CNN — Federal agencies are making final preparations with the government on the brink of a shutdown and congressional lawmakers racing against Saturday’s critical midnight deadline – as…
Read more Government on brink of shutdown ahead of midnight deadline as McCarthy slates last-minute vote | CNN PoliticsCNN — President Joe Biden and his top aides at the White House plan to hammer away at a blunt message as the US government inches closer to…
Read more White House strategy on government funding meets serious test this week | CNN PoliticsCNN — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately outlined to members a new GOP plan to keep the government open on Wednesday after a marathon two-and-a-half-hour GOP conference meeting.…
Read more McCarthy privately outlines new GOP plan to avert shutdown, setting up clash with Senate | CNN PoliticsWashington, DC CNN — Americans aren’t feeling gloomy about higher gas prices just yet, but they’re still on edge about inflation and the economy’s direction — and concerns…
Read more Americans are feeling gloomier about the economy | CNN BusinessCNN — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the Defense Department appropriations bill that was paused last week before it even made it to the floor for…
Read more McCarthy says defense spending bill will get a vote this week ‘win or lose’ | CNN PoliticsCNN — House Democrats have begun internal discussions about how to deal with the prospects of a chaotic situation: The possibility that Speaker Kevin McCarthy could lose his…
Read more House Democrats weigh risky strategy: Whether to save McCarthy | CNN PoliticsCNN — The prospect of a US government shutdown grows more likely with each passing day as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to extend funding past…
Read more What could happen if the government shuts down | CNN PoliticsCNN — With government funding slated to run out September 30, the leaders of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus told CNN on Sunday that “all options are…
Read more Bipartisan House caucus leaders say ‘all options are on the table’ as shutdown looms | CNN PoliticsCNN — The White House is now “girding for a shutdown” and senior West Wing officials are drawing up plans for which personnel would be deemed “essential” starting…
Read more White House readies itself for operating in a government shutdown | CNN PoliticsCNN — The last time the federal government shut down five years ago, Jesse Santiago found himself standing in line at his local food bank, rationing medication and…
Read more Going to food banks. Canceling after-school activities. How federal workers will manage a government shutdown | CNN PoliticsCNN — You might have thought it was a Democrat who recently said that House Republicans were in the “same stupid clown car with a different driver.” And…
Read more House speaker crisis is a symptom of historic Republican divisions | CNN PoliticsCNN — If House Republicans elect hard-charging Jim Jordan as speaker on Tuesday, they will be picking an election denier who is known for working to shut down…
Read more House Republicans are making a gamble with a possible Jim Jordan speakership | CNN PoliticsCNN — The US budget deficit soared in fiscal year 2023, which will likely complicate Congress’ efforts to come to a federal spending deal before government funding runs…
Read more Federal deficit effectively doubled in fiscal year 2023 | CNN PoliticsA version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Republicans’ House speaker morass…
Read more How the ‘uniparty’ myth shut the House down | CNN PoliticsCNN — GOP hardliners in the House are eager to play a game of chicken over the end-of-the-month deadline to fund federal agencies, seeking to force the White…
Read more Congress poised for messy September as McCarthy races to avoid government shutdown | CNN PoliticsCNN — In 2019, then-Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy vehemently criticized Democrats for initiating an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump without first passing a budget and…
Read more Kevin McCarthy opens impeachment inquiry without passing budget despite once criticizing Democrats for the same | CNN PoliticsCNN — House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Ken Buck criticized the bipartisan debt ceiling deal reached between House Republicans and the White House as a “Democratic bill,” and…
Read more Freedom Caucus member says hard-line group ‘failed’ with passage of ‘Democratic’ debt limit bill | CNN PoliticsCNN — Desperate times are calling for desperate measures at the Treasury Department. For the first time since 2007, the department is set to auction $15 billion worth…
Read more In desperate bid for cash, the Treasury is auctioning one-day bills | CNN BusinessCNN — One-time Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes reported to prison Tuesday to begin serving out her 11-year sentence after being convicted on multiple charges of defrauding investors.…
Read more 5 things to know for May 31: DeSantis, Artificial intelligence, Debt deal, UK, Ukraine | CNNNew York CNN — US oil prices dropped below $70 a barrel Tuesday on concerns about whether the debt ceiling deal will make it through Congress and on…
Read more US oil prices sink below $70 on debt ceiling jitters and Russia-Saudi tensions | CNN Business
