Politics

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — After days of stalemate, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill Saturday to keep the government open through mid-November, narrowly avoiding a shutdown which could have had devastating effects. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy secured broad Democratic support for the short-term bill while hardline members of his own party remained defiant.

By Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t know whether the House could avoid a government shutdown when he met with his divided Republican conference on Saturday morning. But behind closed doors, McCarthy’s unexpected decision to take on his conservative critics quickly came together.

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Philip Wang and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday morning, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding bill, an incident the New York Democrat said was an accident. The incident was first

CNN By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed into law the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown passed by Congress just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out. The Senate

By Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — A plane from the president’s military fleet carrying the body of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, accompanied by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, arrived in San Francisco on Saturday evening. Feinstein, who shared a long friendship with Pelosi, a fellow California Democrat, died Thursday night following months of declining health. “With Dianne,

By Melanie Zanona, Philip Wang and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday morning, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding bill, an incident the New York Democrat said was an accident. The incident was first revealed

By CNN staff Washington (CNN) — The House has passed a bipartisan bill to avert a government shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline, setting up a Senate vote over funding the federal government for another 45 days. Read the bill here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — 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 falling behind on his mortgage payments, which ultimately cost him his home. Santiago, who has worked as a Transportation Security Administration officer at

By Kevin Liptak, Kayla Tausche and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to placate his House Republican conference in the fight over spending, the White House is holding out hope that a bipartisan deal brokered days ago in the Senate can eventually overcome the standoff. Until then, however, President Joe

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — With the possibility of a government shutdown just hours away, lawmakers in Congress are scrambling to try to find a way to extend government funding past Saturday’s critical midnight deadline. A shutdown could affect millions of Americans and have significant impacts across the country, from federal agencies to

By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed into law the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown passed by Congress just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out. The Senate passed

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Plains, Georgia (CNN) — More than 14,000 people have written to Jimmy Carter for his 99th birthday. The wishes, posted in a digital mosaic created by The Carter Center, come from around the world: an Ohio family thanks the 39th US president for being an example of “how to live”; a

CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Plains, Georgia (CNN) — More than 14,000 people have written to Jimmy Carter for his 99th birthday. The wishes, posted in a digital mosaic created by The Carter Center, come from around the world: an Ohio family thanks the 39th US president for being an example of “how to live”;

By Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — Federal prosecutors have told a federal judge that if Donald Trump had bought a gun earlier this week during a campaign stop, he would be violating his release conditions as a criminal defendant and breaking the law, according to a Friday court filing. A campaign

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration’s implementation of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program. The ruling was the first time a federal court has weighed in on the multiple lawsuits filed against the

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said he plans to attend his civil fraud trial in New York next week after recent court orders “materially altered the landscape,” according to a judge’s order in an unrelated case. A federal judge in Florida overseeing Trump’s lawsuit against his former attorney Michael Cohen laid out

By Aaron Pellish (CNN) — Environmental lawyer and 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday teased a “major announcement” in upcoming weeks amid speculation he is considering dropping his bid to primary President Joe Biden as a Democrat and instead running for president as an independent or on a third-party ticket. “I want

CNN By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Congress remained on track Friday to trigger a government shutdown, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suffered another high-profile defeat when the chamber failed to advance a last-ditch stopgap bill to extend government funding past a critical deadline. McCarthy is under intense pressure as

By Kayla Tausche, Betsy Klein and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to convene his Cabinet early next week to discuss continuity of government after a potential shutdown begins Sunday, four administration officials familiar with the plans told CNN. The meeting will be in person at the White House, one of