Government shutdown could affect service member pay and endanger disaster response, White House warns
The White House issued a stark warning Wednesday that a looming government shutdown could threaten crucial federal programs, blasting "extreme House Republicans" as lawmakers struggle to reach consensus on a funding plan.
2023-09-20 17:28
The Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown
The Republican Party's war on itself has turned its inoperative House majority into a "clown show" and a "dysfunction caucus" and is handing wins to the Chinese Communist Party -- and that's just what some of its own members say about it.
2023-09-20 12:58
US House Republicans fail to advance defense spending bill as shutdown looms
By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -House of Representatives Republicans failed to move forward on a fiscal 2024
2023-09-20 04:16
US House Republicans defeat their own defense spending bill
WASHINGTON The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives failed to move forward on a fiscal 2024 defense spending bill
2023-09-20 03:49
House Republicans struggle to find consensus in closed-door party meeting amid government shutdown threat
House Republicans are still struggling to reach consensus on a plan to fund the government, with lawmakers going back-and-forth over the issue during a closed-door party meeting on Tuesday morning.
2023-09-20 00:57
Government shutdown would leave the Fed flying blind
In the event of a US government shutdown, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will stop releasing data, including key figures on inflation and unemployment. A lack of crucial government data would make it difficult for investors and the Federal Reserve to interpret the US economy.
2023-09-19 04:48
US House to vote on stopgap govt spending measure on Thursday
WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will bring the short-term stopgap government spending measure for a vote on
2023-09-19 02:48
US shutdown looms: Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy faces crucial test
By David Morgan WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing the biggest challenge of his eight months
2023-09-18 18:18
Top US House Democrat sees Republican 'civil war' as shutdown looms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON With a possible partial government shutdown looming in two weeks amid what a senior
2023-09-18 02:17
US government shutdown: what does it mean?
(This Sept. 8 story has been refiled to add clearer shutdown figures in paragraph 4) Large swaths of
2023-09-14 05:18
McCarthy needs to pull off his most impossible balancing act yet
Kevin McCarthy has proven more adept at managing his fragile and restive House majority than might have been expected given that it took him a tortuous 15 rounds of balloting to win the speakership.
2023-09-12 12:24
Impeachment and government shutdown threats loom over House's return
Speaker Kevin McCarthy returns to Washington this week confronting a twin set of challenges: avoiding a costly government shutdown and addressing growing calls on the right to impeach President Joe Biden, despite resistance from the party's moderates.
2023-09-11 17:28