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Lawmakers on Thursday were prepared to pass a bill to both fund the government through March 23 and outline a spending cap deal that would enable spending accords for the next two years. But Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is demanding a vote to restore federal budget caps that the deal obliterates, causing a standoff that may potentially lead to another shutdown. (Senate TV via AP)

News

Rand Paul opposition to spending bill threatens brief shutdown

Susan Ferrechio -

February 8, 2018 11:47 pm

There's no room for lower taxes, economic expansion, and free market principles in today's Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Economy

Elizabeth Warren: Mick Mulvaney giving consumers the ‘middle finger’ at CFPB

Joseph Lawler -

February 5, 2018 10:11 pm

National Security

Provision in shutdown-ending bill stokes fear of oversight-free intelligence spending

Steven Nelson -

January 24, 2018 1:57 am

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said on Tuesday that the short-term bill that ended the government shutdown might have also contained language that quietly reduced their oversight power over intelligence agencies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Foreign Policy

Senate Intelligence leaders decry oversight-looting provision slipped into spending bill

Katie Leach -

January 23, 2018 11:49 pm

President Trump is calling the shots as the administration negotiates with Congress on a budget, Mick Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Immigration

Mick Mulvaney: Trump ‘makes the decisions about immigration,’ not Stephen Miller

Anna Giaritelli -

January 22, 2018 4:36 pm

During the 2013 government shutdown that lasted 16 days, the national parks were closed. This year amid government shutdown talks, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tweeted that the department would aim to keep public lands

Energy and Environment

National Parks would remain open during government shutdown, but employees won’t be paid

Josh Siegel -

January 19, 2018 7:42 pm

National Security

White House blasts Democrats for jeopardizing military pay with shutdown threat

Gabby Morrongiello -

January 19, 2018 4:56 pm

OMB Director Mick Mulvaney speaks with reporters outside the White House about a possible government shutdown. Mulvaney said the White House now sees the chances of the government shutting down as

Immigration

Mick Mulvaney: Chances of a government shutdown are now ’50-50′

Sarah Bedford -

January 19, 2018 3:25 pm

Unlike in 2013, Congress has not pre-emptively funded paychecks for members of the military and civilians who work for the Defense Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

News

Federal workers could get double pay if there’s a shutdown

Steven Nelson -

January 18, 2018 8:02 pm

The vulnerabilities render the chips — and the systems they operate — susceptible to hacking, but so far there have been reports that these security flaws have been exploited. (AP Photo)

Magazine

Fed response to ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ computer chip problems earns rare praise

Charlie Mitchell -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

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