The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

In less than two months, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the US military has killed 32 people in seven strikes.

Republicans currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, though Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., have crossed the aisle and voted to reopen the government in some of the previous ten failed votes.

A Justice Department lawyer was peppered with questions about the appointment of Alina Habba as the US attorney for New Jersey as a federal appeals court panel weighs the validity of her appointment.

Democratic State Representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico told a gathered crowd how his background fuels his campaign during a stop Wednesday night at the United Steelworkers Local 13-243 union hall in Beaumont.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –United States Attorney Moore Capito is officially the chief law enforcement officer for the Southern District of West Virginia. Capito was sworn in into the position last week by the Honorable Chief United States District Judge Frank Volk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States took survivors into custody after its military struck a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean — the first attack that anyone escaped alive since President Donald Trump began launching deadly strikes in the region last month, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday.

The U.S. government shutdown has lasted three full weeks, and the Senate plans to vote on judicial nominations Tuesday and a funding bill on Wednesday.