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NBC News is covering the latest developments in real time as Congress is paralyzed by a bipartisan standoff that could bring the first government shutdown in 17 years. Check in here for the latest updates.
A bill (H.R. 2374) set for a vote in the House Tuesday would delay and could ultimately thwart the Department of Labor’s effort to protect workers’ retirement security. The DOL wants to close loopholes and update the rule that protects workers from deceptive or abusive practices whenever they seek investment advice about their retirement savingsCall Congress at 1-888-912-5898, ask for your representative’s office, and urge him or her to protect workers’ retirement security and oppose H.R. 2374.
With Congress in a standoff and millions of Americans at risk, the final hours tick away Monday toward midnight in Washington — the first shutdown of the federal government in 17 years.The Senate, set to convene at 2 p.m. ET, has the next move.
A one-time fugitive is headed to trial on charges of masterminding a $100 million multi-state fraud under the guise of helping Navy veterans.
The heavy rains that have soaked the Pacific Northwest could result in Seattle’s wettest September on record, meteorologists said Monday.The Emerald City, as well as Washington’s state capital Olympia, and Astoria, Ore.
Here are some of the top stories we're following Monday at NBC News:Budget battle pushes government to the brinkA conservative challenge to the president's health care law has the government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown. Democrats say (hope?
A multimillion dollar private jet crashed into a hangar at a California airport creating an “unsurvivable” inferno on the ground, a fire official said.The twin-engine Cessna Citation ran off the end of the runway while landing at Santa Monica Airport at 6:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m. ET) Sunday.
A small plane flying from an elite skiing and resort mecca in Idaho ran off the runway and crashed into a hangar Sunday night at the Santa Monica, Calif., airport, a U.S. official told NBC News.
Nineteen elite Hotshot firefighters and a supervisor weren't communicating effectively when an Arizona wildfire trapped and killed them in June, according to a new 120-page report.
It never fails, Harry Rosen said on Wednesday evening as he enjoyed another fine meal by himself in another top-rated Manhattan restaurant.“Maybe because I’m eating alone at my age, people at other tables start conversations,” he said.
