No End In Sight For Government Shutdown

Donald Trump says he must choose the next leader of Iran as a former high-ranking American official warns they’re making it up on the fly. Plus, the president fires his embattled head of Homeland Security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

As America’s war widens, the administration ditches the speak softly while touting the big stick. Plus, a secret gamble. The US seeks to trigger an uprising in Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

The US government has been shut down for more than a week, and Democrats and Republicans are locked in a political blame game. Shutdowns are nothing new in US politics, but this time President Trump has made an unusual threat: to permanently cut hundreds of thousands of jobs a ...

16 days into the government shutdown, services are unavailable and federal workers are facing instability. Both sides have dug in, with Democrats and Republicans pointing fingers at each other. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes explains what it would take to end the shutdown. Ryan Knutson hos ...  Show more

Government funding lapsed early Wednesday morning after the White House and lawmakers failed to reach a spending deal, triggering a shutdown that is expected to halt some federal services and put hundreds of thousands of federal workers on furlough.​​ WSJ’s Natalie Andrews takes ...  Show more

First: Democrats are at odds over how to handle the looming government shutdown. We have new reporting from inside their tumultuous private meetings.  Plus: From daytime talk show to Senate confirmation hearing right now, Dr. Memet Oz is trying to convince senators that he's don ...  Show more