Government Shutdown and Trump Administration News
The government shutdown will extend another week as the Senate left town for the weekend without a deal to reopen the government.
President Donald Trump will travel to Asia, where he’ll hold a high-stakes meeting with China’s Xi Jinping.
Key Developments:
- No end in sight: The government shutdown will extend into next week.
- Unpaid workers: Hundreds of thousands of people are set to miss their first full paychecks of the shutdown.
- Trade war: President Donald Trump said he was terminating trade talks with Canada in response to an anti-tariff advert.
Senate Democrats blocked a GOP-led bill to pay workers deemed essential during the shutdown, and Republicans rejected their alternatives.
President Donald Trump will travel to Asia, where he’ll hold a high-stakes meeting with China’s Xi Jinping.
Author summary: Shutdown extends into next week.