Congress has just a week to pass required funding bills. Here's the latest on the upcoming government shutdown date and where things stand now.

Democrats and Republicans are likely to face off next week as a government shutdown looms during for the Trump administration.

Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass detailed spending legislation that would keep agencies running.

Congress now has less than a week to pass a bill that will keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown in the heart of tax season.