And I'm Jeff Bennett on the NewsHour tonight. A government shutdown and all its economic consequences

draw closer as Republicans remain divided on various funding bills.

Amazon faces a monopoly lawsuit resulting from its practices that allegedly hurt consumers

and small businesses.

The former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson speaks out about the chaotic end of the Trump

presidency and the January 6th insurrection.

We're in a very consequential moment in American history and I think the more voices we can

have in this sphere, the more beneficial it's going to be in the long run.

Welcome to the NewsHour. The federal government is edging closer this evening to a Saturday

night shutdown with still no sign of a way out.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called today for trying again on a stopgap measure with

spending cuts and tougher border security.

The House is working on passing 73 percent of all the appropriation bills of the job

we're supposed to do by Thursday. We're bringing up on Friday ability to fund the government

but at the same time secure our border. So yes, we're doing our job.

Hard right Republicans already refused an earlier short term measure and it's still unclear

if they will back McCarthy's play.

Meantime the Senate's Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer pushed a bipartisan continuing

resolution today to fund operations into November.

We cannot have members trying last minute delay tactics and risk a shutdown.

The CR agreement the Senate has released is a good sensible and bipartisan.

Let me emphasize bipartisan bill.

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