Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight  —  “This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill.  —  WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats …

Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown  —  Ten Senate Democrats joined with the Republican majority in voting to move forward with a stopgap spending bill Friday — clearing the path to avoid a government shutdown.  —  Why it matters: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …

Senate moves ahead on shutdown votes  —  Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.  —  Senate leaders struck a deal on Friday to pave the way for passage of the House GOP's seven-month stopgap spending bill and avoid a government shutdown.

Schumer Under Fire as Pelosi and Other Democrats Criticize Shutdown Retreat  —  Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and making a politically painful decision.  But the backlash from his party was intense.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  —  Where Things Stand  — Shutdown averted: The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure.

Senate passes spending bill to avoid a government shutdown  —  The Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September.  The measure was approved largely along party lines, but an earlier procedural vote exposed deep divisions among Democrats.

Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University  —  The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control …

Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech  —  President Donald Trump launched some of his harshest attacks yet on the media on Friday, using a speech at the Department of Justice to baselessly accuse outlets including CNN of illegal and corrupt behavior.