Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at an event on the one-year launch of the Pandemic Fund, in New York City on Sept. 19.
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Tourists board a shuttle into Zion National Park, in Utah. The state government will pay for the park to stay open during the government shutdown, in order to keep tourist revenue flowing to nearby towns.
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A stoplight is seen in front of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas.
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In this image made from video from Judge Scott McAfee's virtual Zoom hearing, Scott Graham Hall, left, stands with his attorney Jeff Weiner, right, in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge McAfee on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Atlanta.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.
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PEPFAR, the U.S. multibillion dollar effort to fight HIV/AIDS, funds organizations such as the Coptic hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who was first elected in 1992, died Thursday at the age of 90.
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Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.
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Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.
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President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.
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