Shutdown could run into next week as Senate bolts
Democrats are likely to once again reject the House’s seven-week stopgap bill.
Democrats are likely to once again reject the House’s seven-week stopgap bill.
Holding the line to keep the government closed is painful for them, but most of them saw it as the only way to start their comeback.
It's a plain attempt to fight on friendly turf for the president's party — where the details are arcane enough to leave Democrats with little response but protest.
The old corporate playbook — drag your feet, lawyer up, wait for the enforcement action that may never come, and sue if you must — has been replaced by something weirder.
In a memo sent to top schools, the White House said it would tie funding to, among other things, mandatory standardized testing in admissions and a five-year tuition freeze.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing back on White House plans to lay off workers and shut down projects during a funding lapse.
Progressives hailed the ruling as a rare victory.
After three Democratic defections on the House’s spending bill, it appears no one else is budging.
AMD relies on TSMC for most of its manufacturing, but the US government has made clear that bolstering Intel is a top priority.