Politics Oct 03 Amid shutdown fight, Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 By Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Politics Oct 01 How the government shutdown will affect the already shrunken Education Department Investigations into civil rights complaints will stop, the department will not issue new federal grants and about 87% of its workforce will be furloughed, according to a department contingency plan. By Annie Ma, Associated Press
Politics Oct 01 Senate vote to end shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands Democrats picked this fight as they demand funding to save health care subsidies that are expiring and sending insurance costs soaring and Republicans have refused to negotiate. By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Sep 30 WATCH: Democrats reject GOP funding bill, setting up government shutdown 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. By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Associated Press
Politics Mar 21 Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert federal shutdown, House to take up measure Friday This year's spending bills were divided into two packages. The first one cleared Congress two weeks ago, just hours before a shutdown deadline for the agencies funded through the bills. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Mar 20 Biden, congressional leaders announce government funding as partial shutdown approaches By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Democratic president said Tuesday he'll sign the bill package as soon as he gets it, but time is running short. Continue reading
Sep 26 Tony Awards and TV special hope to be the jab Broadway needs By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Sunday's show has been expanded from its typical three hours to four, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first two hours and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a “Broadway’s Back!” celebration for the second half, including the awarding of… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 4:52 Broadway throws open its doors as it returns from its longest shutdown By Zachary Green New York City’s theaters are finally reopening after they were shut down on March 12, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit the city. This has been the longest shutdown in Broadway’s history. Major hits like “Lion King” and… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 3:42 A muted Fourth of July as virus shatters infection records By William Brangham Fourth of July celebrations in many parts of the United States were muted this year, overshadowed by a virus spreading with alarming speed. The national death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 130,000, and hospitals in the South and West particularly… Continue watching
May 01 WATCH: California Gov. Newsom gives coronavirus update; rural county defies shutdown By John Antczak, Adam Beam, Associated Press A rural California county is defying Gov. Gavin Newsom's coronavirus shutdown order and has become the state's first county to let nonessential businesses reopen. Continue reading