Maryland senator on stopgap spending bill NPR's David Gura talks to Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen about the passage of a short-term spending bill in the House of Representatives.
Congress passes spending stopgap, averting a shutdown hours before midnight deadline The Senate voted 88 to 9 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 17.
House Speaker McCarthy appeals for bipartisan support with a stopgap measure House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is attempting to keep the government funded for 45 days.
What a shutdown would mean for student loan borrowers October loan payments will still be due, but an extended shutdown could impact customer service.
House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.
From California to Capitol Hill, tributes to Dianne Feinstein flood in after her death Leaders in the House and the Senate paused from the race to avert a government shutdown to remember Feinstein, the California Democrat who was longest-serving woman to ever sit in the U.S. Senate.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies after 31 record-setting years in Congress The California Democratic Senator has died at 90 years old. She was the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history and had planned to retire at the end of her term.
The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.
Feds offer students new protections against programs that lead to high debt, low pay The Biden administration is cracking down on for-profit college programs that don't adequately prepare graduates for gainful employment and leave them with unaffordable loans.
Biden is talking about democracy as he aims for a split-screen moment with the GOP President Biden's latest speech on democracy comes the day after the Republican debate, as a government shutdown looms and as House Republicans hold an impeachment inquiry hearing.