The Latest Breaking News from Government Shutdown

The Senate passed a spending package, averting a government shutdown by funding most agencies until September 30. A two-week Homeland Security funding extension was attached to the deal. The House will consider the package Monday, facing potential challenges from conservative hard-liners and some Democrats wary of the stopgap measure.

The move follows the fatal shooting of two US citizens, 37-year-old Alex Pretti and 37-year-old Renee Good, at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.

Washington gridlock has returned, and the clock is ticking toward a midnight deadline this Friday, January 30. While political standoffs often feel distant, a federal funding lapse creates real ripples in the daily life of New York City. Commuters, travelers, and residents are right to wonder how a shutdown affects…

Deal calls for splitting a funding bill for DHS from a package of other funding bills

The dollar index (DXY00 ) is up by +0.21% today. The dollar recovered from early losses and turned higher today as short covering emerged on comments from Senate Majority Leader Thune, who said government shutdown talks are going in the “right direction.” Also, today’s news that showed Nov factory orders...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday

ANALYSIS: Democrats think they have a chance to pass modest reforms to ICE. But, Eric Garcia writes, they face numerous challenges

Democrats are pledging to tank a broader funding package aimed at staving off a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday if their demands aren't met.

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