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A government shutdown is looming even though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Biden made an agreement earlier this year that was supposed to prevent this exact outcome.

Senate takes a first step in a new plan to pressure House on spending

The Senate voted 77 to 19 to start the process for considering a stop-gap spending bill with funding for Ukraine and disaster relief. Even if the Senate is able to pass it, House action is unclear.

A Winn Dixie shopping cart is seen in the parking lot of the Palm Harbor, Fla., store on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.

Aldi says it will buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys groceries across the southern U.S.

Under a proposed merger agreement, Aldi will acquire all outstanding shares of Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys.

A COVID booster is administered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it wiser to get a booster now or wait for the new fall booster?

Maybe it's not a full-blown summer surge but COVID numbers are ticking up. For those with concerns due to personal risk factors or the start of the school year, the booster question is top of mind.

Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family's home on Friday in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, in western Maui, Hawaii.

Hawaii's governor orders review as Maui fires become deadliest in modern U.S. history

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said he has ordered a comprehensive review to understand the actions taken before, during and after last week's wildfires on Maui.

Undated photo of a mansion taken by Bob Cummings and edited into collage designed by No Limit Creatives

A San Diego nonprofit’s historical antiques sparked a bitter conflict

Bruce and Alana Coons, the leaders of Save Our Heritage Organisation, took a trove of donated antiques to their private mansion in Mississippi.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise emerges from a House GOP conference meeting on Wednesday after his colleagues chose him to be their nominee for speaker.

Scalise says he's a unifier. The current state of the GOP will test that skill

If elected House speaker, Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise would be the first top House leader from the South since Newt Gingrich served as speaker more than 20 years ago.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next term about whether Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, set up after the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from predatory lending practices, is funded constitutionally.

Supreme Court to hear case that threatens existence of consumer protection agency

At issue is how the CFPB is funded: It gets its money from the Federal Reserve, which in turn is funded by bank fees, and not through congressional appropriations.

A frozen organic strawberry product subject to the recalls is pictured in a photo provided by the FDA.

Strawberry products sold at Costco, Trader Joe's, recalled after hepatitis A outbreak

Five people in Washington state got sick after eating frozen strawberries from the same supplier, federal regulatory investigators said. The FDA is urging people to stop eating certain products.

The issue before the Supreme Court on Monday: whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration for financial gain violates the First Amendment.

Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case about whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration violates the First Amendment.

Mifepristone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000 to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.

Democratic state attorneys general sue Biden administration over abortion pill rules

The suit comes as a federal judge in another case is considering whether to overturn FDA approval of the same drug, mifepristone.

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