House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Thursday afternoon as the government shutdown stretches into a second day amid a stalemate in the Senate. Republicans and Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress have failed to agree on a stopgap proposal to reopen the government, with both sides casting blame on the
The government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. after the Senate failed to pass a government funding bill. The chamber voted down a proposal from Democrats, followed by a GOP House-passed stopgap bill that would have kept the lights on through Nov. 21. Shortly after the vote, Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will speak to military generals and admirals in Quantico, Va., on Tuesday morning. Hegseth called for the rare last-minute gathering of military leaders earlier this month, which has raised some alarms. It is very rare for such a large meeting of top officers in person in one location
LIVE Video: Trump, Israeli prime minister hold press conference President Trump has high-stakes topics on his agenda Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, just ahead of top congressional Democrats. Trump and Netanyahu discussed a new 20-point proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, which the White House detailed ahead of a
