President Biden may sign the bill to avert a government shutdown, more Omicron cases have been found in the U.S. and more news to start your Friday.

House Democrats are planning to bring a short-term government funding bill to the floor Thursday that would prevent a shutdown before the Friday night deadline.

The prospect of a government shutdown grew on Wednesday as a small group of conservative Republic...

GOP leaders on Capitol Hill are scrambling to reach a deal with a bloc of 15 Senate Republicans threatening a government shutdown to force a fight over the Biden administration's vaccine mandates.Why it matters: The push to defund the mandates — by holding th…

GOP leaders on Capitol Hill are scrambling to reach a deal with a bloc of 15 Senate Republicans threatening a government shutdown to force a fight over the Biden administration's vaccine mandates.Why it matters: The push to defund the mandates — by holding th…

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A small group of conservatives can gum up the works and force at least a brief shutdown. But with Omicron looming, the timing is strange.

Conservative Republicans in the House and Senate are planning to force a government shutdown Friday to deny funding needed to enforce the Biden administration's vaccine mandates on the private sector, according to Politico.Why it matters: Congress has until t…

Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, avoid a government shutdown, and pass Biden's agenda all before Christmas. The GOP has other plans.

"It will likely take some long nights and weekends," Chuck Schumer said, referring to major bills his party is hoping to pass before the year ends.

Leaders are mulling mid to late January for the new funding deadline rather than before Christmas as previously discussed.

Cryptocurrency investors in India hit the panic button last night as the winter schedule of parliament, starting from November 29, was published. It indicated that a new cryptocurrency bill will be tabled for discussion, which might but a ban on cryptocurrenc…

The last few decades have seen the mainstreaming of a very particular kind of crime — vehicle ramming.  According to the US Department of Homeland Security, this is when a perpetrator deliberately aims a motor vehicle at a target with the intent to inflict fa…

Authorities exhume bodies of two civilians and return them to their families as separatists hold a shutdown in region.

Biden will instead dispatch US administration officials to meetings at the Swiss ski resort, sources said.

The Department of Justice says Jean-François Eap is a drug boss. He says he just sold privacy-focused phones.

Day after 15 people killed, demonstrators man makeshift barricades in Khartoum in protest against military takeover.

Yellen told congressional leaders on Tuesday that she has “a high degree of confidence” that her department will be able to finance the government through Dec. 15.

Economists break down why consumer prices are so high right now.

The White House isn’t considering a shutdown of an oil pipeline between Canada and Michigan that the state’s governor wants shuttered, a spokeswoman said.

Online access in Sudan has largely been blocked since October 25, the day of a widely condemned military coup.

Military presence, internet shutdown hamper efforts to gather evidence about assault in Chin state.

Conspiracy theories about the death of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Lord of the Skies, have lingered for years, most recently among fans of Narcos: Mexico.

Yahoo and LinkedIn are the latest U.S. companies to throw in the towel amid China’s sweeping crackdown on private enterprise—with both announcing they are ending their services in the world’s most populous country. But even as many experts say Beijing is pres…

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RT @stompintexan: @GovChristie Plus he shutdown the Government 3 times throwing a tantrum cause no one would pay for his wall https://t.co/…

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RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @wtpBLUE: #wtpBLUE wtp2011 Are you ready for a Republican Government 'Shut-down' in September? Yes, they are at it again! As worries a…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

Christie Caught on Beach Closed by Government Shutdown https://t.co/Nhy9czyU22 via @nbcnews

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @CarmenWbluewave: Republicans never have intentions of doing the job their all in it for the money and to see how much destruction they…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @wtpBLUE: #wtpBLUE wtp2011 Are you ready for a Republican Government 'Shut-down' in September? Yes, they are at it again! As worries a…

RT @PuckNews: Legislators are bracing for a looming government shutdown and a snowballing mass-impeachment fantasy. @tina_nguyen and @abby…

RT @stompintexan: @GovChristie Plus he shutdown the Government 3 times throwing a tantrum cause no one would pay for his wall https://t.co/…

RT @stompintexan: @GovChristie Plus he shutdown the Government 3 times throwing a tantrum cause no one would pay for his wall https://t.co/…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @insideclimate: Environmentalists say they’ve found more than a dozen “climate poison pills” that Republicans have slipped into federal…

RT @insideclimate: From banning the federal government from buying electric vehicles to blocking funding for Justice40, Republicans are tar…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @wtpBLUE: #wtpBLUE wtp2011 Are you ready for a Republican Government 'Shut-down' in September? Yes, they are at it again! As worries a…

RT @Monaheart1229: Brace yourselves: The scheduled start of Congressional August recess is in 8 days And in just 78 days (Sept 30) FAA auth…

The House & Senate appear to be on a collision course over fiscal 2024 spending. #CQBudget discusses the state of the appropriations process, prospects for avoiding a partial government shutdown & the battle over emergency spending—https://t.co/ch53s7lKPi https://t.co/BoIv7mEuPZ

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RT @morbidcuriosit9: @patriottakes If you’re a member of congress who wants to shutdown the government because the MAGA mob told you to you…

RT @morbidcuriosit9: @patriottakes If you’re a member of congress who wants to shutdown the government because the MAGA mob told you to you…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @wtpBLUE: #wtpBLUE wtp2011 Are you ready for a Republican Government 'Shut-down' in September? Yes, they are at it again! As worries a…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…

RT @thewire_in: The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It…