Spending

A standoff between Democrats and Republicans has the federal government on the brink of shutting down at the end of Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats’ government shutdown has the media’s full support

Eddie Scarry -

January 20, 2018 3:20 am

The disagreement has nothing to do with the core of the bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Immigration

The Democrats’ DACA shutdown

Washington Examiner -

January 19, 2018 11:20 pm

His tweet came after a 90-minute talk with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the White House where they did not cut a deal on spending and immigration, though Trump described it an

News

Trump: ‘Making progress’ on averting a shutdown, a four-week extension ‘would be best’

Daniel Chaitin -

January 19, 2018 10:38 pm

Thirty-one percent of Americans would blame Democrats in Congress if there's a government shutdown, while 26 percent said they would blame congressional Republicans, a CNN poll showed Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration

Plurality of Americans would blame Democrats for government shutdown: Poll

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 19, 2018 10:20 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

At the peak of the 2013 shutdown, roughly 850,000 employees were furloughed each day, about 40 percent of the federal civilian workforce. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Economy

What happens to the government if there’s a shutdown

Joseph Lawler -

January 19, 2018 7:03 pm

Defense Secretary James Mattis was asked if a shutdown would have

National Security

Jim Mattis: Shutdown would have serious ramifications for US military

Jamie McIntyre -

January 19, 2018 5:41 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accused Democrats of favoring a fast remedy for illegal immigration over the need to keep the government, including the military, fully funded. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

Mitch McConnell asks Democrats to support funding: ‘Stop the wild goose chase’

Susan Ferrechio -

January 19, 2018 4:48 pm

The key obstacle to a deal to keep the government running is partisan posturing, and not anything policy-related. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Why any government shutdown will be short

Tom Rogan -

January 19, 2018 4:10 pm

Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan sent out a memo with the guidance as Congress faces a looming midnight deadline when current government funding expires. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

National Security

Defense Department issues shutdown guidance: War fighting continues, paychecks delayed

Travis J. Tritten -

January 19, 2018 3:56 pm

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