Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie slammed lawmakers for the pending U.S. government shutdown. "Total failure by everybody in government," Christie told NBC's Emma Barnett following a town hall in Keene, New Hampshire, on Friday. Christie said both D...
Live updates: Congress seeks drone answers and a funding deal Congress has a looming deadline of Friday toavert a government shutdown, and lawmakers are sprinting to reach a deal to keep the government funded. SpeakerMike Johnson(R-La.) was expected to unveil the text of a stopgap on Sun...
The first federal funding deadline is approaching this Friday at midnight when several government agencies including agriculture, veterans affairs and transportation, are due to run out of money. The second is next Friday, March 8, after which a full government shutdown would take effect if there...
See a running list of updates below. Saturday, March 14 France Shuts Down All Theaters, Restaurants and Stores 12:18 P.M. The French government shut down all stores, restaurants, and movie theaters in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Stores of first necessities, such as ph...
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt demands in the package. The deal funds...
Where the shutdown stands now Both the Senate and the House approved a measure to temporarily reopen the federal government. The plan — which President Trump announced earlier today — will fund the government through Feb. 15. What happens now: The measure is heading to Trump’s desk for ...
35-day shutdown:This shutdown stretched into 35 days, making it the longest in US history. 11:01 a.m. 20:47:40, January 26, 2019 JUST IN: President Trump signs measure to reopen the government The longest ever shutdown of the U.S. government is over. ...
He also spelled out the costs of the government shutdown and placed the blame squarely on Trump’s insistence on funding for a border wall. “No, President Trump, building a wall is not an emergency,” Sanders said. “What we need to do is not waste billions of dollars on a wall, bu...
Staring down a government shutdown deadline in less than three weeks, congressional leaders have begun serious negotiations toward a funding patch that punts the deadline into President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. A grand deal on final funding bills is highly unlikely before the Dec. 20 ...
The House passed a stopgap bill on Thursday afternoon that kicks Congress’ two government shutdown deadlines further into March, as top lawmakers work to pass final versions of half of the dozen annual funding measures next week. Now the spending patch awaits action in the Senate, where leade...