McCarthy cuts deal on spending cuts but loses as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to prevent a looming federal shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank quickly collapsed Thursday, a crushing defeat that…
Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown
“Operation Atlantic Resolve is an excepted activity under a government lapse in appropriations,” Sherwood said, referring to the named operation for DOD’s activities in response…
McCarthy: There’s still time to prevent government shutdown
WASHINGTON — With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left to prevent a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed on Wednesday…
Why the U.S. is racing toward a government shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Biden is having a rough September. Autoworkers are striking, inflation is still not at prepandemic levels, the president’s son has been indicted on…
Inside Dems’ shutdown strategy – POLITICO
Yes, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been in frequent contact with McCarthy (not negotiations, just contact). Yes, Jeffries is meeting today with the Problem Solvers…
McCarthy is running out of options to stop a government shutdown
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) is running out of options as he races Monday to come up with a plan to keep the federal…
The House GOP unveiled a new spending plan. It still won’t avert a shutdown.
GOP leaders told their members on a private call Sunday night that they hope to bring the plan to the floor Thursday, according to multiple…
GOP senators: Next move to avert shutdown is on McCarthy
Congressional leaders agree they’ll need a stopgap bill to accomplish that, but House conservatives are already agitating to make passage of such a funding patch…
A Republican Leader From the 2013 Shutdown Has a Warning for Kevin McCarthy
Ward: What do you think the Freedom Caucus’s major pressure points are? What issues could McCarthy lean on to get them to move on some…
Pakistan traders hold nationwide shutdown over electricity bills, inflation | Inflation News
Market closures in major cities, with shops displaying placards decrying ‘the unreasonable increase in electricity bills and taxes’. Thousands of Pakistan traders have shuttered their…
Schumer moves to split House and Senate Republicans ahead of potential shutdown
The chamber passed all 12 appropriations bills out of committee on a bipartisan basis, he boasts. That drew an implicit contrast to the House, where…
Weeks from a possible government shutdown, Mitch McConnell is freezing up in public. That’s not a good sign.
WASHINGTON — If it did nothing else, the sight of Sen. Mitch McConnell freezing in public for the second time in as many months would stand…
Some House conservatives unveil demands to back spending bill, avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON — House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending…
Ukraine: Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant initiates reactor shutdown following water leak
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has begun transitioning one of its reactor units from a hot shutdown to a cold shutdown after a…
House GOP weighs government shutdown escape hatch: A deal with Dems
“At some point we’ll have to deal with the reality that America is a two-party system. If we can’t do it on our own, there…
House GOP plans talks as shutdown deadline looms
Leadership is facing growing headaches to avoid a shutdown as of Oct. 1. Source link
15 Texas Republicans signal border fight ahead of shutdown deadline
The growing support for this condition is the latest indication of the headaches that Republican leaders face as they try to avoid a government shutdown…
Iran’s surprise ‘unprecedented heat’ shutdown raises questions | Climate News
Tehran, Iran – A national shutdown is continuing in Iran – ostensibly as a result of rising temperatures – and authorities have said that the national…
Congress members break for August as shutdown looms in fall
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able…
How 'Nimona' survived a studio shutdown among many challenges on its way to the screen
Inside the fight to keep 'Nimona' alive so the adaptation of ND Stevenson's acclaimed graphic novel could make it to a screen near you. Source…