The government shutdown has stretched into its 40th day. Senators are staying in Washington for a grueling weekend session hoping to find an end to the funding fight.

Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits.

Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.

Washington's local economy has taken blows from a series of actions by the Trump administration, from the layoffs of federal workers to the ongoing law enforcement intervention with the National Guard.

Senator Lindsey Graham calls for replacing Obamacare with a better system as Republicans blast the Affordable Care Act amid ongoing government funding disputes.

Thousands of foreign workers at overseas U.S. bases have had their paycheck disrupted by the U.S. government shutdown.

The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The high court agreed.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. Meanwhile, the shutdown impacts are mounting. SNAP funding is at the center of a high-profile court battle and flights are delayed around the country amid air traffic controller shortages.