The White House slammed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries after he criticized the Shutdown Fairness Act as not addressing the "issues that need to be confronted."

As the government shutdown drags into another week , neither President Donald Trump nor most House Republicans are even in town. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has opted to once again keep the lower chamber out of session this week, while Trump is on a multicountry trip in Asia.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week, after a 12th vote on a stopgap funding bill failed a

The federal government shutdown rolled on to Day 10 on Friday as Donald Trump and congressional Republicans and Democrats still cannot reach a deal.

Trump said in an interview with Time magazine last week that Israel "would lose all of its support from the United States" if it annexed the already occupied West Bank. His comments came before Israel's parliament voted for an effective annexation of the Palestinian territory.

The National Nuclear Security Administration urgently asked the White House for funds to prevent the agency from having to furlough its staff, sources told CNN.

After nearly four weeks, the federal government remains shut down. As a result, it's becoming more likely that SNAP benefits or food stamps will be delayed.

The government shutdown likely means there won’t be an inflation report next month for the first time in more than seven decades, the White House said Friday, leaving Wall Street and the Federal Reserve without crucial information about consumer prices.