Trump gives announcement amid battle over drug prices President Trump vowed to make the military “faster, fiercer” while saying leaders should use cities as “training grounds” in a speech to top brass Tuesday morning in Quantico,

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years began at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending funding.

The U.S. Senate adjourned Tuesday without reaching a deal on extending federal funding, meaning a federal government shutdown is expected to begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Trump and congressional Democrats braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government as a midnight deadline approached

The Senate blue ribbon committee on Thursday, September 25, resumes its hearing on the alleged irregularities in the country’s flood control projects.

The Senate failed to pass a temporary funding bill that would have extended government funding into November, making the chances of a shutdown later tonight all but certain. The vote was 55-45, with two Democrats and one Independent voting in favor.

Senate committee hearing reviews how the Trump administration is addressing the “human cost of soft-on-crime policies" in blue cities.

The US government barreled towards its first shutdown in six years Tuesday, with funding expiring at midnight after Democrats fought a war of words with Donald Trump and senators rejected a last-ditch bid to keep the lights on.