'Politics of idiocy': Last-ditch efforts to avoid a government shutdown die amid finger-pointing
With no deal in sight and both sides digging in, the lights turn off at 12:01. It’ll be the first shutdown since 2018.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters on Tuesday at the Capitol, with the U.S. government on the brink of its first shutdown in almost seven years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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