Senate Democrats have struggled for months to counter President Donald Trump. Now, with a possible government shutdown looming, they've settled on a bold, one-step strategy if they don’t get significant concessions on health care before federal funding runs out Wednesday.

During a shutdown, recreational facilities funded by the federal government would be forced to close, leaving travelers and tourists unable to visit national park facilities or the Smithsonian museums in Washington. The National Park Service estimated that a 2013 government shutdown led to a $500 million loss in visitor spending nationwide.

Congress will return next week with just two days to agree on a funding solution needed to avoid a government shutdown — and the future of health care is part of the divide. Here’s how talks of a shutdown are impacting telehealth.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, prospects for a last-minute compromise look rather bleak.

As the clock ticks toward Tuesday’s federal government funding deadline, Marylanders who live in Washington’s bureaucratic orbit are bracing for a possible shutdown.

In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction-in-Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs.

As Congress confronts a possible government shutdown, it's also weighing the Trump administration's willingness to simply halt federal spending — even when it's against the law.

A group of former national park superintendents is calling on the Trump administration to close the parks to visitors in case of a government shutdown

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., discusses Democratic lawmakers’ demands to avoid a government shutdown on ‘Fox News Live.’