US Senate eyes funding deal vote as government shutdown looms

A partial government shutdown -- affecting roughly three-quarters of the federal government -- would be the second since Trump returned to office, threatening to furlough hundreds of thousands of public employees, interrupting government services and injecting fresh economic uncertainty just months ahead of the midterm elections. Current government funding lapses at midnight Friday. Democrats have said they are prepared to pass five of the six spending bills immediately, but have drawn a red line...