on the spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown turned a defeat into a debacle.
Senate Moves Toward Critical Vote to Avert Shutdown as Schumer Relents
An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...
Senate to vote on advancing GOP funding bill to avert government shutdown
At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.