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Three people familiar with the negotiations on Capitol Hill said the deal would restore money for the shuttered agencies for three weeks, while negotiations continue.

A HUD spokesperson said Carson is referring to Congressional leaders, which would include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Stone has been under scrutiny for months but has maintained his innocence.

Local orgs are scrambling to help with food, housing, safety and cash.

The partial federal government shutdown is threatening food stamp benefits beyond February. Pennsylvania officials see a crisis coming in the next few weeks.

The Democratic proposal got one more vote than the GOP plan with six Republican defectors, including freshman Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah.

A federal panel says it is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program and whether it should be mandatory or optional.

The Reform Alliance will be led by Van Jones, a CNN host and activist who at one point served as an adviser to former President Barack Obama.

Thousands of coal miners are dying from an advanced form of black lung disease, and federal regulators could have prevented it if they had paid closer attention to their data.

President Trump’s offer on Saturday doesn’t appear to be helping break the budget impasse that shut much of the federal government.

Most major aid programs haven't dried up yet. But each day the stalemate in Washington drags on, the U.S. inches closer to what advocates call a looming emergency.

The workers who screen passengers and their bags face missing another paycheck if the shutdown doesn't end early this week.

The mayor of Philadelphia says city departments and agencies will be offering flexibility in bill payments to federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown.

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Nonviolence, the symbolic bell ringing usually attracts up to 500 people.

The budget standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats is rippling into some unexpected places.