The Senate on Tuesday failed to reopen the federal government for the 13th time, as the shutdown hit the four-week mark. It failed in a 54-45 vote. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are days away from running out,

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

Senate Republicans are resisting his demand to end the long-standing filibuster rule in order to end the government shutdown.

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative filibuster, just hours after President Donald Trump made a fresh demand for the Senate to do so to end the government shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has strongly opposed changing the filibuster and repeatedly said he is not considering changing the rules to end the shutdown.

The government shutdown has reached Day 27, and President Trump is away this week. Will the Senate vote today on shutdown? What time? What to know.