Government shutdown live updates as military poised to miss first paychecks next week

  Updated 55m ago No scenario “at this moment” in which House returns before Senate passes GOP funding bill, Johnson says House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday there is no scenario “at this moment” in which the lower chamber returns before the Senate passes Republicans’ seven-week stopgap measure.  “I’ll tell you why,” he told CBS

Federal workers share their fears as government shutdown grinds on

Federal workers who are either furloughed or required to keep working without pay during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown express concern about the impact on their finances, their colleagues and the American public. Roughly 750,000 of the more than 2 million federal workers are furloughed during the government closure, which began on Oct. 1, when Congress failed to

Federal workers fret over their finances: “No pay has me anxious”

Federal workers who are either furloughed or required to keep working without pay during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown express concern about the impact on their finances, their colleagues and the American public. Roughly 750,000 of the more than 2 million federal workers are furloughed during the government closure, which began on Oct. 1, when Congress failed to

Shutdown will extend into next week as Senate adjourns without breaking stalemate

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, broke with GOP leaders in Congress on their approach to the shutdown on Thursday, warning of the possible impact for her party in the midterm elections. Greene has claimed the president isn’t always getting the best advice. And the GOP firebrand said on CNN that “I don’t think

Candidates in Virginia governor’s debate clash over shutdown and violent rhetoric

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger faced off for the first and only time on the debate stage Thursday night in Virginia’s high-stakes gubernatorial race.  It was a fiery affair in which Earle-Sears, who is trailing in the race, went on the offensive from the very beginning, repeatedly interrupting Spanberger and asking her several

Maine Gov. Janet Mills expected to jump into crucial Senate race, sources say

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is expected to launch a campaign for Senate on Tuesday, two Democratic sources familiar with her plans confirmed to CBS News.    A Democrat, Mills is vying to unseat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the most closely watched contests of next year’s midterm elections. Mills’ planned campaign launch