The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Speaker’s proposed measure tanked by hard-right Republicans with time running out before government funding lapses

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is rushing into a last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open but with steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies

House leadership announces votes expected for Saturday after McCarthy suffers another blog when lawmakers rejected short-term funding bill

Al Jazeera breaks down the wide-reaching effects of a federal government shutdown as October 1 funding deadline looms.

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House Republicans are starting to come around to the idea of a very short-term stopgap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown.

What will stay open if the government shuts down? Kaiser Permanente's health care workers near a nationwide walkout. How conspiracy theories spread in the wake of wildfires in Hawaii.

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With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.

House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate.