Democrats say healthcare is be the battlefield, and they won't help Republicans avert a government shutdown without concessions

Many federal government agencies and programs that rely on annual funding would be paused if Congress fails to pass or if Trump fails to sign the budget legislation. During a government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal workers deemed nonessential would be furloughed until funding is passed, meaning they won’t work and won’t be paid.

President Donald Trump has been using his second term to amass and wield unprecedented power. His supporters, who once criticized government overreach, now back his actions.

Congressional lawmakers return to D.C. with a massive September agenda, including efforts to avoid a government shutdown and a debate on whether to change the rules for confirming nominees.

Seven months into his second term, he’s accumulated presidential power that he’s used against universities, media companies, law firms and individuals he dislikes. A man who ran for president as an angry victim of a weaponized “deep state” is, in many ways, supercharging government power and training it on his opponents.

Lawmakers haven’t settled on a plan to pass spending legislation. The GOP will need to find Democratic votes in the Senate.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) warned his Democratic colleagues in a letter Tuesday of the growing chance of a government shutdown, declaring that “Republicans are once again

The Epstein scandal isn’t the first time a country has been consumed by a saga of wealth, criminality and political connections.

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has resigned following a scandal over her failure to pay the correct amount of property tax, adding to the woes of the country’s struggling center-left government.

Romania's broad coalition government survived four back-to-back no confidence votes on Sunday, allowing it to push through deficit-lowering tax hikes and spending cuts that have angered public sector workers and raised the prospect of strikes.