What Happens If the Government Shuts Down? Here’s How It Could Affect You

WASHINGTON—Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government. Failure to do so means the government will go into shutdown on Wednesday. The White House and Republicans are currently locked in a standoff with Democrats over a stopgap bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democrats have demanded

Catholic Schools Eye Enhanced Security in Response to Minnesota Shooting

People sit in silence mourning the two schoolchildren who were killed a day before during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 28, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times In the wake of the Aug. 27 tragedy, in which two children were killed and 21 people injured while praying during a back-to-school Mass in