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WATCH: Jeffries says Democrats will continue fight for health care tax credits as shutdown deal inches ahead

By Associated Press

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says that Democratic senators who voted to advance a government funding bill Sunday are “going to have to explain themselves.”…

Handful of Senate Democrats join GOP to break funding stalemate, first step toward ending shutdown

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

A group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.

WATCH: 'We will not be extorted' in ending shutdown, Trump says at Senate Republican luncheon

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

While President Donald Trump said the shutdown must come to an end — and suggested maybe Smithsonian museums could reopen — he signaled no compromise with Democrats over the expiring health care funds.

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.

WATCH: Senate gavels in as Johnson warns this shutdown could be longest in U.S. history

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

It's a highly unusual mass layoff widely seen as way to seize on the shutdown to reduce the scope of government. Vice President JD Vance has warned of "painful" cuts ahead, even as employee unions sue.

WATCH: Senate convenes as federal government shutdown reaches day 9

By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, Associated Press

The consequences of a government shutdown setting in, senators labored Thursday to find a way forward but found themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties.

WATCH: Schumer speaks after Senate Democrats reject latest measure to end shutdown

By Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fired away at President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress as hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded.

WATCH: Senate adjourns with no resolution on shutdown

By Associated Press

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

Are Democrats or Republicans to blame for the looming government shutdown? Here's what our poll found

By Matt Loffman

The U.S. federal government is on the verge of its first shutdown in more than six years after last-minute negotiations on a spending bill failed.

WATCH: Democrats reject GOP funding bill, setting up government shutdown

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almost seven years.