Government Shutdown Enters Day Five

Democrats see a narrow path to retake the Senate; New York congressional candidate Brad Lander discusses the Trump administration’s new policy to overwhelm immigration courts; Ali expresses final thoughts, as six years of “Velshi” come to a close. To listen to this show and other ...  Show more

Rep. Jamie Raskin demands Congress shut down President Trump’s “slush fund;” the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran teeters as both sides exchange fire in the Persian Gulf; fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon threatens U.S.-Iran peace talks; Ali takes a look back at ...  Show more

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

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 and ...  Show more

With a government shutdown just hours away, what's at stake for you if no deal is reached? ... Why were hundreds of military officers from around the world summoned to Washington ... As investigators try to determine why a gunman attacked a Michigan church, we're learning about c ...  Show more