Congress remains divided, increasing risk of government shutdown as March 14 deadline approaches - Anadolu Ajansı

Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well. Lawmakers have yet to agree on spending topline numbers even though the current budget year began in October.

The shutdown clock is ticking on Capitol Hill as lawmakers look to fund the government by the looming March 14 deadline, an effort that thus far has been unsuccessful as the two parties trade

Congress is careening toward a government shutdown in just 11 days as the discord between the two parties over funding talks grows, with no clear path to reaching a deal.

As a funding deadline looms, the Democrats say Congress has ceded too much power to the president on spending and tariffs.

With exactly two weeks until the federal government shuts down, lawmakers are running out of time to craft a government spending package and are scrambling to produce a temporary funding extension. The stopgap,

Government shutdown looms as funding deadline nears