McCarthy: Americans should not expect shutdown, ‘crunch time’ could move holdouts

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said Americans should not expect a shutdown, even though House Republicans are no closer to finding a solution to fund the government with just a week until the Sept. 30 deadline.

“I mean, listen, that’s on the first. We still have a number of days,” McCarthy said at the Capitol on Saturday, adding: “I never give up on America.”

GOP leaders had aimed last week to pass a short-term stopgap bill that would extend government funding...