Now with the text out, the current plan puts the entire timeline – having lawmakers read the text, advancing it to the Rules Committee and getting to a floor vote – in the span of a week. With time no longer on their side, a failure at any stage could result in a shutdown.

The government is on the verge of a shutdown. Here's what Tennesseans need to know about programs, activities impacted by it.

Former President Donald Trump is pursuing his policy priorities on trade, the war in Ukraine and shrinking the federal government, while a government spending fight looms for congressional Republicans ahead of a Friday deadline.

Officials from the party of Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila have been invited to appear before a military prosecutor on Monday in a sign of political tensions over Rwanda-backed rebels' advances in the east.

A funding vote is expected to happen early in the week in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. Chloe Kim

Republicans have put forward a budget proposal that would keep the federal government from shutting down this Sunday, but Democrats are opposed because of sharp budget cuts. Esme Murphy looks at how a shutdown would affect Minnesotans.

Congress has less than a week to avert a government shutdown that could cause widespread pains for taxpayers. It's a day ending in -y in Washington, DC, so that means there's drama about a potential government shutdown,