The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington. Another one of those moments has arrived as the beginning of the fiscal year approaches Wednesday.

GOP and Democratic leaders are still at an impasse on a government funding extension with the Sept. 30 deadline approaching, risking partial shutdown of the federal government.

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana returned home to Shreveport-Bossier where he discussed a potential government shutdown and Charlie Kirk legacy.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the White House of an “attempt at intimidation” following reports of an official memo telling federal agencies to prepare for mass firings as a government shutdown approaches.

Cracks are starting to form in the Senate Democratic caucus over whether to hold the line against a seven-week clean government funding stopgap passed by the House, according to Democratic sources, who say that a threat by President Trump to lay off thousands of federal workers is changing the Democratic political calculus on a shutdown.