The Senate returns to Washington on Monday with less than two days to fund the government amid a stalemate between Democrats and Republicans on the path forward.

The government runs out of money at the end of the day Tuesday, and the two parties remain far from an agreement to avert a shutdown.

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.

Rep. Greg Casar, leader of the Progressive Caucus, says Trump will own the shutdown as long as Democrats don't put up "a fake fight"

S.D., accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of hypocrisy for opposing government funding after supporting it earlier this year.

Public-policy expert Don Kettl explains how a government shutdown could help Russell Vought further eviscerate the federal workforce.

President Trump told NBC News a shutdown of the government is a “possibility” as he’s set to meet a bipartisan group of congressional leaders tomorrow. MSNBC White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López,

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Democrats will not “write a blank check” to the Trump administration to avert a government shutdown. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Maryland Democrat doubled down on the party’s opposition to a GOP-backed continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding at current levels